Location: Alicante
Top Things to do in Alicante
Things to do in Alicante, Valencian Country: The Best Historic Sites
Alicante (/ˌælɪˈkænti, -teɪ/; Spanish: [aliˈkante]), or Alacant (Valencian: [alaˈkant]), both the Spanish and Valencian being official names, is a city and port in Spain on the Costa Blanca, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 330,525, estimated as of 2016, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city. Including nearby municipalities, the Alicante conurbation had 452,462 residents. The population of the metropolitan area (including Elche and satellite towns) was 757,085 as of 2014 estimates, ranking as the eighth-largest metropolitan area of Spain.
Restaurants in Alicante
1. Guadalest Valley
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,503 reviews
Reviewed By M4860QLkimp - Algorfa, Spain
Took a day trip to Guadalest Valley with friends enjoyed the views, the lovely walks and lunch in the restaurant . Visited the museums and craft shops . To visit the castle you walk through the church there is a small charge of 4 e . Well worth a visit with friends and family .
2. Tossal de Manises (Lucentum)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By P9830PIsusanc - Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
As a devotee of Roman archaeology, I was keen to visit this little-known site. We had visited the MARQ museum the previous day and seen interesting finds from Lucentum so it was good to be able to place them in context. I was glad to have found precise instructions of how to get there by another visitor Tripadvisor as there is no information whatsoever at the tram station or in the street outside. So I will repeat them here. It is 1.45 Euro each to get the tram (just a few stops) from Luceros. On leaving the tram at the Lucentum stop, walk towards the direction of the sea, and turn right along Calle Diana. Turn left into Calle Romulo and walk straight on until this street changes to Calle Zeus up a slight hill. The entrance is in C. Zeus on the right hand side. It was only €1.40 each for EU pensioners – bargain! The contrast between the ancient site and the adjacent blocks of flats was quite something. I also had not realised how elevated the site was, with fantastic panoramic views including of a number of surviving 16th century defensive towers. Excellent informative signage is in Spanish, Catalan and English – whereas in the main sister museum MARQ there are only a handful of small captions in English. After two small school parties had left, we were the only visitors – an archaeologist was at work cataloguing. This site deserves more visitors, but it was lovely to have it to ourselves.
