Guest rating 8.6
Santa Bárbara Hostel
Alicante, Spain
0.3 km to centre · 0.25 km to beach
Regular price
€18
Price with NEXT PASS
€15
You save €3
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Spain
Alicante
A castle on a rock, a palm-lined promenade, and cheap flights.
- Average dorm bed
- €17 / night
- Average private room
- €40 / night
- Partner hostels
- 1
- Best time to go
- May–June and September–October
Alicante in short
Alicante is the relaxed end of the east coast: a working Spanish city with a castle on a limestone crag, a marble promenade along the water and a beach right in the centre.
It is also one of the cheapest places in Spain to fly in or out of, which makes it a practical bookend to an east-coast route that starts in Barcelona.
Founding Partner Hostels in Alicante
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Why visit Alicante?
Castle views for free
A lift inside the rock takes you up to Santa Bárbara castle, and the grounds cost nothing to walk.
Beach in the city
Postiguet beach is a five-minute walk from the old town, with quieter sand a tram ride north.
Cheap to reach
Budget airlines fly here year-round, and the coastal tram links the nearby beach towns.
Things to do
Santa Bárbara castle
Take the lift up, walk the ramparts, then come down through the old town on foot.
Barrio de la Santa Cruz
Steep lanes of blue-and-white houses and flowerpots, right below the castle.
Explanada de España
A wave-patterned marble promenade under the palms — the evening walk the whole city does.
Tabarca island
A short boat ride to a tiny walled island with clear water and one main street.
What a bed costs in Alicante
Dorm bed
€17
Average across partner hostels, per night
Private room
€40
Two people sharing, per night
Average NEXT PASS saving
€3
Per night, compared with standard rates on major booking platforms.
Prices shown across NEXT STOP are demo figures for this preview build. They illustrate the intended model rather than live availability, and will be replaced with rates from partner hostels before booking opens.
Suggested next stops
Where travellers usually head after Alicante.
Read before you go
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