Moving To Alicante, Spain?
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We thought we would stop the nomad life after having a baby, BUT we still haven't found our happy place in the world. So, for now, we will continue to travel and explore until we find that perfect place for our family (at a slower rate -- but never giving up!). We went to Marbella in March (check out that video) and we LOVED IT! It's our happy place, yet, the rent and transportability are not in our favor right now. Besides, we want to have another baby soon, so it's easier for our parents to help us in Madrid than in Marbella where there is no airport. Now we went to Alicante, which is a short train ride from Madrid, but we were not 100% convinced. There is a big contrast between busy/loud and quiet/isolated -- I felt no in-between. Next, we will be exploring some of Gacilia. So stay tuned!
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We went to Marbella in March (check out that video) and we LOVED IT! It's our happy place, yet, the rent and transportability are not in our favor right now. Besides, we want to have another baby soon, so it's easier for our parents to help us in Madrid than in Marbella where there is no airport. Now we went to Alicante, which is a short train ride from Madrid, but we were not 100% convinced. There is a big contrast between busy/loud and quiet/isolated -- I felt no in-between. Next, we will be exploring some of Gacilia. So stay tuned!
Why do people put so much emphasis on eating out! Don’t you ever cook at home? I wouldn’t waste money eating out when I can make meals for a quarter of the price of a meal.
Lol I eat at home everyday. I agree with you. I eat out when I’m out of home because of obvious reasons 🥰🫢🤍
its a form of entertainment, socializing, exploring different things, spur of the moment activities, etc...at the end of the day...its your choice....if you don't like it---don't do it and vice versa!
My wife and I love Alicante. so much so we have bought a small flat there. Maybe explore the Carolina's, Benalua and San Blas, all inner city neighbourhoods that offer great schools, a lively atmosphere and more cultural diversity. Thanks for the video, and I hope you find somewhere you all love :-)
That sounds amazing!! For how long have you been having the flat there? Any cons about Alicante per your opinion? Thank you so much for commenting and watching the video 🤍🤍🤍
@@dani-moves Really enjoyed the video. The only con so far as we are concerned is that it gets insanely hot in the summer, although this would apply to Madrid too. We don't have aircon in our apartment so summers can be tough. What we both really love about Alicante is that if offers much of what a very big city offers but on a smaller and more manageable scale. It has Michelin starred restaurants, cinemas, world class museums, art galleries, great nightlife and a wealh of truly brilliant, often utterly crazy fiestas. It is also very close to other beautiful parts of the Costa Blanca - Altea, Denia, Cartagena etc. And for those who occasionally like to leave the city and beach behind it has the most beautiful mountains a 30 minute drive away. My wife and I don't have children, but our neighbours all do and they are very complimentary about Alican'te's schools and it's excellent University. Finally I would say that if you visit again check out some of the less touristy neighbourhoods. Carolinas Altas, Campoamor, Benalua, San Blas. Al of these are central, more culturally diverse and cheaper. The Carolinas, particularly the area around Plaza Manilla is so much fun. It's full of Venezuelans, Argentinians and Colombinas, Russians and Ukrainians, a boy oh boy, do they like to party. Anyway the very best of luck to you all in your search for a new home :-)
Never noticed a problem trying to.find somewhere to eat between 4-8pm in Alicante city and I've been there 3 times. I haven't bought food in San Juan so maybe its different there. I would recommend Alicante as somewhere to go on holiday or to buy. I am likely to buy somewhere there. Normally stay overlooking Postiguet Beach. Not that noisy unless windows are open. There will always be a certain amount of noise in a city centre. Transport is excellent. Groceries are affordable. San Juan has a lot of newer apartments but maybe too expensive for your budget. Marbella won't be quiet or cheap. There are lots of tram stops in San Juan
This is super helpful! Thank you so much! It's true, Marbella is pricey, especially considering the need for having your own transporation/car
Loved this review format! Dying at Nick "the buildings are ugly as fuck" 😂
Lol you know how he is 😂
My wife (from Chile) and I from Germany visited Alicante and in my opinion this is the most underrated city of Spain. High quality of live and relatively cheap.
