GLASGOW to ALICANTE: Getting settled on the Costa Blanca. World's noisiest hotel?
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- I badly needed some R+R, some vitamin D on my skin, so a quick trip to the Mediterranean and the city of Alicante on the Costa Blanca. Join me as a fly from Edinburgh and get off the Alicante airport bus at the wrong stop, completely lost and disorientated.
Filmed December 2023 | Alicante, Spain.
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*** TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:58 Edinburgh Airport
00:01:49 Alicante Airport
00:02:01 Where am I?
00:04:00 Alicante Marina and esplanade
00:06:15 The beach at Alicante
00:10:18 Hotel Maritimo, Alicante
00:13:24 Alicante at night
Very nice room in Alicante. I like it when the bathroom has a window which opens. I like to let the moisture out after a shower. Scott, you can use earplugs if too much noise from the street dusrupts your sleep. 🌴🌴
Love watching your videos. I particularly liked Alicante, my last real budget trip before COVID. Return flights Newcastle-Alicante with Easyjet £36, hostel opposite the town hall
Cracking vid mate and Alicante looks gorgeous, especially love the smooth shiny pedestrianised streets! Looking forward to the next couple of instalments. Although when you said you're going out for dinner at 7pm, I immediately thought hmmm that doesn't fit in with Spanish eating times (as I got caught out with recently) so well done finding a paella! Have a great New Year when it comes, and I guess you'll be at St Mirren for the big game on Tuesday!
9pm to 10pm Spanish eating time if I'm correct
I probably stood out like a sore thumb wandering around at 7pm looking for a meal. Those street patterns started to look a bit 3D if you starred at them too long. Yep, I'll be at the game. I'm not sure St. Mirren will be able to replicate the crushing 3-0 defeat against Aberdeen.
@@xix94Depends on the region. Eastern parts of Spain tend to eat earlier for example in Barcelona you can find people dining at 8pm which is unthinkable in the west
I feel for you. I work offshore and working over Christmas and New Year, the person sitting behind me on the helicopter was coughing and sneezing all over me. Now I’m full of a cold virus, could barely eat my Christmas meal.. why they never use tissues is beyond me, not as if it’s expensive to by pocket tissues.. Happy New Year to you, thanks for all your videos :)
Alicante has some really nice streets my fav is the one you were with the mcds lol. You do pick some interesting flight options with the airport on your doorstep lol adds to the fun.
I was in that McDonald's 30 Sept we'd called at Alicante on a P & O Cruise, just looked up my Chase card app decent coffee and a big cookie €2.90. The town looked a resonable place to stay for a couple of days. Thanks for your efforts Scott 👍 have a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024
Many happy days and nights spent in Alicante but not been recently. Brought back lots of memories. Thanks. By the way there is much better food to be had in the back streets!
Good vlog mate . Good luck with your sleeping 😊
I Scott discovered your vlogs and I'm hooked as a man of a certain age it's nice to have vlogs that meet your viewing needs... Loved the 3 vlog Alicante Benidorm.. my wife and I live in Hondón de los Frailes alicante and often drive to coast.. Benidorm is a day out and no more than that.. if you come again let us know and we meet for coffee... Frank
Hi Scott! Been watching your videos all throughout 2023, and happened to be sat across from you on an Ember bus to Glasgow a couple days before Christmas! Didn't want to bother you at the time, but just wanted to say love your videos mate, really encourages me to travel more, and always find you have a nice balance of light-hearted and informative. Hope you had a nice Christmas and all the best for the New Year :)
@@derekfairlie6147 Lol 😆
You should have said hello. Loads of people do. Why was I heading for Dundee? On Sunday 14th Jan expect a wee video about Travelodge, the hotel chain everyone likes to complain about.
@@PlanesTrainsEverythingoh geeze. I'm going to have to catch this video. Booked a Travelodge for July....
@@PlanesTrainsEverything Looking forward to it! Was just in a Travelodge in Edinburgh a few weeks back, intrigued to see your experience!! 😁
@@PlanesTrainsEverything Travelodge? Sounds interesting. Only problem with them having never stayed is that they're nae where ah actually need them 😅😅
You and the equally highly esteemed Mr Marsh do a wonderful job in providing travelogues that entertain, inform and amuse. Your independent adventures on a reasonable budget fill a very large niche that appeals to many of us who sit at home and vicariously enjoy the results of your dedication. I thank you both for all your hard work, especially the high production standards that you set and the countless hours that you devote to editing. Have a very happy and healthy 2024.
@planestrainseverything Would love to see you visit Ireland and explore the other parts of the country during the summer months it’s beautiful
Hi Scott its Mark the Leeds welsh fan that met you outside Glasgow bus station about 10 months ago! Another great video yet again!! Anyway happy new year 🥳
Edinburgh airport, I used to really dislike it cos of the rip off of the trams going that one extra stop, but I just get the city ticket and get off the stop before and walk the rest. Same with Glasgow airport, if getting a taxi, get it to the airport travelodge and just walk across the car park to the airport.
