I fell in love with Alicante (Spain's most underrated city)
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- It's my first time in Alicante city, and I'm in love! In this video, we give you tips for experiencing this beautiful city.
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Me alegra que descubras los salazones, en Cartagena también son tradición, y también te gustará si la visitas. Y comidos en pequeñas porciones de menor a mayor intensidad acompañados de almendras fritas para limpiar el paladar entre ellos se suelen servir en bares especializados en tener toda la gama, en Valencia Casa Jomi es famosa por servir sus salazones alicantinos de esa manera.
En esa zona alicantina cada parada de tram tiene un video o más, no sé si sabías que en los restaurantes para el verano en Jávea, Denia y alrededores se reservan con un año de antelación. Y hacen unos vinos dulces excelentes y unas cocas, "pseudo pizzas" dignas de mencionar.
Los dos arroces más típicos de Alicante (zona) son el arroz a banda con all i oli (hecho con morralla que se come a parte (a banda)) pero antes las galeras eran parte de esa morralla, y ahora ya están tan caras, al igual que el pesado de roca, que es raro que lo ofrezcan en restaurantes a la manera tradicional por no ser rentable), y el de conejo y caracoles, del que hay un restaurante en Pinoso que Ferran Adrià recomienda, por si vuelves por la zona como has prometido.
La base de los arroces de pescado alicantinos es la salmorreta (sofrito de tomate con pimiento choricero (nyora) y otros ingredientes, sobre la que te recomiendo entrevistes a algún cocinero (cada uno la hace a su manera).
Gracias por la info!
How do you stay thin and fit tasting all this Wonderful food ? 😊 kind wishes from Iceland
I love Spain love Spanish people love Spanish food love Spanish football just realized I have been wasting my life living in the wrong country
What country is that?
You spoke for me, I agree 1000%
I just moved to Madrid and I'm loving it! Started with language learning, it's never too late to start all over somewhere else.
Desperately trying to learn the language because I think the same.
@@AFVEHProbably either England (brexit!) or the US, in which case they never knew Alicante existed.
Going to Alicante on Tuesday for 10 days. Can't wait.
I'm jealous. Enjoy!!!
Te esperamos en Sento Rambla 😊
We loved Alicante so much that we moved here earlier this year. Now we are Alicantinos, borrachos y finos.
Hi. I am thinking of retiring abroad from England. What is it like to live thre? All tips gratefully accepted
@@Jacquiquinn901You can not be wrong in almost any place in Spain, but Alicante is for sure one of the best places you can go to live. Great nightlife, great beaches and nature, great weather almost the whole year, great food like everywhere in the country, you have the sea but also mountain, nice people, plenty of activities to do, etc. And for me something that people don't normally consider but in my opinion it is important: Alicante is not one of the biggest cities of Spain but has one of the most important airports, which makes it easy to have a bigger traveling offers so you don't normally need to go far if you want to take a plane, as you normally would be able to flight from Alicante.
100% recommended.
😂😂😂
We are happy to have you in the nursing home of europe, please do not feel obligated to integrate, or speak the language or learn the culture what for right? feel free to just do your own thing in a gated comunity as yall do. Don´t forget to call yourself expat, so everyone knows you are an immigrant with money.
Welcome to la terreta, la millor terreta del mon.
Finally, the long-awaited (by me) Alicante video! My favourite city in Spain, been going every year for the last 12 years - except during covid. It's got everything: beach, castle, great restaurants, amazing market, nightlife, history (the Spanish Republic ended here). It's definitely the most underrated city in Spain.
do you not get bored of going to the same place every year?
Ive been living here for 7 years, i think between the whole alicante city and towns, alicante city is the ugliest of them all, is incredible the magic that the camera made in this video, but the weather is very nice.
@@HugoAlvarezOjeda Alicante is beautiful and a great visit for a few days. Its also one of the most tourist friendly cities in Spain.
@@Answersonapostcardnot really, I travel quite a lot to new places so it's nice to come back to a familiar place that I love being in.
@Answersonapostcard my opinion only, a friend of mine who came from canada cannot believe how boring and ugly the experience inside alicante was. The food still super good and the beaches are the best
I like that you acknowledge your camera person, it feels more personal and it's just a classy move!
