Getaway · 48 hours
Nuvi Mercado is a 30-room urban hotel at Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio 26, opposite Alicante’s Central Market. It suits a couples getaway because everything is walkable: the market across the street, the Santa Cruz quarter and the castle a few minutes away, and Postiguet beach a 10-minute walk.
Morning
Central Market
Cross the street and start the day among fruit, salted fish and seafood stalls. Mid-morning, vermouth at the market.
Afternoon
Santa Cruz and Santa Bárbara Castle
Stroll the white, flower-filled lanes of Santa Cruz and climb to the castle for views over the whole bay.
Sunset
Postiguet
Walk down to Postiguet beach, 10 minutes from the hotel, and watch the sun set over the port.
Evening
Dinner and vermouth
Dinner at one of the nearby restaurants below and a last vermouth on the way back.
Morning
Market and a slow breakfast
A second round at the market to take local produce home, then breakfast in the centre.
Afternoon
Centre and port on foot
The Explanada, the port and the old town on foot, no car and no schedule.
Sunset
Postiguet again
The best ending: one last sunset by the sea.
Evening
Farewell dinner
Pick another place from the list and close the trip with a vermouth.
The hotel has no parking of its own. Next to the hotel there are public car parks open 24 hours: Alfonso el Sabio (3-minute walk) and La Lonja (5-minute walk), with a maximum of about €12 per day.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is until 11:00.
No, the hotel does not have a terrace.
The C6 bus leaves the arrivals terminal every 20–30 minutes from 6:00 to 23:30, takes about 25 minutes and stops on Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio, a few steps from the hotel; the ticket costs about €4.60 and is bought on board. By taxi it takes about 20 minutes and costs roughly €25–30 to the door, airport supplement included.