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1. Alicante Harbor: Beautiful La Marina complex with yachts, boats and numerous bars and restaurants. Close to Melia Alicante hotel and Explanada promenade.

2. Alicante Old Town - El Barrio: El Barrio is a large pedestrian zone with beautiful old buildings and a lot of excellent restaurants and bars. During the night, thousands of young people have fun on the streets, enjoying in clubs with good music.

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Take a walk along Alicante harbor and enjoy nice images of boats, blue sky and the sea. Get in touch with the Mediterranean. Alicante, the city of light, is a favourite holiday destination on Costa Blanca, Spain.


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Top 10 Alicante - Summer 2009

Alicante – a vibrant city on the Mediterranean coast of Spain – is a favourite holiday destination of hundreds thousands of tourist each year. People from all over the world come to Alicante and Costa Blanca to relax, enjoy long sandy beaches and experience a true Spanish flavour and charm.
This summer season 2009 is going to be hot and lively. Alicante is prepared to offer you the best fun and great parties. Let’s take a look on the Top 10 things you can do in Alicante this summer to have an unforgettable holiday:
1. Go to the wonderful beaches and get in touch with the Mediterranean. The weather is excellent, the days are sunny and the endless sea compete with the bright blue sky. Alicante invites you to visit some of the best beaches in Spain. Postiguet beach, San Juan beach, Urbanova beach, ... just to name a few.

2. Nightlife in the Old Town. Alicante Old Town – called El Barrio – is the best place for having a good time during hot summer nights. Find your favourite bar, pub or night club! There are a lot of diverse places for parting and meeting with friends. Once the bars are closed (at 4 o’clock in the morning) don’t stop – continue parting in discos of La Marina complex.

3. Climb up Alicante castles. Alicante castles are fabulous symbols of its millennium past. Placed on M¬ount Benacantil (castle of Santa Barbara) and Tossal hill (castle of San Fernando), they offer you breathtaking views over the surrounding countryside. Take your camera with you and make hundreds of great photos!


4. Visit Archaeology Museum of Alicante – MARQ. Discover Alicante archaeological treasures and visit new fascinating exhibitions. This year, from the 2nd of April to the 13th of October 2009, you can enjoy ancient aesthetics and The Beauty of the Body (La Belleza del Cuerpo). This exhibition of masterpieces of Greek art is done in collaboration with the British Museum. The Discobolus of Myron will spend his summer holidays in Alicante.


5. Las Hogueras de San Juan - St John's Bonfires festival. This is one of the best festivals in Spain, declared as of International Tourist Interest. It is organized from 20th to 24th of June as the official festival of Alicante. Numerous colorful figures made of paper and wood are placed all over the city and hundreds of thousands visitors from the whole world gather in Alicante to enjoy this fantastic party.
People make never-ending parades and carnivals during days and night. Streets are crowded with music stages, tables and open-air restaurants. The culmination is reached the final night, at midnight, when all the figures are burnt to the ground.

6. Alicante fireworks competition. At the end of St John's Bonfires festival, you can have several unforgettable nights more. Just go to the Postiguet beach at midnight (or a bit earlier to find a place) and watch spectacular firework competition. These are the best fireworks that I have seen in my life. Your imagination will be surprised by a variety of forms and colours.

7. Alicante Jazz Festival. The 12th Alicante International Jazz Festival is organized from the 22nd to 26th of July 2009. There will be concerts of five well-known jazz ensembles: Roy Haynes Trio, The Manhattan Transfer, Al Di Meola World Sinfonia, Carla Bley Big Band and Spyro Gyra.

8. Alicante Film Festival. The 6th International Alicante Film Festival is organized from 1st to 6th of June 2009. The events and movie projections take place in the Alicante Theatre, several Alicante cinemas and in Ciudad de la Luz (the complex of the most modern film studios in Europe).

9. Visit Medieval Market. Related to the Bonfires festival, Alicante Medieval Market is organized during the last week of June in the Old Town. You can travel into the past, listen to old street music, buy traditional products, eat tasty and exotic food or visit gypsy witch with fortune telling cards.


10. La Corrida – bullfighting. During St John's Bonfires, you can also experience something typically Spanish - the bullfighting. La Feria Taurina 2009 is organized from 17th to 28th of June. There are 7 Corridas de Toros and 4 additional fights with novilleros and picadores.


Whichever type of holiday you choose, you can spend it in Alicante. This marvelous city can meet all your needs and wishes.

Top 10 Alicante - Summer 2009

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Alicante airport – the gate of the Mediterranean

Each year, several millions of travelers come to Spain and Costa Blanca through Alicante Airport. Despite its small size, it is one of the most busy airports in Spain. For many travelers, it is the starting point of their vacation on the Mediterranean. Alicante airport is well connected with many cities of Europe. Around 80% of all the visitors are from UK, Germany, France, Holland and other European countries. In addition, it is indirectly linked with the rest of the world by local flights from Madrid or Barcelona.

The airport is located quite close to Alicante – just about 10 kilometres (6 miles) away from the city center. You can find it between places of Torrellano and Urbanova, close to the city of Elche, following the roads A-79, N-338 and N-332.

The airport halls are spacious, with a lot of light, having large entrance doors. They are organized in three levels. The arrival hall is in the lowest level, with a coffee shop, offices of several travel agencies and a Police station. Around the arrival gate you can also find offices of Alicante car hire agencies. There are 6 of them on the side of the coffee shop: Solmar, Goldcar rental, Europcar, Auriga crown, Record and Avis. Another 4 are situated closer to the exit: Sixt, Hertz, National-Atesa and Centauro.

The check-in area is situated on the middle level (the first floor). It has two parts. In the first hall (above the arrival gate), there are 38 regular check-in posts of terminal T-1 (numbered from 1 to 38) and one post for bulky luggage (number 39). Passing by the last post and walking further through a corridor you enter the hall of terminal T-2. There are additional check-in posts, numbered from 51 to 64. The departure area is situated on the second floor (upper level), with a standard shopping and restaurant zone.

Close to the stairs and the elevator, connecting all three levels, you can find the Information desk, as well as offices of several airline companies: Iberia, Flybe, Monarch, Air Europa, Spanair, Jet2, Air Algerie and Airberlin. You can also have a snack in a self-service coffee bar La Marina. The offices of other agencies (such as Alicante air service, Thomas Cook, Air Finland, ServisAir, Thomson Tui, Travelplan, Aga airlines, Easy Jet and Menzines Aviation) are situated near the corridor connecting halls of two terminals.

In front of the airport building, you can find a large car park. Currently, new additions are also under construction. Once the new Terminal 2 is finished, the airport will provide a large parking area for more than 6000 vehicles. The new terminal, which should be finished during 2009/2010, is added as a solution to an increasing number of flights. Some of the airlines (such as Ryanair and EasyJet) are already operating from the new terminal.

The staff of the airport is highly professional, friendly and always ready to help. Most of them do speak English. The airport is organized well – I personally never had any bad experience. My luggage always arrived; it was never lost nor damaged. However, if it happens that your luggage is missing, just follow the standard procedure. Fill in the form and let the airport staff help you. In the worst case, you will get a survival package for your basic daily needs. In the most cases, the lost luggage is found within 24 hours.

When planing your flights to Alicante, check them on time and book them early. Visit the websites of travel agencies in order to find possible bargains. One of them is AENA - Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea . It offers the complete information about scheduled flights from and to Alicante, available in both Spanish and English languages.