Where to go, what to do

Gran Alacant, where our holiday apartment is situated, is a mainly residential area and therefore very calm and perfect for family holidays. A comfortable sandy beach typical for the Costa Blanca is 15 minutes walk from the apartment. Large beaches follow one another along the whole of the Costa Blanca and the wide beach of Gran Alacant is one of the most comfortable ones, where beach-chairs and sun umbrellas are provided as well as a rescue service.

Several nice restaurants are in a walking distance. Among them we would advise an argentinian Steak-house serving very tasty steaks located on the avenida del Mediterraneo.

For the closest siteseeing we advise Santa Pola, Elche and Alicante. If you are keen to go further and see more, there's a huge oceanographic and scientific museum complex in Valencia.

For family:
Children will surely rejoice at the RioSafari zoo located 12 km from Gran Alacant, between Santa Pola and Elche. You also have Terra Mitica amusement park and Terra Natura and Aqua Natura parks located in Benidorm, 65km from Gran Alacant. Marine and Exotic Animal Park in Mundomar is near Benidorm. See our new site for more details: Family Holidays Costa Blanca, Gran Alacant.

For sea sport lovers:
There are two sailing schools in Santa Pola (4km from Gran Alacant): Ocio Nautico and Club Nautico de Santa Pola. Everything on water sports in the Costa Blanca region: scuba diving, sailing, water-skiing, kitesurfing, windsurfing etc.
Dinghies, kitesurf boards and body boards for rent in Santa Pola.
Windsurfing boards for rent in Santa Pola.

For golf lovers:
There are many golf clubs 15-40km around Gran Alacant, the closest would be the Campo de Golf El Plantío (15km by car from Gran Alacant), then follow Golf & Country Club La Marquesa (30km), La Finca Algorfa Golf (35km) and Alicante Golf (35km), a very good course, highly recommended. You will find more information about golf courses here and here.