I was in Alicante city in January and I really love it . I am undecided between Alicante and Valencia for retirement . I would love to watch a video comparing both cities .Keep up the good work .:))))
I’m from Alicante but studying in northern Italy right now and this video made me really homesick :’) you never know what you have until you don’t have it. Now I’m excited to go back home in summer!!
It’s a wonderful place to live! 7 years and counting.
THIS is why I got hooked on your channel to begin with! No one does this type of video like you do, darling! NO ONE‼️More of this, please🙏🏼 Continued blessings for you, Yoli and your beautiful baby girl 💖
OMG another great place I will have to put into next time list.
Spain has a LOT to offer.
We love Alicante. We are lucky enough to have family living there. In 2023, we spent 3 weeks there with traveling to other parts of Spain during our stay.
What a great video!! I will be in Triana, Sevilla in November for one month. I will be studying Flamenco and Spanish. I am an older dancer fulfilling a lifelong dream.
I love this for you...enjoy!!!
Please learn Spanis if that what you will like. But forget about *flamenco*. Sorry no one care about flamenco these days.
James and Yole never disappointed in their honest review and recommendation.
The best 👍👍👍
We are currently staying just north of Alicante and it is a wonderful part of Spain.
Never been to Alicante but I found my dream place in Estepona.
After COVID, I thought I had to fulfill a dream and at least try living in Spain. I bought a one-way ticket with Ryanair, and now I've been here for three years and haven't regretted a second. Wonderful city. Wonderful people.love Alicante ❤
Soy de la zona y has visitados lugares muy típicos para mí, mi familia incluso a veces se reúne en el apartamento de San Juan y comemos comida del Casa Domingo. Te felicito por el video porque me parece que muestras de forma excelente el estilo de vida alicantino y la ciudad. Me cuesta diferenciar mis vivencias de tu recorrido. ¡Enhorabuena!
This is a very nice town. One more reason I want to live in Spain.
Love Alicante Not too big, not too small, not too expensive.Lots to do and see.
Well deserved, Alicante is fantastic !
One of the beauties of the South Spain
Well, it is not in the South but East Spain. Alicante is in Levante (meaning the rise side = sunrise)
I was at the Alicante Market in September. It was fantastic.
Great video as always!
We love living in Alicante centro.
We sold our house in San Diego, California & moved to Alicante over a year ago.
We then bought a flat and did a complete gut and ground up reforma.
The only regret we have is not doing it years earlier!
We appreciate all of the help you provide, muchas gracias!
Going in September!!! Can’t wait!!!!
Enjoy!
The market is my favourite in the whole Spain. But underrated as in city as a whole? I wouldn't say so my self. Great video as ever 🫶
Yes, interesting video but exactly my thought: Alicante underrated?! After Malaga and Valencia, it seems the most hyped part of Spain (based on "moving to/retiring to/living in Spain" groups I've joined). Not saying it isn't lovely and, who knows, maybe I'll end up there. But undiscovered or un-hyped, compared to so many other glorious areas? Definitely not.
James I’m so happy you finally visited Alicante City! I was in your first Spain Masterclass and the only person interested in Alicante. It wasn’t even on your radar at that time. I absolutely loved living in Alicante City!
My loved mother homeland. Some day I will visit it. Que bien hablas español macho. Saludos desde Chile.
Thanks for the video. We have friends who live in the province (Almoradí, Guardamar del Segura) but have only driven through the city, Try the arroz con costra. It's as if a rice dish (not paella!) and a tortilla had a baby. ¡Delicioso!
We moved to Alicante from Los Angeles November 2023 and we love it! So glad you enjoyed it.
I’m a Brit living the good life in Mijas Costa (Malaga). This has been a true education. I had the wrong impression of Alicante. We’re going to visit soon. Thanks.
i love Alicante , food, vibe and people in this city are incredible! So underrated because it's maybe the not prettiest.
So wonderful that you came and that my city blew your mind away. That's what it does to people in regular basis. I came here for work 9 years ago, expecting absolutely nothing and 9 years later I keep falling in love with this city and with the entire province. Glad you put it out there
As an expat who specifically chose Alicante, 100% loving your video! Shared it with all my fellow-Alicantinos (both native and 'imported' ones 🙂
We absolutely loved Alicante when we visited! It really surprised us as we thought it would be a touristy coastal town, but the authenticity of the city blew us away! Wonderful video, James!
