I traveled with a friend to Spain in the summer of 2007. Alicante was a stop we were looking for since we were looking to spent a couple of days at the beach. This was a really nice place to stay. If you are looking to relax at the beach , then this is a good place to stay. This hotel is not in the city but it’s a 10 minutes drive to city center. We had a car and it was easy to get in town.

The staff is friendly and helped us with everything. The rooms are nice all equipped with cable TV, bathroom and air-conditioned. After staying in some hostels, we were happy to stay in a real hotel. Everything was clean. The breakfast was not included and cost about 6 euros (quite expensive but it was good). We also had dinner and snack there which were both really good.

The hotel is situated just in front of the Mediterranean. However, the beach is about 5 minutes by car. We went to the beach every day to a place called Urbanova. This was really nice. Beautiful sand and hot water. One day we went to Alicante (city center), which is about 10 minutes drive and we park at the port for 5 euros.

If you can, drive to Santa Pola and from there take the ferry to Isla de Tabarca. This place is a little paradise. It cost us about 11 euros for the ferry (round-trip) and the beach there is so cool.

Elche was a city we went to. We visited the park with all the palmers (can’t remember the name in English). So peaceful and beautiful for the eyes. This was about 30-40 minutes drive by car

I really enjoy this place and would go back any time. Alicante is a nice city and the hotel Ibis was worth it.