Anyone been to Alicante?

[JDMFanYo]

I will be staying in a quiet beach resort which is around 30 mins from Alicante airport at the end of July.

The place I'm staying in is a friend of a friends, who don't let the property out and when visiting, always rent a car, so don't have any useful information regarding local scooter rental, bus timetables, taxi costs etc.

Just wondering if anyone had flown to Alicante and could point me in the right direction, I imagine a 30minute taxi would cost an arm and a leg and could ideally do with local bus information for getting around

Thanks

[Diablorojo]

Just saw your message, thought I'd try an help out!

The buses in Alicante are run by SUBUS (hhtp://www.subus.es) and the C6 line is the one that connects the centre to the airport.

Stops here:

JUAN BAUTISTA LA FORA Nº 2 (CAM)
Rambla Méndez Núñez Nº 12
Av. Alfonso X El Sabio Nº 12
Av. Federico Soto Nº 5
C/ Pintor Lorenzo Casanova Nº 26
C/ Oscar Esplá Nº 3
Av. Elche (C/ Federico Mayo)
Av. Elche - Parque San Gabriel
Av. Elche Nº 92 - Estación Tren
Av. Elche Nº 109 (Alcoa)
Cruce N-332 / N-340 (Aguamarga)
AEROPUERTO

And vice versa from the airport. Runs every twenty minutes monday to friday following this pattern 09.10, 9.30, 09.50. From 6am to 11pm. About the rest of stuff, (scooters etc) I cant help too much but I often find some useful info with Costasur when traveling around Spain, so here's their page in Alicante. http://alicante.costasur.com/en/index.html

[Diablorojo]

PS I would imagine a 30 minute taxi would set you back around 30/40 euros...at least where I live in Spain. Strangely enough I was once with a friend in Valencia who missed his bus and had to pay around 130 euros to get to Alicante airport by taxi!

[JDMFanYo]

muchos gracias x

I've got the basics in Spanish dialled, ¿cuantos es? might come in handy should I require a last minute taxi!

Edited by JDMFanYo on Wednesday 26th May 15:38

[Rouleur]

Where are you staying? I've just recently been to Altea again, also know Javea, Moraira etc. It will be stupidly hot in July

If you're staying north of Alicante I'd strongly recommend you hire a car as there's loads of great places to go, including roads which will blow your mind...

[king_of_herts]

Aaaaah Moraira.... Love that place with all my heart.

A proper lovely little place.

[gtidriver]

You could drive down, I'm staying at my neighbours apartment that's 17 Min's drive from alicante in September. £350 with sleasy jet plus car hire. You could extend you holiday and visit places on the way,Paris,the millau bridge,Barcelona etc.