Alicante Historic Small Group Tour: Exploring Ancient Monuments and Tapas Tasting Experience
4.8
542 Ratings
Alicante (Alacant)

Embark on a historic small group tour in Alicante, Spain, exploring ancient monuments and indulging in a tapas tasting experience. Discover the secrets of the historic center and enjoy breathtaking views from a 1000-year-old castle. Join us for an adventure filled with history, legends, and delicious food!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mercat Central d’Alacant - To start, we will introduce you our amazing Central Market and we will taste some of the best snacks of our gastronomy.
  • Castillo de Santa Barbara - We will go by private transportation to the top of the castle. We will discover its secret areas and we’ll go all the way up to the old town, exploring a lot of hidden…
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What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Snacks at the Central Market and a big tapa, which was voted the best in the city
  • Sangria, Local wine, beer or soft drink
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Are you geared up for this journey?
Our beginning point will be at the Central Market, where an array of traditional snacks awaits to be tasted by us. Our mission is to explore one of the most exquisite castles in Spain, boasting of its more than 1000-year-old history, scenically located overlooking the sea. (We’ve got the transportation to the castle…

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Location
Av. Alfonso El Sabio, 10
Avenida Alfonso El Sabio
We will meet at the steps of the main facade of the Central Market (outside), located at Avd Alfonso el Sabio nº10
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jimmy_p
Oct 23, 2025
Guide arrived on time.... - Guide arrived on time. Explained what to expect. At times a little hard to understand when she talked to fast. Good explanation of what we were seeing. Bubbly & friendly. Overall a good tour.
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Lyndaseddon
Oct 19, 2025
Highly recommended. A relaxed but professional experience - A brilliant tapas and wine tour. Great fun and local knowledge. Really helped us to understand Alicante as a city. Booked on to the wine tasting for two nights later and had an equally great experience.
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Roam63014535879
Oct 18, 2025
Love the place ! - Has been there before. I love this city. Went there with the family and they loved it. Beautiful places and very good food restaurants.
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773eleanors
Oct 18, 2025
Lovely little tour - This was a very interesting tour. Fran our tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Well worth it to find out a lot about Alicante's history and visit interesting places.
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Alisona123
Oct 5, 2025
A brilliant experience - Fran our guide was absolutely brilliant with the amount of information he gave. It was super organised and great value for money.
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Shanen2019
Oct 22, 2025
Great tour very informative about Alicante more time at Castel would have been nice. - We had a wonderful tour with Nadia who was so informative about the history of Alicante and the region as well as the important landmarks in the area. Her English was excellent and she tried to slow down even for those who had English as their second language. We visited the Mercato Central and were able to taste some of the local Jamon and Manchego. We then visited Castel de Santa Barbara which we accessed via Taxi paid for by Nadia. My only complaint here is that the way the tour description reads you get an hour to explore the Castel but in fact we only spent around 15mins here and would’ve liked more time to look around. We then walked back down from the Castel through the Santa Cruz area and down to the old town. The tour finished with a drink and a Montadito each. We learned a lot from Nadia and really enjoyed the tour just would’ve liked to have more time at the Castel for five star review which is not at fault of Nadia who did a five star job.
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Elitsa
Oct 12, 2025
A good walk in the city - A friendly walk in which we learned something about the city and about marriage proposals 😁😁😁 Unfortunately the most interesting part of the market, the fish, was closed, so do not go on Mondays, better choose another day to see it. We expected a little better tapas at the end of the tour, but it is a personal taste.
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Lesleydell
Oct 8, 2025
A 2 hour delve into the... - A 2 hour delve into the history of Alicante. Isaac was a very informative guide & took us to the market, up to the castle ( in a taxi) and then a walk down to the old town ending at a tapas restaurant with a tapas and a drink included. Would have been good to have gone into the castle but can do that separately.
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Anne_k
Oct 30, 2025
They did a nice job - This wasn't a terrible excursion, nor was it very exciting. We did 'tour' the meat market (fish market was closed) and sample some meats and cheese. Not much of a sample was given, but at least it was something. I think this tour would be a lot better with a little more 'tapas' experiences mixed in. The tour of the castle was nice, but we didn't get to go in since there wasn't enough time. Walking down the hill was fun and we got to hear some history of the area. The tour ended at a little restaurant where we all got to eat a small sandwich with a beverage of our choice. All in all not a bad tour. Nothing too exciting, but at least we got a little history of the area and a taste of some of the foods.
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Susan_c
Oct 29, 2025
Many disappointments in a beautiful city - Our tour guide did not have a license. When I questioned why she didn’t have a badge like the other guide she said that Spain is slow and lazy to get paperwork done. She said she graduated, but I don’t know that this is true. She was dressed unprofessionally with a crop t-shirt that she kept pulling down because when she moved her arms, it showed her sports bra. When she pulled it down, half her stomach still showed. She constantly put down other cities in Spain, mocking them and trying to portray Alicante as the best of the best in everything. She dismissed the Paella in Valencia as being terrible to the rice dishes in Alicante. Things she was saying were not true. Therefore I totally question her being a professional guide. Your tour description must include information that there are steep, uneven , stairs that have no railings. I have been through fall prevention workshops and an important part of that training is to always use a railing. The guide offered her arm as we descended these stairs that I greatly appreciated. As we started the tour at the market, I asked if that would be the ending spot so it would be convenient to shop. She said yes. Unfortunately that was not true. We were abandoned at the tapas restaurant. She gave very confusing directions on how to get to the market so I just left and got back to the shuttle bus to get back to the ship. Overall, it appeared the other group had an excellent tour—I saw them giving nice tips to their guide. Our guide did not receive any tips from any of the 11 on our tour. She is not representing your brand very well at all. If I belueved everything she said, I would never go back to any other city in Spain but Alicante. This is not a good representation of the country and the many beautiful cities in Spain.
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