SPAIN: ALICANTE, ELCHE AND ISLA DE TABARCA

Looking for lovely weather and sunshine we decided to spend a weekend of three days in Alicante. And we were lucky because we enjoyed three great days. It was a way to forget for a few days the autumn of Barcelona.

Apart from the city of Alicante, we visited the Palmeral and Hort del Cura in Elche and the Tabarca Island. This island is small but allowed us to spend a pleasant morning walking around the lighthouse and enjoy a delicious paella in the restaurant Casa Ramos.

Here's what we visited these days in Alicante:

Dia 1

• Views of Alicante from our hotel
• Elche (Palmeral and Hort del Cura)

Dia 2

• Promenade and Marina of Alicante
• Isla de Tabarca

Dia 3

• Castle of Santa Bárbara
• Old city of Alicante
• Explanada

Dia 1

Alicante

Castle of Santa Bárbara from the 25th floor of our hotel in Alicante

Marina of Alicante from the Tryp Gran Sol hotel in Alicante

Beach of El Postiguet in Alicante

Cathedral of San Nicolás in Alicante

Elche

Tourist Office in Elche

Palms in a park of Elche

Imperial Palm in Hort del Cura in Elche

Dama de Elche in Hort del Cura in Elche

Beautiful flower in Hort del Cura in Elche

Palms are everywhere in Elche

Alicante

Castle of Santa Bárbara in Alicante lit at night

Dia 2

Alicante

Hotel Tryp Gran Sol from the promenade of Alicante

Marina and promenade of Alicante

I really like the promenade of Alicante

Nice view of Alicante from Kontiki cruise. This boat took us from Alicante to Isla de Tabarca

Isla de Tabarca

Lighthouse in Isla de Tabarca

We were lucky because the day was lovely in Isla de Tabarca

Cactus near the lighthouse of Isla de Tabarca

Tower of San José in Isla de Tabarca

Walls in Isla de Tabarca

Dia 3

Alicante

 

Marina of Alicante from the castle of Santa Bárbara

View from the castle of Santa Bárbara in Alicante

Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante

Castle of Santa Bárbara is quiet large so we spent nearly two hours visiting it

Explanada in Alicante

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:



- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Cantabria

• Cantabria
• Santander, Comillas and Santillana del Mar in Cantabria

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

• Sevilla
• Córdoba
• Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Galicia

• Santiago de Compostela in Galicia
• Costa da Morte
• Baiona, Islas Cíes and more Beaches in Galicia
• Tui and Camino de Santiago Portugués

- Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca