Alicante Compass
Day Trips from Alicante.
Everything worth leaving the city for — within an hour's drive.
"Alicante is a great city. The area around it is just as good — most people never find out.
Some of the best days we've had as a family started with a one-hour drive and no particular plan. The Costa Blanca has places that simply don't show up on the standard tourist map — and most of the best day trips from Alicante are within an hour's drive of the city centre.
What you'll find here is my own selection of the places I think are worth the drive. A personal must-visit list built from real visits, not a travel agency brochure. The list will keep growing.
Good travels."
Some of the best days we've had as a family started with a one-hour drive and no particular plan. The Costa Blanca has places that simply don't show up on the standard tourist map — and most of the best day trips from Alicante are within an hour's drive of the city centre.
What you'll find here is my own selection of the places I think are worth the drive. A personal must-visit list built from real visits, not a travel agency brochure. The list will keep growing.
Good travels."
Petro
Alicante Compass
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