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Alicante, a port city on Spain's southeastern  fic. Our dinner was expensive and disappointing at
            Costa Blanca, is known mild sunny weather, it has a  an Italian seaside dining spot across the street. We
            facinating old town with narrow streets and color-  wonderedifwehadmadeamistakevisitingthecity.
            ful houses, and a robust nightlife scene. The city is  Our views quickly changed the next morning
            crowned by the medieval fortress Castillo de Santa  when we hopped a bus for a short ride to the city
            Bárbara, set high on a hilltop with sweeping views  center past the impressive waterfront with its
            of the Mediterranean.                             broad swath of sandy beaches and marinas loaded
               When we arrived in Alicante for a three-night  with yachts whose owners are loaded as well. De-
            stay, we initially were not impressed. Our Airbnb  parting the bus, we made our way up the impres-
            had a fantastic sea view but sandwiched in a drab  sively clean and landscaped downtown streets
            mix-use highrise fronted by four lanes of noisy traf-  buzzing with locals, and tourists browsing retails

























































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