Über Alicante

Alicante is known for its excellent beaches, gastronomy, affordable prices, great weather, chilled-out vibe, cultural activities and nightlife.

Alicante ist eine Stadt an der Mittelmeerküste im Südosten Spaniens. It is also the capital city of a province with the same name inside the Valencian Community. There is a population of 366,21 people as per 2025 data.

Alicante, Ansichten vom Gran Sol

The area has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, which helps explain Alicante’s rich cultural and historical heritage. Part of this heritage is kept in the Archaeological Museum of Alicante.

Alicante is also a famous tourist destination as it is the capital of Costa Blanca. The city offers miles of golden urban and semi-urban beaches, plus island beaches in Tabarca.

Furthermore, Alicante is a culturally rich city with pretty beaches, vivid nightlife, and a big international community that is not massified in proportion to the city’s population.

Alicante VS. Benidorm

Alicante und Benidorm sind zwei verschiedene Städte, die in derselben Provinz liegen. Sie liegen 40 km voneinander entfernt und sind mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln gut verbunden: TRAM-Züge und Trainer. Von Alicante nach Benidorm fahren takes around 40 minutes by road, but double the time by TRAM.

Lage von Alicante und Benidorm

Alicante has been a larger city than Benidorm for centuries. Benidorm has focused on the tourism industry in the last few decades, while Alicante has been more of a Spanish-working city all this time. Nowadays, Alicante has 366,221 (2025) inhabitants, while Benidorm has 67 558 (2022 data). In both cities, the population increases in summer, but Benidorm’s increment is of several sizes in its winter population due to tourism.

Both places have an old quarter, nice beaches and vivid nightlife, but with a different vibe. While Alicante keeps the Spanish feeling all around the city, Benidorm is a mix of international cultures sensed in its shops, restaurants, hotels and party places. While British culture is strong in Benidorm, it is far from being the only one represented around the town.

Das Wetter ist in beiden Städten erstaunlich gut.

Wofür ist Alicante berühmt?

Alicante is a pretty city famous for its excellent beaches, gastronomy and restaurants, affordable prices, amazing weather, a child-friendly vibe and many cultural and leisure activities.

Was man in Alicante unternehmen kann

Alicante ist reich an Kultur- und Freizeitaktivitäten, Museen und Stränden. Hier sind einige Beispiele für Unternehmungen in Alicante:

Flughafen

Der Flughafen Alicante (offiziell Flughafen Alicante-Elche) ist der 5. verkehrsreichste Flughafen Spaniens, gemessen an der Zahl der Fluggäste pro Jahr, mit more than 18 million passengers using Alicante Airport in 2022 (in Spanish).

Der Flughafen erhielt in 2018, 2019 und 2022 (auf Spanisch) die ACI award for “Best Airport in Europe” for its category -15m to 25m passengers per year-. Alicante airport is comfortable for travellers and has connections with most of the major cities in Spain, Europe and Morocco. Examples of cities with direct flights include Reykjavik, Oslo, London, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Marrakech, Budapest, Zurich, Brussels, Berlin, Kaunas and many more.

Flüge vom Flughafen Alicante

Some of the airlines flying from and to Alicante airport are Ryanair, Vueling, EasyJet, Jet2, Norwegian, Iberia, Icelandair, Swiss, British Airways and many others. Note that some of the airlines are low-cost, so flying to/from Alicante can be economical.

Der Flughafen is separated into two main areas, one for domestic and European flights with shops and restaurants such as Burger King, Budweiser, duty-free stores and Costa Coffee, among others. In this area, there is also a terrace for smokers in the Budweiser pub. The area reserved for non-EU international flights (to the UK, Morocco, etc) has a smaller restaurant and shop offer.

Security is usually fast, with several lines opening and closing depending on the passenger’s load. The Alicante Airport building is relatively new, opened in 2011, which makes it well-designed and prepared to transport millions of people per year comfortably.

The transport to the airport is only by road as there is no train station at the airport. Es gibt eine Bus nach Alicante (Linie C-6)eine Taxistation, private Transfers und ein Busbahnhof/Busbahnhof für pendelt nach BenidormAltea und viele andere Ziele. Sie können nicht bestellen Uber oder Cabify from Alicante airport, but taxis are available and waiting in the terminal.

Alicante Nachtleben

Alicante ist auch ein guter Ort zum Feiern. Es hat ein lebhaftes Nachtleben, das von Menschen aller Altersgruppen bejubelt wird. Die Party ist in 4 Hauptbereiche unterteilt:

Altes Viertel El Barrio

The main party area in Alicante has the most clubs. A bit of everything, from Latin music to techno, not forgetting commercial Spanish music, commercial international music, reggaeton, rock and more. Clubs close at 3 am by law.

Castaños

Perfekt für den Anschluss an die Tardeo phenomenon. The Spanish usually start partying late. It is common to meet your friends for dinner at 10 pm and then go to a club from 11 pm-12 am, up to 3 am or more, moving to after-hours clubs.

