Almirante Alicante
Avda de Niza 38, Playa de San Juan Alicante, Costa Blanca, Valencian Country, 03540, Spain and Canary Islands
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Champagne Breakfast
... for the other days, we walked up the Santa Barbara castle to see a beautiful view of the city, the mountains and the ocean. Did you know Alicante is a semi-desert?
We saw some ancient Roman ruins, which in my opinion should have been left untouched because they were restored to the point of looking too modern.
Victor and Cecilia are lovely and generous people. They took us to some swish ...
Fantastico Alicante!
... of the largest medieval fortresses in Spain. The castle was built by the Moors in the 9th/10th century and, at 166 meters in height, produces an amazing view of the city, coastline and harbor. The castle is full of cannons, dungeons, a moat, the ruins of a small church and, of course, a famous lookout tower. It really is a great place to visit and I definitely wish we would have had more then one day to enjoy Alicante. ...
A Moorish place?
Another sunny day, how lucky have we been! We set off to walk the short distance into town and head right along the sea front to the elevator which takes you up to Santa Barbara Castle set high on a cliff above the town. It had only just opened so we were among the first up to take advantage of the great views.
By the ...
Joining the Brits abroad
... we fought gallantly against the tide of restaurant owners trying to pull us into their haunts. By following the dolcit tones of a local, we discovered a hole in the wall tapas eatery that blew us away - Cerveceria Sento. Patatas Bravas, lamb burgers, balsamic chicken and meat straight off the hock - all very simple but oh so very good. We failed miserably on the second night as we succumbed to the bright lights and sales pitch of a young spaniard in what turned out to be ...
To the National Park....almost
... 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 n town.
We are never going to run out of gas again.
Here we come San Jose.......sick beaches!
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