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Alicante is associated more with beach holidays, tanning, splashing in the sea, and heading to bars and enjoying the nightlife. However, there is much more to the city beyond what most tourists make of it. It is a place with its own rich history and culture that stretches back far before it became a popular holiday destination. One of these cultural hotspots is the Gravina Museum of Fine Arts (MUBAG) that is a nice change of pace and dose of local history for those who have found a vacation rental in Alicante.

Located inside the Palacio del Conde de Lumiares (Palace of the Count of Lumiares), a gorgeous, listed four-storey building that was built between 1748 and 1808, not far from the Plaza del Mar, the Esplanade and Postiguet beach, the Gravina Museum of Fine Arts is home to a collection of over 500 works of art dating from the 16th to the early 20th centuries.

The popular seaside resort town of Alicante is famous for her excellent beaches, her great weather, her charming old town with its brightly coloured buildings and pretty winding streets and alleys, her numerous parks and open spaces, her palm tree flanked shopping streets, and her vibrant nightlife. If you have found a vacation rental in Alicante and are exploring everything that she has to offer, then you will likely work up an appetite and find yourself in need of sustenance. The best part of renting an apartment or villa is that you have access to a kitchen and if you’re a travelling foodie, you’ll probably want the chance to play around with some local ingredients during your stay. To source the freshest food in the prettiest of surroundings, just head to the Mercado Central de Alicante (Central Market of Alicante) and shop the various stalls that are housed within.

Located on the central shopping street of Calle de Alfonso X the Wise, the Central Market of Alicante is an architectural gem that was built under J. Vidal Ramos between 1911 and 1912. With an elaborate and ornate façade featuring modernist-inspired elements, the building is on a rectangular plan and built in the style of a basilica, with a tacked-on addition to the south-west corner that is topped by a semispherical cupola and called La Rotonda.