Edward or Ed would like to know what the possibilities to play tennis in Moraira are?

Hi Ed, or do you like Edward? You couldn't have picked a better place to practice tennis than in Moraira. It's always sunny and in and around Moraira they have some new tennis complexes with courts open to all, restaurants and swimming pools.

Moraira, on the Mediterranean coast, caters to all kinds of sports activities but has also opened up some fantastic places for the visitors to take a swing at tennis, so line up and we'll.......

Susan said that she needed info. on what ferry she could take from Alicante to Valencia. The question is well taken since many people visit or fly into Valencia and than plan to travel further south to Alicante.

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there aren't any direct ferries going along the coast from Valencia to Alicante.There are only the ones going to the Baleares Islands from Denia or a nice one ( even though it's short) from Alicante and Torrevieja to Tabarca Island.

There is a wide choice of transports that can either take you from one coastal area to another along the coast or inland. Making tourist stops is a fun way to the see the country, so scout around my accumulation of ideas....

Dear Hubertus, Thanks for all the information about the beautiful area you live in. I look forward to receiving your emails. I wondered if you may be able to help me.
My family and I will be in Spain this summer (June-July). We are arriving in Barcelona and spending a few days and then are planning on driving to Alicante. I hope to do the drive in one day is this possible? .... Ron F.

Ron, Thanks for your email. You are actually asking on a wide range of questions, so allow me to "tear your email apart" and answer it in two seperate posts on the webcast. (hope this expression "tear apart" goes well ).

Here we go:
Is it possible to drive from Barcelona to Alicante in one day?...

Sue and Neil P. send in this very well taken question about our Alicante-Spain.com Newsletter: Hi sorry for being skeptic but do I have to pay  you any fees for joining or any on going fees and if not  what do you get out of this. As nothing these days are for free. Your web site and what you offer is great but I hate surprises.If you are a genuine person I can only appologise but there are so many scams about today.Many thanks

Hello Sue,

thanks for being skeptic. And you are right there is nothing free these days.
Well , except our downloadable ...

Second part of Ron's question... The other item is I know in one of your emails you talk about some of your favorite hotels in the area do you have any ideas about a place to stay in a more local type setting  on the beach ,smaller hotel/motel  we are a family of five and enjoy the local flavor.Our three teenagers  are looking forward to Spain beach vacations as well as enjoying Alicante and the surrounding areas. Thanks for any help and again great job on the webcast and emails. Ron F.

This question about a family friendly hotel in Alicante or surroundings is a quite common one. Ron, it is really tricky for me to give any good advice on hotels around the Costa Blanca, since we obviously do not need a hotel (as we are living here). However over the past years, running this website, we do get occasionally readers to recommend a certain hotel in a city along the Costa Blanca. We have collected these tips and listed those hotel recommendations for various cities on our site.

In your case, as you planning to go to Alicante, I would recommend the...

Connie asked about the city of Castellon, Spain on the Costa del Azahar in May. 
The Costa del Azahar, is located way up north of the Costa Blanca and even further north of the city of Valencia. It's a very lovely area with plenty of cultural sights to see and visit.

The city of Castellon itself and such wonderful surrounding cities like Peniscola or Morella (picture right) has a combination...

Sybille from Dortmund asked for any good restaurants to be found in Murcia, as she will attend a seminar with her company.

We published a short article on our favorite Murcia restaurants a while ago.  I am not such a frequent Murcia visitor, but my wife goes there rather often when attending medical conferences (Gloria is a pathologist).

The short list of our favorite Murcia restaurants is here:

http://www.alicante-spain.com/murcia-restaurants.html

I think this could give you an idea and please take the restaurants list just as our personal recommendation, there are literally hundred other great restaurants and bars in Murcia for you to enjoy a great dinner or lunch.

Margaret V. from Boise will visit friends in the La Manga area this summer. She wants to know if we could recommend any good book or course to learn spanish. Similar questions came in from Ian, Kalzok (not sure if right name) and Joanne all asking for a basic spanish language guide , for travelers.

Years ago, I did my spanish language course in Barcelona where we had used the schools learning material. Since I have been living here for many years (and married to a lovely spanish lady) I don't really use any language books anymore. However, I recommended the following course in one of our past newsletters and readers wrote back that they liked the online learning method (and that it was free). The free spanish course ...

Just a quick note that I updated our web page on Public Transport to Benidorm and Denia from Alicante Airport here. With the biggest change that Alsa (spanish bus company) now runs 13 daily bus shuttle connections from Alicante Airport to Benidorm. Compared to the eight daily routes they had last summer, it is definitely an improvement.
However this is ...

The Costa Blanca is always bustling with activities, be it gastronomical with its sidewalk cafes or entertainment for the family every day of the week.

Claus and Anne were puzzled about what was open on Sundays in Spain. Arriving at a city like Alicante, or even a smaller touristy coastal area shoudn't be thought of as a problem as far as being able to get something to eat.

Take a closer look at my memo pad to clasp some ideas.....