Essential Information - Alicante City Guide
Alicante, the capital city of the Costa Blanca, is a full service city. The following information will help you find the post office, medical services and other essential locations.
Alicante City Guide - Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Useful Information
- Things to See and Do
- Where to Stay and Eat
- Getting Around
Tourist offices
The main office (tel 96-520-00-00, email touristinfo.alicante@turisme.m400.gva.es, Rambla Méndez Núñez 23; open 10am-7.30pm Mon-Fri & 10am-2pm/3pm-7.30pm Sat Sept16-Jun15, 10am-8pm Mon-Sat Jun16-Sept15) is supplemented by offices at the airport, bus station, main train station, city hall and during the summer, at the Playa del Postiguet.
Banks and ATM's
Money Banks and ATM's are scattered throughout Alicante. To change travellers cheques, your best option is the BBVA (Avenida Alfonso X El Sabio 12) next to the Mercado Central. Western Union is available at the main post office (see Post & Communications).
Post & Communications
The main post office (Calle Arzobispo Loaces 10; open 8.30am-8.30pm Mon-Fri, 9.30am-2pm Sat) operates Alicante's lista de correos (poste restante) service.
M.D.Q. Line Locutorio (tel 96-521-26-92, Calle Poeta Campos Vassallo 9; open 9.30am-3.30pm Mon-Sat, 5pm-11.30pm daily) is one of the few places that charge under €1.75/hour for internet access. They also offer telephone services.
Bookshops
Visit FNAC (tel 96-601-01-00, Avenida Estación 5-7; open 10am-10pm Mon-Sat, 12pm-10pm Sun) for Alicante's best selection of English language novels, maps and guide books.
Laundry
Strangely, there is a complete absence of public laundry facilities. However, most accommodation options will do your laundry for about €6 a load.
Medical Services & Emergency
In case of an emergency, dial tel 112 for police, fire or ambulance. Hospital de Alicante (tel 96-593-83-00, Calle Maestro Alonso 109) is 1.6 km north of the Mercado Central.
Lost Property
Call Objetos Perdidos (tel 96-514-99-69).
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Alicante City Guide - Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Useful Information
- Things to See and Do
- Where to Stay and Eat
- Getting Around
More Information
Local Tourism Board
The website for Alicante's local tourist board has a lot of information, and it is worth checking out.
Other Sites
Spain.info's pages on Alicante are a must read, as is VirtualTourist.com's Alicante Travel Guide. Some other websites worth visiting include Jet2.com's Alicante city guide and Lonely Planet's Alicante city guide.
Spain.info also offers a quick and short little video of the main parts of Alicante: video of Alicante (1986kb).
A worthy read is provided by Robert Carlton (of Alicante Spain fame) over at Escape Artist, who invites us on "A Foot Walk Around Alicante", a guided tour/ walk around Alicante city.
For a complete set of links including the ones given above, Go Costa Blanca has an excellent collection of resources about the city of Alicante located in our resource section.