Hi!! I also recommend: Vigo, San Sebastián, Marbella, and Tarifa (tarifa for a very remote experience) 🤍
Muchísimas gracias por resaltar @Sabole.alicante como uno de las opciones de gastronomía Venezolana en Alicante ❤
Por su puesto 🤍🤍
Beautiful place to be in Spain alcanta love the place wow😊❤
sooo pretty! I wish my husband wouldve liked it :(
Have you checked other places like little towns near by Alicante or even village areas?
Not really :(
How long did you stay there? It's very hard to get a good feel for a place with a very short stay. The weather might be abnormal during the time you're there. Things might be different than usual because of a major event (as it was in your case with Las Hogueras starting) or it might be a quieter time of year (e.g., in August when many residents go on vacation somewhere else).
With regards to family atmosphere, you might want to revisit the neighborhoods you were looking at during different times of the day. It could very well be that there are families in those areas you checked out but they weren't out because it was too hot, it was the traditional time for families to gather at home, or whatever.
I haven't been to Alicante in 20 years, but there are definitely more family-friendly areas, especially in the ”urbanizaciones". You might need more time in the city to find out where those are.
I agree with not living right on La Plaza de Los Luceros. However, you could find a place on one of the side streets nearby and it wouldn't be excessively noisy, with the exception of las mascletàs (REALLY loud firework competitions during Las Hogueras).
One final suggestion that might help you decide to live in Alicante (or in Valencia where they have Las Fallas, or anywhere else they have noisy festivals): consider making that week the time you take your family on vacation somewhere else. If you're comfortable with it, you can even make some money if you rent out your place during that week.
Best of luck! Maybe I'll see you there when I head back there for a visit at the end of this year. 🙂
I LOVE THIS COMMENT!! Thank you so much. You helped me gain perspective and also gave me great advice! I need to share this post with @nickofjupiter (my husband 😂). We’re going to visit Valencia in late August - any recommendations?
Thank you very much for watching and commenting
My wife and I visited Spain with our kids on a quest for that perfect medium-sized beach town with strong culture, family friendly things like parks and schools, old-world Spanish charm, and didn't quite find what we were looking for, although we stayed around Malaga/Marbella. I have heard that Velez Malaga is very charming, have you been?
You just described what we’ve been looking for too! I haven’t heard about Velez in Malaga. But I do think Marbella it’s almost perfect except for the fact that transportation and distance from place to place is a bit inconvenient. Most Spanish people recommend Malaga for that lifestyle but I haven’t visited
What bothered you in Madrid?
What kind of stroller do you have? I love it!
Hi! We have the Yoyo2
I visited again in Sepember, and to be honest, I preferred the city center much more in comparison to Playa San Juan. Playa San Juan does have many expats, but I found the area to be quite dull and boring and the restaurants that are directly on the beach rather than on the promenade were extremely touristy and unfriendly! I like the city center which is compact and has a pretty beach (though again quite touristy) and the fact that there is good public transportation and the train station from which you can go to Madrid, Valencia, etc.
I think my husband would agree that Playa San Juan feels a bit boring and isolated. We also had a similar experience with the restaurants (also, none seem good or had good reviews). I still think ti could be a good option to live
I really didn't get the part on poor transportation. We were there in January with a then 7 month old baby. Everything in the centre and around the castle is compact and easily walkable. with a stroller/pram. To San Juan beach you have an excellent tram network which drops you off in multiple locations on the journey there and then drops you off in the city centre on the way back. Some lines you can even take to Benidorm. The tram is cheap, clean, modern, easy to use. The airport is a short 15-20 min taxi ride from the centre. The train station is decent and well connected.
Thank you for this information! I think we did things wrong. We got lost deep into the town along San Juan beach (looking for residential areas where to live) and we got stuck over there and could not find any type of transportation back to the city. We should've come back to the tram instead of forcing finding a taxi over there. Thank you!
Hey I like your videos I'm actually a new nomad therapist for Miami as well! Now I'm in south America. Are most of your clients from Florida? I would love it if you had a video on marketing for your private practice and things of that nature. Also stuff on which equipment you use for telehealth calls. I've been having problems with poor audio.