Hola James, what a great video, thank you so much for it ! Alicante looks really beautiful, the city, the beaches, the people and the food. Thanks a lot for sharing ! I really hope that yourself, Yolly and Lucia are doing well.
I've just added Alicante to my list!
Awesome!
Fantastic video James. Thank you for sharing it with us. I love Alicante. I have both lived and worked there. I love it. Can't wait for your next broadcast.😀👍
So glad you managed get to my hometown. Moved here in 2020 and never looked back!!
So glad you're enjoying it!
I'm coming at it from a UK point of view...maybe its different if you live elsewhere...but I think that the only thing we knew about Spain for decades was as a cheap tourist destination based around the Costa del Sol. Even in the 90s and 00s we learnt about Ibiza and Marbella...but only as upscale party destinations.
Since the late 00s/early 10s we have started to realise just how amazing Spain is...especially for its food.
Where previously we only knew about paella...then some basic tapas...we now know places like San Sebastian represent the highest level of culinary brilliance in Europe, if not the world.
One day people will start realising that Spanish Cava is as good as champagne...and much better than prossecco...just as it became obvious how much better iberico bellota is compared to prosciutto!
I've always wanted to go to Alicante. I always suspected it was a "hidden gem", and I LOVE the wines and vermouths from there!
Amazing timing on this video! When I was planning my Spanish trip in January this place caught my eye. I will literally be in Alicante in less than 3 weeks
My bucket list is growing! I think I need a bigger bucket!!!
Alicante, esta creada para amarla!!🧡🧡💛💛💚💚💙💙💜💜🤎🤎🤍🤍❣❣💔💔
Pues ya me dio muchas ganas de ir a Alicante, buen video James!
Love it! I want to go NOW! Thank you James 🥰
Alberto and Rebecca at AliOli are amazing!! Happy to see you working with them dude. Alicante is an awesome city. ❤
That place looks amazing! I need to go there.
Alicante looks like a great place to eat wonderful food and walk around historic sites. Nice to see so many there to make sure you enjoyed the trip. Thanks James for taking us along.
Alicante is indeed a very nice city. I have been living in Altea for 23 years now and I was regularly in Alicante for my work as a real estate agent. In the hinterland of the Comunidad Valencia there are many nice authentic villages such as Biar, Villena, Jijona, Ontinyent, Busot, Tarbena, Pinoso and Jalon. Palmeras, Alfafara and Alzira in the Albufera Natural Park, the rice mining area around Valencia. Worth a visit.
How do you get to Alicante from the major airport?
Altea is the most beautiful place on earth!
@@lordmountbatten154 Beauty always is in the eye of the beholder🙂
@@heythave the Alicante airport has very regular and cheap bus service to the city center, or you can take a taxi for around €20.
@@free1dom11 Ok, thanks.
Fantastic watch as always 🙏🏿💜
Thanks for the inspiration: Alicante, here I come!
Thanks de or sharing such an amazing experience in Alicante, I absolutely love every single region of Spain , I should say it in a better way : I Love Spain 🇪🇸❤️❤️
My city!!!! Glad you enjoyed your stay and not only visited the center of the city!
I used to live in Alicante and now that i am in Canada i miss the city everyday, it's the perfect combination of a city that is not to big or small,laid back but also exiting.
The only problem there is that there is not a lot of work opportunity, i hope to go back and raise my kids there!
Great video James. Congratulations!!
Gracias :)
Great video. Congratulations. You know Spain better than me (smile)
Saludos desde Salamanca, España.
Thank you for this wonderful video of the city I was born, raised and still living here!
Fantastic video! Thank you for showing such a wonderful place!
Thank you!
Try Elche next time. You won't regret it, promise!
I miss your tours. I have been out of touch due to an accident, but I search for all your videos often. It's great to see how big and beautiful Lucia is. All the best... All good at my end now.
At timecode 1:01 is the Central Market. Don’t miss the kiosk on the left of the main entrance. They sell among the best chocolate and the best turron I’ve ever bought, at very reasonable prices.
