Alicante skylines and views

- from Santa Barbara Castle, Tryp Gran Sol Hotel, Playa de San Juan and the City Centre


Alicante has a few tall modern highrise buildings in the city center, 27-35 floors high. The tallest is Estudiotel Alicante (117m), a 2 star hotel where we stayed the last night. Tryp Gran Sol where we stayed for two nights, is a true landmark in the city center, built in the 70s. From the rooftop restaurants there are nice views of the city. Playa de San Juan has a more impressive skyline (at least for a European city) with tall residential buildings and hotels. The 35-storey El Barco is the tallest building in this area. It can be seen from the port and Santa Barbara Castle, that is situated on Mount Becantil and offers great views of the city. Actually the best views. There are several old churches and other historic buildings in the city center but no really tall ones. The Town Hall has two towers, 42m tall each.

View from city center - Skyline dominated by Tryp Gran Sol View from city center - Skyline dominated by Tryp Gran Sol View from city center - marina View from city center 02 - Playa de San Juan View from city center 03 - Playa de San Juan skyline View from city center 04 - Playa de San Juan View from city center 05 - Central Alicante with Tryp seen from Postiguet View from city center 08 Skyline dominated by Tryp Gran Sol and marina View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 01 - Santa Barbara Castle View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 02 - Port View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 03 - City center View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 04 - Santa Barbara Castle View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 05 - Central Alicante skyline View Tryp Gran Sol Hotel 06 - Central Alicante skyline View from Santa Barbara Castle 01 View from Santa Barbara Castle 02 - Playa de San Juan View from Santa Barbara Castle 03 - triangular apartment building View from Santa Barbara Castle 04 - mountains View from Santa Barbara Castle 05 - Cap d l'Horta View from Santa Barbara Castle 06 View from Santa Barbara Castle 07 View from Santa Barbara Castle 08 - North Alicante and El Campello View from Santa Barbara Castle 09 - Playa de San Juan View from Santa Barbara Castle 10 - El Campello, a city North of Alicante View from Santa Barbara Castle 11 - El Campello, a city North of Alicante View from Santa Barbara Castle 12 View from Santa Barbara Castle 13 - Mountain and Northwest parts View from Santa Barbara Castle 14 - North central parts and the neighbouring town/suburb Sant Vincent de Raspeig View from Santa Barbara Castle 16 - North central parts and the neighbouring town/suburb Sant Vincent de Raspeig View from Santa Barbara Castle 17 - North central parts and the neighbouring town/suburb Sant Vincent de Raspeig View from Santa Barbara Castle 18 - North central parts and the neighbouring town/suburb Sant Vincent de Raspeig View from Santa Barbara Castle 19 View from Santa Barbara Castle 20 - Playa de San Juan View from Santa Barbara Castle 21 View from Santa Barbara Castle 22 View from Santa Barbara Castle 23 - part of the fortification View from Santa Barbara Castle 24 - Plaza de Toros, bullfighting arena View from Santa Barbara Castle 25 - city center and west part View from Santa Barbara Castle 26 View from Santa Barbara Castle 27 View from Santa Barbara Castle 28 - Playa de San Juan View from Santa Barbara Castle 29 - Melia Hotel and port View from Santa Barbara Castle 30 - City center, port and marina View from Santa Barbara Castle 31 - Playa de Postiguet View from Santa Barbara Castle 32 - Edificio Casa Carbonell View from Santa Barbara Castle 33 - lightrail tram View from Santa Barbara Castle 34 - North end of central Alicante View from Santa Barbara Castle 35 - one of the modern lightrail trams of Alicante View from Santa Barbara Castle 36 View from Santa Barbara Castle 37 View towards Playa de San Juan View towards Playa de San Juan View from Playa de San Juan 03 View from Playa de San Juan 04 View from Playa de San Juan 05 View from Playa de San Juan 06 View from Playa de San Juan 07 - San Juan Beach View from Playa de San Juan 08 - Mediterranean Sea and mountains View from Playa de San Juan 09 - towards El Campello and mountains View from Playa de San Juan 10 - towards El Campello and mountains