{"id":2267,"date":"2025-03-27T09:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:36:00","slug":"alicante-what-to-see-and-do-in-the-capital-of-the-costa-blanca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/alicante-what-to-see-and-do-in-the-capital-of-the-costa-blanca\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicante: What to See and Do in the Capital of the Costa Blanca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alicante is a lively coastal city offering sun, history, gastronomy, and Mediterranean charm all year round. It\u2019s great for a city break or as a base to explore the Costa Blanca by car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top places to visit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Santa B\u00e1rbara Castle<\/strong>: perched atop Mount Benacantil, with stunning views of the city and sea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Explanada de Espa\u00f1a<\/strong>: a palm-lined promenade near the marina.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Old town &amp; Santa Cruz quarter<\/strong>: colorful houses and narrow streets full of local character.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Postiguet Beach<\/strong>: urban beach just steps from downtown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended experiences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rent a car<\/strong> to visit nearby spots like Elche, Villajoyosa, or San Juan Beach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try traditional <strong>Alicante-style rice dishes<\/strong> or local <strong>turr\u00f3n from Jijona<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch the sunset from the castle or enjoy the nightlife in the old town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heading to Alicante?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With <strong>Solcar<\/strong>, renting a car is quick and easy \u2014 explore the Costa Blanca freely and comfortably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicante is a lively coastal city offering sun, history, gastronomy, and Mediterranean charm all year round. It\u2019s great for a city break or as a base to explore the Costa Blanca by car. Top places to visit Recommended experiences Heading to Alicante? With Solcar, renting a car is quick and easy \u2014 explore the Costa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solcar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}