Thanks James and Ali-Oli Tours.. Alicante looks amazing, I've only spent a few hours there on the way to the airport. Wish I'd have known how cool it is and could have planned a stay there. Another place to add to my list of holiday destinations. Thanks for sharing! 🙂😋😎❤
Great video. I visited Alicante for the first time this past April and was pleasantly surprised. I have always avoided thinking it was just a tourist trap but I found it lovely. I love a mercado, so I was in heaven and the food at Sento was fantastic.
I thought exactly the same. Last year we went for 11 days and it was amazing 11 days.
@@paweljankowski I was very happy to be wrong...just dont tell the Mr. lol!!!
Had thr pleasure if visiting last yr. Must say Alicante and surrounding area are absolutely amazing. Will visit again
Family went here for years, i visited first in 2016 and went yearly until corona. Great place! Just viaited alone in 2023 and was hit with nostalgia.
Love Alicante, it has a lot to offer. Our last visit coincided with the San Juan fiesta - amazing. Such a pity many just land at the airport and don’t stay around to explore
Beautiful, James ! Very comforting to my soul ! Thank you for this video, no, this moving picture of timelessness. I will never forget the esplanade of palm trees. You know, Apollo was born under a bronze palm tree on the island of Delos. Of course, you already know that ! If I was able to travel again without dying of a blood clot, I'd fly to Alicante, visit those churches, walk between the palm trees, sit by the beach, and hang out at the market eating tapas every day. All the best from Australia, amigo !
Thank you!
We were on a cruise which due to the Middle East got diverted to port at Alicante early january , We were amazed at how nice the place was and compared to Tenerife the market had much better quality produce, far more selection and lower prices..
Its a lovely place tbf.
OMG, I'm from Alicante myself but live in UK. I've been drooling for the entire video
The tram is fantastic, and San Juan beach in winter is the best!
Great video and awesome kiwi accent. my daughter who was born in New Zealand, she is going to travel to Alicante Spain next month for her school graduation trip.
Alicante City has everything in my opinion. I was there last week. It was my 5th visit. Close to the airport, beaches, restaurants, bars, marina, market etc. Not touristy at all.
Fabuloso 🙌🙌🤩🤩‼️
James, when Nancy & I visited Alicante, our AirBnB was a small sailboat. Loved the town.
James, thank you for this lovely video. Everytime I watch one of your videos I feel I should explore and appreciate my own country more!!😀 Alicante esperame que vengo!!😀
Gracias Maria!
Papi! Que tal?
When I saw this on netflix Alba, I fell in love with it! I watched walk tour and so happy you are there!
Muy incerible!🇪🇸❤️💛❤️
We loved staying in Alicante last October .. we'll definitely be back..
My favourite type of your videos (and I love them all!). 😊 Food, history, culture, perfect. Wish you'd visited Almería as that's my next destination and there aren't good English speaking videos that I can find. If Alicante is not on a bucket list, Almería seems even less considered.
Would love to visit Almeria :)
Beautiful city 🎉!!
James you have made me NEED to go to Alicante! Just like you i haveskippedit the 2 times I've been to Spain but no more. This is a must do now!
haha, have a great trip!
I've been all over Spain, but not here. I will go here some day! Let's Go Spain Euro 2024 🇪🇸 😎
I went to Alicante last month on a cruise is beautiful love it
You really showed Alicante from the best site. Great video. I would have also included the Espanada. It's great too.
It was in the video briefly.
Alicante also has a first class archaeology museum MARQ not far from the city centre.
Cool!!
I wonder if Alicante has really upped its game since my in-laws lived down the coast from there? I don't remember there being a tram to Denia, but we did enjoy the Esplanade, the market and it was very vibrant with the street market in the evenings. The summer we were there was the hottest on record, so we preferred exploring the beaches and mountains rather than the big towns. You certainly did a lovely job of showing off its considerable assets, I think it looks much more sophisticated than I remember it, which is encouraging - I liked it for it's authenticity. If you ever get the chance, you might try somewhere very low key - Chipiona, sticking out into the Atlantic, north of Cadiz - would be fascinated to see how it's fairing. Happy travels, James & John!
