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Alicante Historic Small Group Tour: Exploring Ancient Monuments and Tapas Tasting Experience
4.8
388 Ratings
Alicante (Alacant)
Embark on a historic small group tour in Alicante, Spain, exploring ancient monuments and indulging in a tapas tasting experience. Discover the secrets of the historic center and enjoy breathtaking views from a 1000-year-old castle. Join us for an adventure filled with history, legends, and delicious food!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Mercat Central d’Alacant - To start, we will introduce you our amazing Central Market and we will taste some of the best snacks of our gastronomy.
- Castillo de Santa Barbara - We will go by private transportation to the top of the castle. We will discover its secret areas and we’ll go all the way up to the old town, exploring a lot of hidden spots that you can not find on a map.
- Barrio Santa Cruz - We will walk through our most beautiful neighborhood, enjoying the secrets and its History and legends. And finishing at our favourite tapas restauraurant, where we taste the best drinkds and tapas of Alicante.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Snacks at the Central Market and a big tapa, which was voted the best in the city
- Sangria, Local wine, beer or soft drink
- Bottled water
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Are you geared up for this journey?
Our beginning point will be at the Central Market, where an array of traditional snacks awaits to be tasted by us. Our mission is to explore one of the most exquisite castles in Spain, boasting of its more than 1000-year-old history, scenically located overlooking the sea. (We’ve got the transportation to the castle covered).
We’ll then make our descent to the historic city center, admiring the major monuments and revealing the seven secrets.
Indulge in the charm of my native city replete with numerous anecdotes, historical tales, legends, and mystery.
Wrapping up our journey, we’ll stop by the tapa bar owned by a friend from my younger days, honoured for serving the finest tapas in Alicante. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to relish one of his award-winning tapas pair perfectly with a quintessential Spanish beverage.
- We will walk around 2 km. The majority of our trip is plain or downhill. There are some steps. Not recomended for people with reduced mobility or strong vertigo.
- Not recomended for people with reduced mobility or strong vertigo.
Location
Av. Alfonso El Sabio, 10
Avenida Alfonso El Sabio
We will meet at the steps of the main facade of the Central Market (outside), located at Avd Alfonso el Sabio nº10
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Sheryl_f
Aug 25, 2024
Great walking tour! - We enjoyed this walking tour a lot, learned a bit of Alicante history and taste some good Jamon Iberico and Manchego cheese that were so good that we had to come back to the store for more. Highly recommended to try this tour.
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Trip08475266308
Aug 21, 2024
Information, cozy and tasty! - Today with Guide Isaac had a city tour in Alicante. Very interesting and fun, you get to places you won't find easily yourself. Our Guide Isaac has us very enthusiastic and well informed. Along the way there was room for questions from our side!
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Michele_n
Aug 17, 2024
Thank you! - Mercado and the castle.
Our guide was wonderful!
We really enjoyed the tour ☀️
We did many more during our stay in Spain
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641iains
Aug 13, 2024
Excellent tour - Tour guide was very knowledgeable, to be expected, good English, the group was small as advertised with very nice folk from around the world.
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Denisa_k
Aug 11, 2024
Fun & Thorough Tour for 1st Time Visitor - Francisco was very knowledgeable, engaging, and easygoing. He spoke perfect English. It was a great tour as a 1st time visitor in Alicante, lots of time spent outdoors enjoying the nature and scenic views of the city. Would definitely book another tour with Francisco/Alicante Viator.
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Cecissou
Aug 7, 2024
a superb discovery of the city - A guided tour by Marina that allowed us to discover Alicante with lots of anecdotes. We particularly enjoyed being able to take a taxi (included in the tour) to climb to the citadel which allows not to suffer from the heat. I highly recommend!!
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Eab103
Aug 4, 2024
Tour done in July 2024 - worth it! - Me & my mum did this tour in July. It was really interesting to see bits that we wouldn't have normally noticed, along with the history as told by the locals. The food market is worth a visit, there's a lot of lovely produce to see and try. The history of Alicante is really in depth and being able to walk around while being told it is a good way of learning.
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Suejacks600
Aug 1, 2024
Great first day in Alicante! - Loved this tour! Our guide Fran, was friendly, knowledgeable and made the whole experience interesting and varied.
We covered such a lot during the morning - the market, castle, and Santa Cruz area, finishing off in a lovely authentic restaurant for a tasty rice dish. Would 100% recommend!
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Scott_f
Jul 30, 2024
Muchas Gracias! - Paco was very friendly and engaging. He made the tour and each stop interesting, from the Alicante Market, Santa Barbara, the view, cats around the area, the plants and it's background, the tiny streets, urban legend, side stories, etc. The tour was worth the trip and ending the group in a local tapas bar was a lovely way to finish the Alicante Historic Tour with Tapas Tasting.
Muchas Gracias Paco!
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1805biancan
Jul 26, 2024
The tour was fantastic! - The tour was fantastic!
It includes more than you would expect. Aside from the lively and casual explanation, scenic/instagramable photo settings and friendly introduction you receive a little window into the history and culture of the city.
The guides, Isac & Mariana (sorry if I got the names wrong!), were friendly and approacheable. Even though we took the tour at the peak of summer, it didn’t take a lot of effort.
Excellent value for money.
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