All in all, Alicante is a Mediterranean city, with its beautiful beaches, its promenades, its restaurants, cafés and terraces, its nautical clubs...
A perfect destination for your Sailing lessons or your Windsurfing Training Camp!
If you go up to the top of the hill of the Santa Barbara Castle, you will discover an unforgettable panoramic view of the most important monuments in Alicante: the church of Santa Maria, the Cathedral, the Town Hall façade, the monastery of Santa Faz, the San Fernando Castle and much more.
Seeing all these magnificent monuments from above they will invite you to go down the hill and walk along them.
Along the streets, you will come across large and small palaces, as well as traditionally painted white, yellow and pink houses. Everything is illuminated by the blue light of the Mediterranean Sea and encourages you to continue walking around and discovering places.
The widest avenues, such as La Rambla or Doctor Gadea will lead you to Alfonso X el Sabio Street with the Luceros on one side and the Central Market on the other, just opposite the ZADOR Spanish language School.
The majority of the host families are near the Spanish language school, around 10 or 15 minutes walking. If students live more than 20 minutes walking from Alicante city centre, we provide them with bus tickets to go to the Spanish school. All the quarters of the city are connected to the centre by urban buses running every 10-15 minutes.
Near the Spanish language school, students can take the tram to go to the Sea School, located in the Northeast of Alicante, in the area of La Albufereta Beach, a quiet residential area.
Alicante Spain Highlights
Location ― In the Spanish Mediterranean coast, In the South part of the Valencia Region, Alicante is located 185 Km from Valencia, 60 Km from Elche, 515 Km from Barcelona and 422 Km from Madrid.
Population ― With around 330,000 inhabitants, Alicante is a prosperous city, attracting people from different regions in Spain and Europe. Alicante has grown a lot thanks the continuous expansion of its dynamic services sector.
How to get Alicante ― There are train and bus stations, a harbour and an international airport. The A-7 toll motorway connects Alicante to all the Mediterranean coast cities. There is also a highway to Madrid. Bus and train lines link Alicante to all these cities. Airlines offering both regular and charter flights connect Alicante with the main European cities.
Places to visit ― Santa Barbara Castle, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, the City Hall, San Nicolas Concathedral, Bonfire Museum, Archaeological Museum (MARQ), Gavina Palace, range of 18th century manor houses… and the sea front.
Alicante social life — There are many leisure areas where the most varied entertainment is guaranteed. In El Barrio, the name of the old town, there is a high concentration of bars and restaurants with excellent atmosphere, as well as some places with live music. Some must-see stops are: La Zona, just behind the Explanada (forecourt), which is for the young and lively crowd, or la Ruta de la Madera, behind Alfonso el Sabio Avenue and El Puerto, with their more modern spots, discotheques and out-door cafés.
Alicante province — Alicante is a rich province, whose charm lies in its diversity: sea and mountain, irrigated areas and dry lands, calm corners and noisy tourist centres.
This land offers you an eminently Mediterranean landscape. There are kilometres of coast combined with enormous coastal plains and mountains where you can enjoy the excellent climate all year round. Big cities and tourist centres with all kinds of services and activities mix with small and quiet villages, that have preserved their millenniums of history and culture, but at the same time stay open to the future.
Surrounding cities ― The biggest city is Valencia, 1 hour and a half, with architecturally impressive City of Arts and Sciences; Elche, where you can walk round the largest palm forest in Europe; Orihuela, Murcia, Altea, Calpe… |
