Once the provincial landing pad for the nearby resort of Benidorm, Alicante is working hard to assert itself as the cultural capital of the Costa Blanca – and succeeding. In less than a decade the city has transformed itself from a rundown port into an elegant city with wide boulevards, clean beaches, a sparkling new harbour complex and some world-class museums. All this reinvention makes for a startlingly ugly ride from the airport, but the cranes and cement mixers eventually fall away to...
[Alicante guide]