Hi! Thank you so much for commenting. Yes! My clients are from FL. And I also have some clients from other places with whom I do coaching.
Okay that is a good idea for a video actually! I am in the middle of moving, but once I’m done that video idea will be on my list. Thank you!!
cool city. i actually liked it!
I’m glad you did!
You need to check out Estepona. I thought it was the most kid friendly on the coast.
Can you tell me about things to do over there? I visited but didnt know where to go and didnt have a good experience :(
@@dani-moves My kids are 3 and 5 so they loved Paseo Maritimo, Selwo Aventura, and Museo Taurino. For food you can go to el Centro Histórico or el puerto deportivo. There is a Chinese restaurant in el puerto that is the best Chinese food I have had in my life. The fried calamari is fire. I don’t recommend desert in this place though. About an hour from Estepona we drove to Ronda (must do it’s a beautiful town and the bridge is stunning). From Ronda we jumped to Santonil de las bodega’s (got some cool pictures of business that are built into the mountains and under bolder.)
The apartment buildings are old. It´s not that they want to preserve them, it´s just that it will take time for the older ones to be replaced by newer ones and many people are still living in those old ones. Playa San Juan has a nice beach, though it can get windy. It´s not particularly exciting, but it is quiet and peaceful. The trams are great and the area is well-kept and generally clean. Playa San Juan is basically quiet and residential. I think Alicante is not an exciting city, but it can be a good and peaceful base for living and convenient for traveling to other areas of Spain from.
This makes a lot of sense! Thank you for your insight
I am seeing listing of Vilas on online apps in Spain that says location cocentaina. Any thoughts on that? Thanks for the advice.
no idea :( sorry!
i’m 16 (finished school last year) and from scotland and my parents are selling our house at the end of next year to move to alicante. i don’t want to go in the slightest but won’t be ready to move out at 18 at all. i’ve lived in the same house my whole life and wish i didn’t have to. anything to ease my worry?
Hi Em! I totally understand you. What makes you not want to go? Well, I think you will find great food, beach (so at least you will be tanned), and it's a pretty chill out environment. If you dont like the busy life, this is a great place to just be yourself in your little bubble and unbothered. But it depends. Also, the other advantage that you have is that Alicante has a great train system, so you can travel around Spain on your own!. Finally, many international people in Alicante, so I think you will be able to speak English and hopefully meet people! I wish you the best
Bon fires? You need to expand on that. Bob fires can be fun unless they’re using cars as the kindling
lol my Valencia video explains it better! It’s called “fallas”
The sand looks bad. Not so tiny and soft. I dunno. How is it? Worse or better than the sand in South Beach?
I like the sand in south beach better bc it’s soft and so white! But this one is pretty decent
@Dani Moves Hey, what are the best and safe areas to move in Madrid as an American? I'm looking for an area with low noise level. I'm a big football and Real Madrid fan...
Hellooo! You can try El Viso, Chamartin (this is a residential area where the stadium is, obviously loud near the stadium but not in the surroundings), and Salamanca (Castellana Area, other areas like recoletos, Goya, lista, are going to be more busy and loud)
@@dani-moves Thank you for your reply! Very helpful. And which websites do I use to search for apartments?
Hello! I am a therapist as well, I have my own private practice here in Miami and I am a 1099 in another agency which does remote and inperson… what were the steps especially for therapists? Do you have to validate your license or are you just gonna see US clients?
Hii Romy, give me your email and ill explain everything
I sent it through here let me know if you got it :-) @@dani-moves
We visited around the same time - July 2023 and it was soooo hot. I think you would and Nick would like Valencia. We felt the same as you about Alicante. Nice but not impressed. Surrounding towns are good to pit stop at. We loved calpe.
mhm. it seems like we are on a similar page! lol
what is Calpe? We are now in Denia :D
We will start exploring tomorrow.
and we will visit Valencia next week, any recommendations?
