Make a holiday apartment or villa in Alicante, Spain your home away from home

The province of Alicante, also known as Costa Blanca, is on the Southwest of Spain’s Mediterranean coast. Famed for its spectacular sweeping golden beaches, small traditional fishing villages and large beach resorts, Alicante holidays have become hugely popular and with the advent of cheap flights to Alicante, this magnificent coastal region of Spain has been opened up to the UK market all year round. An Alicante-Costa Blanca villa provides the ideal base for a spectacular beach holiday, testing golf holiday or relaxing holiday combining the best of the Costa Blanca’s beaches, cafes, sport, culture, cuisine and history.

Places to holiday in Alicante, Spain

There are a huge number of beach resorts along the Costa Blanca. The most famous resorts in Alicante are Benidorm, Javea, Moraira and Denia, which are exceptional Mediterranean beach resorts, boasting spectacular golden beaches, luxury Alicante villa rentals and exceptional facilities for all types of water sport, leisure activity and restaurants serving enough delicious food to fill any self catering holidays to Alicante.

Altea is one of the most beautiful cities on the Alicante stretch of the Costa Blanca. With the famous church Nuestra Senora del Consuelo, quiet pebble beaches and imposing Sierra de Bernia Mountain, Altea is beautiful and a holiday villa here also has the benefit of allowing you to discover some of the traditional, timeless surrounding villages, especially the Sunday market in La Nucia.

Torrevieja is a good choice for your Costa Blanca holidays. It is a favourite city for independent travellers, as there is a wide range of Costa Brava villas, apartments and other accommodation set right on the beaches of Playa los Locos, Playa del Cura, Cobo Roig and La Zenia.

Inland, Elche has an exotic air, possibly aided by the 300,000 palm trees in the city. There is a large amount of historical heritage in the city, with Altamira Palace, basilica of Santa Maria and Moorish Fortress and baths all well worth a visit on any Alicante holiday, and the nearby Rio Safari Park is a great family day out.

Things to do on an Alicante-Costa Blanca holiday

If you are looking for a golf holiday to Alicante, you will not be disappointed. Taking a cheap flight to Alicante and an Alicante holiday villa any time of year means that you can play a variety of testing courses each day, including the Playa de San Juan, and then relax on the sweeping beaches in the evenings. There are also many sports centres along the Costa Blanca offering tennis, swimming, horse riding, karting and football facilities.

Most Alicante holidays revolve around the world-famous Costa Blanca beaches, and the associated promenades filled with restaurants, cafes and bars. These attractions and the extensive facilities for water sports make taking a Costa Blanca villa easily worth it, but there are also many places to be discovered inland from the coast. The small villages offer charming timeless cafes, markets and attractions, but also the natural landscape opens itself to hiking and cycling.

Alicante weather

The weather in Alicante, Spain is good all year round. Summer temperatures soar up to 35°C and drop to between 10-15°C in the depths of winter, so ideal for a golfing holiday to Alicante.

Flights to Alicante, Spain

Cheap flights to Alicante arrive daily from 26 airports across the UK. For cheap flights to Alicante, try Flybe, easyJet, Ryanair, BMIbaby or Monarch’s cheap flights to Alicante Airport (ALC) or Murcia Airport (MJV).

Ryanair, easyJet, Monarch and Thomson operate regular flights to Alicante from London. Flights to Alicante from Manchester can be found on Monarch, Ryanair, easyJet and Thomson.