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Alicante (province)

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Alicante is the southern province of the Valencia region (Comunidad Valenciana) in Spain. It is mainly tourist oriented (see e.g. Benidorm) although it has an important shoe and toy industry.

Languages: Valencian/Catalan and Spanish are co-official.

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[edit] Other destinations

  • Costa Blanca - 200 km long coastline. Very popular with tourists.
  • Gran Alacant - 5KM north of Santa Pola. 10 minutes by car from Alicante airport. This is an Urbanisation with aproximately 2,000 houses, apartments and flats. Mainly owned by Spanish and British people. A great number of the properties are also available for holiday lets. Each area of the urbanisation has it's own facilities, and swimming pools. Beaches in the area are well maintained, but should be avoided in the Spanish Holiday season (August), as it is very busy then.

[edit] Understand

The Communitat Valenciana / País Valencià is an Autonomous Region of Spain. Languages: Valencian/Catalan and Spanish.

[edit] Talk

Try to talk to locals in Valencian/Catalan language.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

Using the international airport in Alicante (Valencian/Catalan: Alacant), airport code: ALC.

The airport is relatively close to the ciutat (city) of Alacant, beaches in Costa Blanca, such as Benidorm.

[edit] By train

Trains coming from Madrid (Altaria) and Barcelona and València (Euromed). It also has a picturesque (and slow) train coming from Dénia and going by the coast until Alicante.

[edit] By bus

Many buses come from almost every big city in Spain. The main bus station is located in the centre of Alicante.

[edit] By car

Use the AP-7 highway if you come from the coast (Valencia or Barcelona). There is also a motorway coming from Madrid and another from Murcia.

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[edit] Get out

Visit to Ibiza/Eivissa & Malloraca/Majorca islands. Valencia,Barcelona,Murcia,Cartagena,Almeria.

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