More and more people each year are choosing to book a self catering holiday villa or apartment in Spain rather than a traditional package holiday.
Growth In Spanish Holiday Villa Rental
This growth in Spanish holiday villa rental has resulted in more and more Spanish holiday villas and apartments for rent becoming available and none more so than in the Alicante area of the Costa Blanca in Spain.
Flights To Alicante
Alicante is served by numerous daily flights from dozens of northern European airports which are between 2 – 3 hours flying time away, very handy if you are travelling on holiday with young children! With such a choice of airlines and airports it is very easy to find a flight to El Altet, Alicante that suits you both in price and also time, rather than having to take an early charter flight from a regional airport – difficult to get to for a 4am check-in.
Travelling From Alicante Airport To Gran Alacant
Travelling time to Gran Alacant is less than 10 minutes from Alicante (El Altet) airport whether by taxi or hire car. Once in Gran Alacant, your holiday villa or apartment is only a few minutes further. No hanging around for a transfer coach or a delayed incoming flight to then be taken on a tour of hotels before arriving some hours later at your own. With a self catering holiday villa or holiday apartment in Gran Alacant, you could be in the pool of your holiday villa within an hour of your flight landing at Alicante Airport (El Altet).
Why Rent A Holiday Villa In Gran Alacant, Alicante?
There are many types of Spanish holiday villas and apartments for you to choose from in Gran Alacant. From comfortable and clean holiday apartments for those on a budget, to big holiday villas in their own grounds for privacy. No getting up at 6am on holiday to put a towel on a sunbed amongst the hundreds around the communal pool. You can get up when you want, have breakfast in your holiday villa or apartment at a time that suits you – not the hotel – and take a dip in your holiday villa’s pool when you feel like it.
Many people who take a self catering Spanish villa or apartment holiday for the first time cannot believe the amount of flexibility they have and wonder why they never took a Spanish rental villa or apartment holiday before. Another big advantage to renting a holiday villa or apartment in Gran Alacant, Alicante is that you are staying in a home rather than a soulless hotel room.
Eating Out In Alicante
A big part of any Spanish villa or apartment holiday is eating, whether in your Spanish holiday villa or apartment, a BBQ on the roof terrace or by the pool, or eating out. Gran Alacant wins on all fronts. There are several supermarkets in Gran Alacant and many of our holiday villas and apartments in Gran Alacant are within easy walking distance of one or more. Your favourite foods are usually available, alongside local Spanish products. The bigger supermarkets in Gran Alacant have fresh fish counters like you have never seen and well stocked deli counters and it is so easy to return with your shopping to your holiday villa in Gran Alacant. You can choose the fish or meat you want to grill on the BBQ at your holiday villa for the evening.
For eating out in Gran Alacant or Alicante, you really are spoilt for choice. There are dozens of different cafes and restaurants in both Gran Alacant and Alicante, catering for all different tastes and budgets. Whether you choose to eat in or out in Gran Alacant or nearby Alicante, you have the flexibility to do it when you want, very helpful when holidaying with children. Here is a guide to the wide variety of restaurants in Gran Alacant.
Gran Alacant, near Alicante, is well located if you want to use either a hire car or public transport. Planning in advance means you can make the most of your holiday time and visit attractions, museums, castles, theme parks when you want to and not when the excursion coach wants to go. Also you pay just your entrance fees and not the higher prices charged by the package operators on their excursions and all those extras you often feel obliged to buy.
If you want to stay near the pool at your villa or apartment in Gran Alacant, or the beautiful nearby Carabassi beach, then you can do so at your own pace and in your own time. There’s no mad rush to get the best spot or to try and swim when the pool is quiet – after all, you are on your Spanish holiday! Even the shared pools in Gran Alacant are rarely busy and, as you are renting a holiday villa or holiday apartment in Gran Alacant, you’re not sharing with perhaps 500 other hotel guests at the same time.
Renting A Holiday Villa in Gran Alacant, Alicante
Renting a holiday villa or apartment in Gran Alacant can be much cheaper than you think. Depending on what you want, a family of four can stay in a holiday apartment in Gran Alacant for a week for under £300 in the summer, a little over £10.50 per person per night and six people can stay in a holiday villa in Gran Alacant for under £400 a week, less than £9.50 per person per night. Whichever way you look, these prices illustrate that renting a holiday villa or holiday apartment in Gran Alacant represent excellent value for money which you would be hard pushed to beat on a package holiday.
Advantages Of Renting A Holiday Villa In Alicante
A self catering holiday villa or apartment in Gran Alacant has many advantages and not just the price. The overriding thing that Alicante Holiday Villas guests like, and comment on, is the total flexibility they have, meaning you get the most out of your Alicante holiday villa or Spanish holiday apartment whether it is the thrills and excitement of the beach and theme parks, or a complete wind down with a good book and your toes in the pool!
So, what are you waiting for? Have a look at Alicante Holiday Villas wide selection of holiday villas and holiday apartments in Gran Alacant, Alicante today!
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