Alicante-Spain.com Newsletter No.5 - 9. April 2004

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Dear Alicante and Costa Blanca Fan,

just about entering the easter weekend, we put together some news and hands-on information for your next Alicante trip or stay.

Following the last newsletter we have to say many thanks for your response to our article on Alicante restaurants and the rather strange topic of cleaning up palm trees.

This time we would like to focus on direct travel tips in our article on "How to get to Benidorm, Calpe, Altea and Denia". Allow me to say thanks to Brian Wearing for his latest on the narrow gauge railway and the C-6 bus from the airport. I updated our website accordingly here.

In addition to some airline information on new direct routes to Alicante, we set up a tiny easter gift for all of you. We hope you will like the pictures.

So have fun with this newsletter and join our forum with your comments, questions and hints.

Table of contents

• New on Flights to Alicante from Dublin and Belfast
• Article of the months: How to go from Alicante Airport to Altea, Calpe, Denia or Benidorm?
• Latest topics in the Alicante Forum
• A little Easter gift - Pictures from artists at the beach of Benidorm

News on Flights to Alicante

Some important airline announcements this months:

Dublin to Alicante Direct Flights
flyjetgreen starts daily direct flights to Alicante from Dublin.
From 4 May 2004 to 31 October 2004 the company flies daily.

From Belfast to Alicante Flights
Easyjet starts Alicante flights services from 25th June 2004.
The flights will connect Belfast with Alicante.

Based on both news we updated our Alicante flights section.

Article: How to go from Alicante Airport to Altea, -Calpe, Denia or Benidorm?

During the past weeks I received various questions about what's the best way to got to ???? from Alicante Airport.

Instead of answering each email individually, please allow me to sum it up and refer you to the different sections on our website.

From Alicante Airport to Benidorm

Most frequently asked question, obviously. Cheapest way is the direct Alicante Airport to Benidorm Bus. Runs 4 time a day in each direction. It leaves at Bus Station No. 29-30 at the Airport and goes directly to Benidorm Bus station at Avenida Europa 8
Details, including time table here.

From Alicante Airport to Altea, Denia or Calpe

You have various options. The most expensive but fastest one is a taxi directly from the Airport. Current taxi fares are in between 70 to 90 Euros. (Just ask the driver before you make the trip).

Alternatively you can do quite a "nice" journey using the bus C-6 to downtown, changing to the Alicante Streetcar to later on switch to the Narrow Railway Gauge. The total trip is about 4 to 7 Euros depending on where you want to go, but it can be a long journey.
Details on this adventures way of traveling to Altea, Calpe, Denia or even Benidorm here.

Forum on Alicante, Costa Blanca and Spain

Please use our Forum to ask questions about Alicante, Benidorm or other parts of the Costa Blanca. You do not need to register or anything else, just post you questions, comments and requests.

Find the new Alicante Forum here

Most frequented topics over the past months:

New Bus to Benidorm

Spanish Taxes

Alicante Restaurants

A little Easter present - Photos from the beach

Last weekend our family had a short one day trip to Benidorm to show some friends around. At this quite pleasant day I took some pictures of "sand building artists".

Please take them as our little easter gift.

We wish you all a very happy easter and Muchos Saludos from San Juan, Alicante

Hubert

PS: Currently, 12:51 h, 9th April 2004, 13°C cloudy :)

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