Alicante, better known as the seaport for many centuries in the history of Spain. It is centrally located on the Mediterranean coast, the city’s air always remains pervaded with the sea-smell. On the flip side, such an advantageous location of Alicante has made it one of the best seaport cities in Spain. The city has long promenades paved with black, red, and cream marble stones. They presumably resemble the waves of the Mediterranean Sea. You will be happy to know that Alicante has one of the most beautiful seafront promenades of Spain called Paseo de la Explanada.
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This is a great place to visit, it offers exemplary views of the picturesque city of Alicante and sea. Tourists who visited this place highly speak about it.
Beaches offer lifetime experience here as you have plenty of them in the city. Swoop down to just any beach and enjoy the ecstasies of life there walking through beautiful promenades, sporting activities, snorkelling etc. to name a few.
This is palm avenue along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is deemed as one of the most beautiful quays in Spain.
This is the old part of the Alicante and known for the high decibel nightlife befitting the travellers’ mood and preferences.
This is the only inhabited place in the community of Valencia, about 11 nautical miles away from Alicante city center.
The Town Hall that you see in Alicante today was built in the 18th century in the baroque style.
Alicante has a long history of inhabitation nearly 7000 years, it means the trace of the human race here can be found even in the pre historical area. Around 5000 to 3000 BC, some tribes from the Central Europe were believed to be settled on the slopes of the mountain Benacantil. The location was closer to the Mediterranean Sea while it actually offered security from the invaders due to the height of the location.Alicante has a very long history of wars spread over the centuries. It was the 19th century when Alicante began to prosper with the introduction of the railway here and linking it with the other major cities of the peninsula. The province of Alicante is now the second largest region of the Valencian Autonomous Community with the airport at EI Altet.
According to an estimate of 2014, the city had a population of 332,067 which 15% were foreigners from the countries like UK, Ecuador, Colombia and the Argentina and had settled here for the last 20 years or so.
The city has a mild winter and hot summer with scanty rain. The average rainfall here is 311 mm per year. September and October are the wettest months here. The crux is that Alicante experiences floods despite having a scanty rainfall in view of the torrential rain up to 200 mm within 24 hours. This is truly an astounding feature of the Mother Nature there in the city. More about the climate
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