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Eating and Drinking

Eating. Alicante's cuisine is exemplarily Mediterranean, its finest fare being rice dishes, seafood, fish, and salads. Visitors will also want to try the turrón, the almond-based sweet which is typical of the city. As both a resort and a working city, Alicante has a large number of eateries of all kinds and price ranges scattered all around the city. Its top Michelin-rated restaurant is Valencia 11 (so named for its address: 11 Valencia, tel. 96 521 13 09) which the guide also recommends as good value for money, picking out Puerto (51 Dr. Sapena, tel. 96 521 95 74) for the same reason. The marina complex has a large number of catering establishments of all kinds. For tapas and other budget forms of eating, the area around the Ayuntamiento is recommendable (the tourist board claims that montaditos, a canapé-type tapa, were invented in Alicante).
Drinks. Alicante D.O. wine is generally red (described as "sturdy and dark"), though rosés and whites are made as well. Also try wine from the nearby Jumilla D.O., between Albacete and Murcia, or from Yecla, in the north of Murcia. On the non-alcoholic front, try horchata, a drink made from chufas (tiger nuts), typical of the region of Valencia.

Nightlife

You are spoilt for choice for evening diversion in Alicante. The Barrio Santa Cruz is a centre for young people and full of pubs, late-night bars with music, but can be a little rowdy for others. C/ San Fernando is the place to go for discotheques. The Explanada de España is lively, and the marina has a large number of different kinds of bars and pubs, and being slightly pricier than the barrio tends to be a little more subdued (though not always, by any means). In the summer, the nightlife centre of gravity shifts to the Playa San Juan.

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