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Alicante Slideshow
Top Hotels in Alicante
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Playa Campello El Campello
12 reviews -
MELIA BOUTIQUE PALACIO DE TUDE Alicante
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Primavera Park Hotel Alicante
85 reviews -
Almassera Vella Relleu
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Casa Lehmi Alicante
4 reviews -
Alfonso El Sabio Hotel Residencia Alicante
1 review
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Gran Hotel Sol Y Mar Alicante
347 reviews -
Hotel GHI La Granadina San Isidro de Albatera
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Hostal les Monges Palace Alicante
57 reviews
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Pension Portugal Alicante
3 reviews -
Hotel Fuente El Cura Sax
5 reviews
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Casitas Armari San Isidro de Albatera
1 review
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Hotel Congra Pilar de la Horadada
1 review
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Marina Hotel La Marina
5 reviews
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Hotel Bahia Alicante
10 reviews
Alicante
Travel Blogs from Alicante, Spain and Canary Islands
Rumination No. 6 - Ow! I Have Carpal Tunnel!
... . What one ref calls, another doesnīt, and there appears to be no balancing. Do something. Establish hard guidelines, and emasculate referees who donīt perform. Add 2 referees. Add a cameric review. Something, whatever. Technology is exposing the ...
Hughie and Bill
... gin & tonic. It starts to cloud over and the roof top BBQ is relocated to the terrace. Good food, good wine, good company and a comparatively early bed. It’s been a FAB day. “Entirely adequate” is used in the narrative with the kind ...
Alicante
... tropical holiday feel for the tourists in Summer. The esplanade is really beautiful and is paved, which is something we see all over Spain and Italy, in pollished marble and granite. It's their cheap stone over hear. Now on a fine sunny day this is all ...
Fun, in a Nutshell
... with me, and we spent our week in a blur of beaches, parties, and siestas. Aside for the fact that parties in Alicante are unique in that club promoters give out free drinks to get you into their bars (and more to have you stay), everything is ...
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen We arrived in Alicante at around half past seven in the morning. It was already warm. We walked around for a while and then we found the sea. Despite being tired, unwashed, and it still being before 8 o'clock, we went for a swim. We ...
The Hogueras de San Juan
... itīs religious significance because I donīt really care. It is apparently celebrated all over the world in various ways. In Alicante, each of 80 barrios (neighborhoods) raises money to hire an artist, build a Fogueras - a painted structure made from ...
The Granparetns
... . And if he wasn't phoning her, she was phoning him. I was pretty much left to my own devices. While we were in Alicante the week before, I had decided to take a six week oath of celibacy. The reasons were vast and complicated, but it basically boiled ...
Free camping down the coast
... run all along the coast, is seems very quite. It feels like it boombed in the sixties and now it is run down and not popular. Spain has also been hit hard with financial problems, so it is not uncommon to see builds that are completely hollow. Development ...
Three Cheers for the Cherimoyas!
... the richness somehow and it did the trick quite well. We took a wander through the city to find out what was happening in Alicante nightlife. First we went to the touristy area near the port where prices are exhorbant and a people are more dressed up. ...
Sleep Hard Work Hard Play Hard
... dance club that we had heard of. There was a line up so I decided to use my "bouncey bouncer" technique. It worked like a charm and Fed couldn't believe it bugging me incessantly to know what I said. I told him the truth...its all in the smile. At ...
Elche II - The Return
Coming down for breakfast there are bottles, glasses and plates everywhere. Somebody must have had a party after we all went to bed. It's nearly all hands to the pump and the place is spick and span in no time at all, then Dave arrives. Freshly squeezed ...
A Fruitful Interaction
... the running total in her head. "Algo mas?" this little Spanish angel asked with a gentle smile, getting noticeably more comfortable and confident with her new customer. I was so captivated by her sweet demeanor that I just kept getting more and more ...
Alicante Acquaintences
... was surprised to hear that I was living in his hometown. He has been in Spain this whole time tho he has moved from Barcelona to Alicante so now I get to see his "other" home town. Fed picked me up from the bus station and we walked the two blocks to ...
Alicante
Hey Guys Well Alicante. The Lonely planet said it was a really nice place to relax and hang on the beach, what they didn't say is that it is a massive retirement town and the beach is full of really old topless women. And there was no sun. The town ...
Spain 1998
I've been to Alicante many times as I have family who live in a town nearby where we used to have a ...
time out...
... being able to knock off a small section. A new meaning to a pillow fight! The castle offers great views around Alicante. It’s free to visit and you can easily get up by a lift built into the rock, accessible from the beach. I also wandered the old ...
The creation of Agent Dods
... up killing himself inside of the guy’s head as he tries to kill the scientist from within him or something. Sean and I exchanged a look. I asked for more information: What was the experiment? Why did he want to kill the scientist? The Ukrainian guy ...
Island of Tabarca and a real pub crawl
... - I can’t lose that hat! At the fourth bar, Emelia, the American girl, is very, very drunk. It’s her last night in Alicante. She’s trying to get me to find her co-worker Hanna. I find Alfie and tell him, and wait with her at the bar. She ...
Alicante, Spain
I flew into Alicante, Spain and took a taxi to our hotel during the evening! I was dark so we really didnt get to see much of the city, but you could still get the feeling that Alicante was absolutely gorgeous. The streets were surprisingly clean and well ...
New place. new friends
... , a very sped-up affect, and inability to focus but a strong desire to talk. He had a friend whose boyfriend lived in Alicante and so they were all going out that night; he invited us, we declined. After much animated conversation and story-telling back ...
Informal pub crawl in Alicante
... with his cup next to me and my own in my hand and the sangria in a bag behind me. Drinking outside is illegal in Spain, but I wasn’t really thinking about it. The German group next to me talking to another Aussie girl were openly drinking a beer. ...
Alicante
... trip to Alicante involved a Spanish girls night out. We arrive at 10:00pm, went for a late dinner and then four of us headed out to experience the Alicante nightlife with our tour guide. Our tour guide grew up in this southern coastal city. At one in the ...
Day 39- Who needs uni if you have a british nutter
... consulate". He then wisely replied "no, no. Many people donīt realise this but Britain actually consists of England, Scottland, and Wales". At this point someone else sitting behind, him who we had previously spoke to, started to silently cry laughing. ...
More random notes and language victories
... of them with the name David Jolly embroidered on it. I got 10 answers on the crossword puzzle today. Then I gave up and did the sudoku. Anything goes on tv here. I watch a show that seems to be a mix between American Idol and ...
Otra Noche Ocupada en Alicante
... count 10 minutes of time! Ojalá que ustedes lo disfruten... (disfrutar= to enjoy) -Sra Sullivan If you are accessing this via facebook, you have to click on ''jump to full entry and travel map'' always to be able to see pictures and ...
Peace and quiet and horse riding on site!
... Spanish countryside. I could have hiked for miles. Mountain views and only 5 minutes from the town! The house is typical spanish and a working stables with 6 horses, so you can book a hack, fall out of bed and straight onto a horse! The breakfast was ...
To the National Park....almost
... when you are going up a mountain. Almost all the way to the top and we had to turn around in fear that weck down and out to a gas station. Luckily just coasting down the hil for 10 km still left us with enough gas to putter into the station ...