@@dani-moves Calpe is a nice little beach town north of Alicante. It is south of you from Dénia. Valencia is a mix of Barcelona some aspects of Madrid with a smaller town feel. With the baby it may be hard to enjoy some of the biking activities and older kid activities but Ciutat Vella, L’eixample are very nice. City of arts and sciences is impressive. If you want a unique dining experience and great food try Voltereta Manhattan it was our favorite meal in Valencia. I think it’s just still too hot to really enjoy things during the day. Have fun and looking forward to seeing more videos.
Hi, I'm Australian living in Australia and I'm thinking about moving to alicante because I loved that city in 2019 I went there for my birthday arrived on the 5th of jun and left on the 29th of July, at 4:52 mnts you are saying that it's a beautiful view of the ocean (I made that mistake too) they have a sea, a Mediterranean sea, I'm a nutritionist and I'm thinking about studying languages cause I speak French as well as arabic and obviously English, just so I can find a job in alicante even if I'm terrified about going back to uni at the age of 40, would you know if I have any chance on finding a job as a nutritionist or translator? Thanks ❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Fiona! Well the workforce in Spain ir a bit tricky. I actually work with the USA because it would be impossible for me to work here as a therapist. I’d have to study again. I think you’d probably have to study again too :( but if you get a work permit maybe you can find something else to do? Or make your own business online? There’s gotta be an option!! Alicante is beautiful! Best of luck!
@@dani-moves do you mean studying in spain, in spanish? Thank you
you can’t judge a city in one visit 😂😂😂
you are right!! but well these were our first impressions :(
Try Torrevieja. We own a place there but only use it as a weekend on the mainland. Its a much better area and Elche is beautiful.
Torrevieja is a neighborhood?
We own a place in torrevieja as well and love it.
Where mark what’s to live are they sleeping 4-8 again?
They have nap time from 4-8pm. Yes!
I wanted to move there. But this looks just like San Juan in puerto rico. Makes sense, because sand juan is an old spanish city. By why move, if i have san juan 30 minutes from home?
I haven’t been to Puerto Rico :( so I wouldn’t know
@@dani-moves well, the whole video looks exactly like old san juan. Everything.
Im in Britain i lived in a place not far away there i found in sesters all shops close so you have to get things in morning s and don't open up to l as late evening they do speak English there not much will have to speak Spanish i lurnt it calpe is far better for you with ababy thats were i lived lovely there lots of shops res and lots of sea i recommend it i had to leave before my dad died ive been back marbella is no for small kids they get pocket picks there my dads friend had his twice picked
Oh no! I didn’t know there was that problem in Marbella! I’ve heard of calpe and seen pictures. It looks beautiful 🤍 you don’t find it boring tho?
Is it true that there are no public toilets?
Oh wow! I didn’t notice that 👀
try torreveja
Second person that says that 😮😮
I’m in Alicante now and we are looking to move to Spain. I don’t think it’s a place for us because to busy and very built up
Right? Hmm yeah idk. It has potential!! But idk. We’re going to check out Valencia soon
did you had a chance to visit Benidorm, Altea ?@@dani-moves
I am sorry but your research was not good enough 😢 especially about time for first visit in Alicante
The HOGUERAS festival is the biggest celebration time in Alicante and the city is double crowded then in any other time of the year
Also public transport is dedicated to this festival for few days
Also most of the people are going to the center of the city to celebrate so other parts of it would look as you called as a ghost city
You should definitely learn how to use public transportation. It’s really easy and really comfortable especially when you want to travel between the city center and playa San Juan
The areas you were searching in a first place place like Explanada area next to the harbor or plaza de Luceros area are totally not for living just for visiting
These are 100% touristic area
Personally, I would recommend this city for a living truly but more research needs to be done. People are friendly. The education is perfect both public and private
you can find busy places if you want to spend some time with people or beautiful more quiet areas close to the city .
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your input! I was talking to a few realtors about different properties to rent. So I made my visits around the city based on those locations /:
the explanada was not that impressive and the stalls on it had very boring merchandise. It could be improved so much by having some more interesting stalls with handicrafts etc and food/drinks stalls.
Good pobre actually
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