I really like it, too. We live just over an hour away and many people around us have never been there. We have a lovely friendly Boutique hotel and often go for an overnight stay. We recently went to the MARQ museum. There was a fantastic permanent display and we caught the end of the Terracotta Army exhibition. Wonderful. We often eat at Sellos. The stuffed mushrooms are to die for❤
I was in Alicante in December and the weather the city were amazing. We ate in a meat restaurant called los troncos. Increíbles las hamburguesas !!! Alicantinos muy hospitalarios y amables
Spain is sooooooo beautiful. For me is the PERFECT country. Wonderful people, great festivals, great culture and traditions, great weather, stunning landscapes, buildings and monuments and amaaaaszing food!
❤🇪🇸
Alicante is one of my two fave cities on earth with San Francisco. Love it there
Awesome.
Este video me viene que ni pintado para ir abriendo boca. Voy a ir en agosto con mi pareja y vaya ganas!!
Been through Alicante never stopped . Wow I missed out .
Alicante is very nice
It is the alternative for Valencia if someone likes a somewhat smaller city but that is still vibrant and with lots of young people (students)
In a way Barcelona ,Valencia and Alicante are all vibrant cities on the Mediterranean coast each with its old city (barri gotic) ., but Barcelona being the cosmopolitan mega city, Valencia the (a wee bit smaller) big regional capital city and Alicante the even smaller version.
IMHO apart from the Comunidad Valenciana ,.Murcia is also very intersting region with Murcia and Caetagena.
Valencia is an alternative to Alicante cause Alicante is more touristic and cosmopolitan than Valencia. There are more foreign people and bigger airport in Alicante than in Valencia. Moreover Alicante and Barcelona are sea focused cities, Valencia is a typical agriculture and industrial area growing towards the sea, so the city center is far from the sea and the culture is not sea focused, like Alicante, Málaga or Barcelona.
@@user-li1gg8pw8d Yeah, Valencia is a sea city and has been for centuries.
It is one of the busiest ports on the Mediterranean.
True however that compared to Alicante Valemcia is more industrial and has (relatively per capita )less tourism.
@@corpi8784 I disagree. Valencia grew up surrounded by agricultural fields and orchards, far from the sea, note that its historic center is not next to the sea. Over time they built the port, separate from the city and not only a few decades ago, the city joined the port. 70% of the region's tourism goes to Alicante, 20% to Valencia and 10% to Castellón. Valencia can be compared with Bilbao or Seville, Alicante with Malaga. Valencia port is quite industrial. 9 of the 10 nautical or recreative ports with blue fag are in Alicante, 1 in Castellón and none in Valencia. There is no Russian or USA people sailing in yachts in Valencia, but is normal in Alicante, Ibiza, Malaga. Anyway, that’s does make Valencia worse than Alicante, just different. 10 provinces or touristic areas more touristic in Spain. Baleares, Barcelona, Las Palmas, Alicante, Malaga, Madrid, Costa Brava, Costa Dorada, Cádiz, and then Valencia. More expats living in Spain, Alicante, Malaga, and then Barcelona, Mallorca and Madrid. Then Valencia.
@@user-li1gg8pw8d i don' t exactly know what you're trying to argue here but the major role of Valencia and its port from medieval times onwards cannot be denied.
I mean this goes right back to the times of the Spanish Reconquista ,and Valencia and the Balearic Islands share a histroically bond bc of that.
The role that maritime trade as well as political expansion in the Mediterranean played especially for the Corona (Crown) of Aragon and later also for the Kingsom of Spain cannot be understimated- and Valencia was one of its main ports for that purpose.
BTW no city is the same but there are definetely simlarities in their basic layout that stem from antiquiety and medieval times tnat these cities share and every Spanish city from Barcelona to Sevilla and beyond is surrounded by agricultural areas with smaller towns and communities.
Love Alicante
My best friend in college in Madrid was from Alicante. They have longaniza de pascua, which is my favorite sausage ever. The downside was that they don’t do tapas. But the nightlife and beach made up for it. When I lived there it was nicknamed “Madrid’s beach” since people from the city had a direct line by train. Their Centro looks a lot like Callao, so it is like a mini Madrid in places.
I could go to spain every day🎉
This is brilliant! As a Brit Alicante is always thought of as Benidorm! I’ll definitely visit there now 😊
Yeah, so many people understandably only know the towns up the coast. I hope you enjoy Alicante city when you get there :)
We live about 30 minutes from Alicante... I cant believe you've let our secret out to the world!