Your Guide to Alicante [By an Alicantinian]
Alicante excels as a beautiful destination for its picturesque landscape, the sea and the good weather all year around. Autumns and winters in Alicante are mild and sunny. September to November are the months when it rains the most in Alicante. The rain is usually concentrated in just a few hours of heavy showers and … Read More
The city of Alicante has a dense bus network -called MIA- that connects the city centre with all the neighbourhoods and surrounding cities. Alicante has more than 35 bus lines connecting the city centre with the neighbourhoods and sounding towns; plus a circular line connecting several peripheric neighbourhoods. The single trip fare is 1.45€ and … Read More
El Cabo (or The Cape in English) de las Huertas is one of the most beautiful swimming areas in the city of Alicante Cabo de San Juan or San Juan Cape is an area of Alicante city between La Almadraba Beach and San Juan Beach. It is known for its expensive houses and truly beautiful … Read More
Alicante TRAM is a rail service that connects Alicante city centre with San Juan Beach and neighbouring towns such as El Campello, Benidorm and Denia. The TRAM service operates in underground tunnels in Alicante city centre and overground in the rest of the line. There are 6 TRAM lines split into 3 zones. Prices vary … Read More
The beach San Gabriel in Alicante is one of the +10 beaches in the city (click to see the list of all the beaches in Alicante). It is not very well known and is not one of the top beaches in the city. San Gabriel’s beach is 240m long and up to 55m wide sandy … Read More
Alicante is continuously growing in places where to work from. There are plenty of places, such as coworking, cafes or libraries, to choose from. We are going to see that Alicante is a great city if you have a remote job or can do some remote work for your company or personal projects. In Alicante, … Read More
In Spain, there are a number of mobile operators with local Spanish SIM cards for English Speakers, such as lobster.es or hitsmobile.es. They have the app and website in English, as well as their customer support service. All these networks use the radio spectrum and antennas of the main companies so the best service is guaranteed.
The beach la Almadraba is 750 meters long sandy beach with a rocky cove area. It has all the services you would need such as lifeguard, sunbeds and foot showers. It is a cute familiar beach with palm trees that is protected from the rough sea. The sand is clean but very compacted and hard. There are views of Alicante’s Santa Barbara castle and beautiful sky colours if you stay during the sunset.
Agua Amarga is the only beach in Alicante that allows pets all year round. It is accessible by car and bus but pets are not allowed on busses.
Alicante has a healthy ecosystem of news sources. Some are public, many private but there is always a way to get the most up-to-date news about the city. There are big Spanish media with news sections about Alicante such as El Mundo or El Pais but they are usually not the most interesting sources of … Read More