In Castaños, people would meet earlier for a drink, from 5 pm or so, which is not that common in Spain. In that street, clubs open earlier than in the Old Quarter, so you can be partying from 5-6 pm and go home earlier after a nice party evening.

Die Clubs öffnen abends und schließen auch um 3 Uhr morgens.

Puerto

Puerto (meaning port or harbour) is between El Postiguet Strang und der Jachthafen von Alicante, in der Nähe des Museum "Das Ozeanrennen".

Unter Puerto, some of the clubs will close later than 3 am, so it is a good place to go after a party at the Old Quarter or Castaños. There are different places with different music styles, including lateinamerikanische Musikund sogar eine Karaoke-Bar.

Playa de San Juan (Sommer)

Playa de San Juan also has some pubs and clubs, but the season when more people would party in this part of Alicante is summer.

El Golf (Sommer)

Neben dem Golfplatz “Alicante Golf”, there are some clubs that get busy during the summer. You can go by TRAM lines 1 and 3, getting off at “Campo de Golf”, which usually offers night service during the summer weekends.

Alicante Gastronomie

Alicante ist reich an traditioneller Gastronomie. Hier sind einige Beispiele von Speisen, die Sie in Alicante unbedingt probieren sollten:

  • Arroz Alicantino: A Banda, arroz del señorito, arroz con costra, con bogavante, del señoret und andere Varianten
  • Coca de Mollitas
  • Turrones de Jijona
  • Olleta Alicantina
  • Coca de San Juan/Coca amb Tonyina

Alicante FAQs

Wie ist die Hitze in Alicante im Sommer?

Temperatures during summer can be a bit suffocating if you are not used to it. It is not common to have more than 35ºC during the day, but possible. At night, it goes down to around 20ºC in the very early morning, but most flats don’t have enough time to cool down. The Mediterranean Sea makes sure the humidity is high all day and night every day. Having A/C where you are staying is the safest bet if you don’t have experience with heat. Fans and dehumidifiers can help too. Keep in mind that isolation in flats is not the best in older buildings.

Wie sicher ist Alicante?

Alicante ist eine sichere Stadt. Auf 1000 Einwohner kommen 29 Straftaten. Im Vergleich dazu kommen in Barcelona 47,8 Straftaten auf 1000 Einwohner und in Madrid 37. Málaga ist mit 25,8 Straftaten pro 1000 Einwohner nur ein bisschen sicherer. Die Daten stammen aus dem Jahr 2022 und wurden erhoben von dieser Presseartikel (auf Spanisch).

Which Areas Should I Should Avoid When Considering Flats?

Alicante is generally a safe city, but there are some neighbourhoods that are generally less safe than others. Generally speaking, avoid this neighbourhood if you don’t know what you are doing:
- Virgen del Remedio
- Colonia Requena
– Juan XIII.
- Cuatrocientas Viviendas

Brauchen Sie Bargeld in Alicante?

Es ist möglich mit Karte bezahlen in TRAMs, Busse, Flughafenbusse und Taxis.
Große Lebensmittelläden wie Mercadona oder Carrefour auch Kartenzahlungen akzeptieren.
Die meisten kleinen Geschäfte, Bäckereien, Zigarettenläden, Bars und Restaurants erhalten ebenfalls Zahlungskarten.
Nur ein geringer Prozentsatz von kleinen Geschäften, Bars, Restaurants und Clubs werden nur Barzahlungen akzeptieren.
Die Empfehlung lautet, eine einen kleinen Betrag an Bargeld mit sich führenfür den einen oder anderen Ort, an dem Sie nur mit Bargeld bezahlen können, abgesehen von Ihren Karten.
Remember, Die Währung in Alicante ist Euro (€).

Welches sind die beliebtesten englischsprachigen Radiosender in Alicante?

– Fig FM – online auf bigradiospain.com/big-fm oder in ihren Apps
– BR2 Pure Gold Radio an bigradiospain.com/br2puregoldradio oder in ihren Apps
– TKO – online auf tko.radio oder in Alexa und ihre Apps
– Bay Radio – online auf bayradio.fm oder in Alexa

Wie findet man ein Haus/Wohnung/Zimmer in Alicante?

Versuchen Sie, mehrere Immobilien-Websites zu besuchen:
– idealista.de

The rental agreement usually requires the first and last month’s rent equivalent and the security deposit. If you found the flat using an agent, then add one more month’s rent equivalent to the agent’s fee.

Gibt es in Alicante eine Autovermietung, die stündlich einen Mietwagen anbietet?

It is very easy to rent a car in Alicante, but, sadly, there is no service such as Zipcar.com, share-now.com or Hiyacar.co.uk where you can book a car from an app and drive it just for a few hours, without going to a rental company office first.
Aber die Preise für Mietwagen in Alicante sind günstig. Ein paar Beispiele für Unternehmen, die es Ihnen ermöglichen, ein Auto für einen Tag mit niedrigen Gebühren zu mieten, sind Centauro.net, wiberrentacar.com und drivalia.es.
A few years ago, a company called Mooving used the hourly/minutes rental system with an app for electric moped,s but went bankrupt during the 2020 pandemic after leaving Alicante a few months earlier.