Alicante · Backpacking
ON A BUDGET
A castle on a rock, a marble promenade and cheap beds in the old town — Alicante is easy on a budget.
Casco Antiguo
Hostels sit in the old quarter below Santa Bárbara castle and around the Mercado Central. Loud at weekends, five minutes from Postiguet beach.
What a day costs
Dorm €18–30, a menú del día €11–15, a tram ride under €2. A day comes in at €40–70, roughly $45–80.
Getting around cheap
TRAM lines run north to Benidorm and Dénia on a rechargeable card; the lift bored through the castle rock from Postiguet costs a couple of euros.
Free by day
Walking up to Santa Bárbara castle, the marble waves of the Explanada de España, and Postiguet beach — all free, all within a kilometre.
El Barrio plazas
Plaza Santa María and the surrounding lanes fill from about eleven at night; free walking tours meet outside the town hall in the mornings.