Alicante (Alacant) Trip Overview
This is TOTAL Alicante experience, we will cover the best of Alicante from its history, cuisine best wines and stories.
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* Duration: 7 hours
* Starts: Alicante (Alacant), Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Alicante (Alacant), Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
This is TOTAL Alicante experience, we will cover the best of Alicante from its history, cuisine best wines and stories.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Passeig Esplanada d’Espanya, Genaro Codina 722, 03001 Alicante Spain
Take a walk at the Explanade de Espana, and be dazzled by more than 6 million ceramic tiles on the promenade floor. Get amazed by the Spanish Boulevard on the seaside.
Get a taste of Alicante’s local cuisine throght this walking tour interactive experience. Begin with an Horchata, come with us to discover the secrets of our most popular drink, the horchata made with tiger nut and why not a treat enjoy the traditional almond cake.
Admire the Baroque façade of the Town Hall and the modernist Casa Carbonell, one of the city’s most striking buildings
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Castillo de Santa Barbara, 03002 Alicante Spain
Take the lift up to the fortifications of Santa Bárbara Castle a spectacular structure sitting 166 meters above sea level, offering sweeping views of the Alicante’s bay., located on the strategic mountain of Benacantil. Get a panoramic views of the city.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Alicante Town Hall, Placa Ajuntament 1, 03002 Alicante Spain
We will visit the town hall square we can admire this baroque work of civil architectonics and built on the site of the former city hall in the 18th century
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Placa Gabriel Miro, Placa de Gabriel Miro s/n, 03001 Alicante Spain
If there is a particularly romantic and evocative square in Alicante, that is Gabriel Miró Square. A special place that shares the charm with the nearby Portal de Elche. We will continue to visit a hidden wine cellar.
Become an expert in Alicante wine with a customized lesson and tasting session, led by a local connoisseur who truly knows the ways of the grape. Enjoy a wine tasting at one of the hidden wine cellar in Alicante, food and wines are well worth the visit!. Taste some of the region’s most representative wines and enjoy feasting on some local products such us iberian cured ham, cheese and dried fruits
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Concatedral Sant Nicolau de Bari d’Alacant, Plaza del Abad Penalva 1, 03002 Alicante Spain
Next, walk down to the quaint old quarter of the Barrio de Santa Cruz and discover quiet streets of colorful buildings. Experience a typically Mediterranean way of life before going to the 17th-century Co-cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari, built on the remains of a mosque.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Barrio Santa Cruz, Alicante Spain
You’ll also have chance to taste two traditional tapas with a a glass of beer at the old town famous as “El barrio”. The Santa Cruz neighborhood is one the most charming places of Alicante. The neighborhood has a very special sailor air: almost all houses are white with painted colorful and full of potted flowers and tiles. Neighbors care to detail neighborhood streets and it shows.
Get a taste of Alicante’s local cuisine through 2 traditional tapas.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mercat Central d’Alacant, Avda Alfonso El Sabio 8, 03004 Alicante Spain
Our tour takes you to the city’s food market area. Alicante Central Market is a feast for the senses, a mixture of movement, smells, tastes and sounds difficult to forget. It is worth to see even if to only admire the architecture of the building and meet the daily life of the people of Alicante.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Plaza 25 de Mayo, Alicante Spain
The plaza 25 de mayo is a famous square in Alicante which joins onto Mercado central. Learn about its history.
Duration: 20 minutes