My first ever holiday abroad was to Alicante on a Laker Skytrain! It must have been late 70s as we watched Nottingham Forest win the European Cup on a telly in a restaurant over there.
Hi Scott, I’m currently offshore on the Nelson Platform where I’m stuck inside washing pots and pans and operating the laundry at night (night steward) Your videos have been wonderful giving me some inspiration when I’m stuck inside a box for two to three weeks at a time. Many thanks and Happy New Year to you :)
Do you have a channel?
@@CaptainBuzzBee no
Welcome to Alicante - hope you have an interesting stay. Thanks for all your great videos!
Happy New Year, Scott ! 🎉🎉🎅 You can't get any vitamin D through sun exposure this time of year in Alicante Spain.
WOW what a way to spend NEW year off
Bad storm moving in. Great sleeping weather. I would try to check in early. Sometimes you can. Room looks nice. I would move with construction above me. Go to the hotels on the beach and relax. Sometimes you have to spend money. You deserve to treat yourself.
Just found you and I like your style of presentation. Look forward to watching more videos.
Forgive my ignorence, i thought that alicante was just an airport en route to benidorm . It looks lovely and a great place for a weekend away. Hope it was a great destination. Looking forward to more vlogs in 2024.
Happy new year Scott!!
love it got loads of time for alicante great city 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Scott,
I love your channel and have subscribed.
Keep up the good work.
Love Alicante.Been twice.Good restaurants in the Old Town.
I found Alicante rather pleasant. Great atmosphere along the seafront in the evening.
I used to go to Alicante & all Spanish ports as an 18 year old merchant seaman, way back in 1960. It was all very different in those days, not many tourists then & very strange in Franco’s regime, one had to be careful. I did love Spain though. Wish I could do it again.
All the Best for 2024 Scott. Keep up the excellent work.
Scott, you have the best sense of humor among the all the CZcamsrs I watch. Absolutely brilliant. Your video’s are fantastic, love the content and thank you for all the hard work you do for us. Wishing you a Happy, Successful, Wonderful and Magical 2024. Looking forward to many more next year.
Great to see what it's like this time of year!
The Morton Bay Fig trees look to be doing very well there and the city is a very good holiday venue by the looks of it.
looking forward to tomorrow and the rest of your holiday travel Happy New Year and hope 2024 is a good travel year for you and us who watch your CZcams channel
Thanks for this Scott, we've been considering the ame trip in the next few weeks. At least almost the same, the Jet2 flight from Glasgow at a civilised time seems more enticing...
Scott, All the best for the New Year 2024 and thank you so much for all your videos in 2023. We watched (and sometimes rewatched) them all faithfully. Lulu and Family Los Angeles
Awesome vlog there great food bar the bulldog on the beach they do fantastic food also teesside delicacy Chicken parmos big hit with teessiders
A lot of Scots, Brits, Irish have moved to Portugal and France. They are building, renovating and farming. Excellent skills, workmanship and attitude. Happy New year
Jeezo! Until you highlighted that, I thought I was a subscriber (now rectified). ☺
Hey Scott. Happy New Year to you. I love your channel and watch every video you make. Looking forward to more in 2024!
Paul in Dundee 🏴
I recently had a short stay in Alicante there's plenty of places to eat in the city centre and without the hassle.
Slightly quieter than our visit in July and it was warmer! There are lots of restaurants in the back streets around the Cathedral, but in winter it may be they don't open. What did amaze me is the main road along the front between the marina and the promenade is open. It was closed in July and all of it was being dug up, traffic was horrendous as a result, I'm amazed its all finished and back open as it was a serious civil engineering project.
I don't know if you ventured into the marina and casino area, but it is frankly a wierd and unwelcoming complex of bars and restaurants.
Relaxing
I definitely think you should do the ultra long tram ride along the coast of Belgium - Knokke-Heist (i think) That would be a cool vid.
Oh dear, my experience of accommodation Alicante has always been plagued with noise as well. It seems it's better to spend a bit more and to go away from the center, perhaps up along San Juan beach on a high floor in a quiet tower block outside summer season. The further north you go up the coast, the nicer the scenery becomes as well (except for Benidorm).
Don't feel guilty about the McDonald's visit. My wife and I did the same on our first day in Ronda (Spain) as we were able to eat quickly, visit the rest of the town and get back on the road to our overnight stop in Gibraltar.
Luvved the star trekesque beam me up Scottie flip from Buchanan to Edinbra airport but I was getting worried towards the end that we were going to end up in Burger King ,,
LUV Alicante been there many a time. hope to visit next few months, enjoy
I love visiting Alicante and also have no Qualms visiting McDonalds as well. My favourite chain is Lizarran a Tapas Chain
Massive fan Scott. Love the content and all the best for the new year!
Beautiful
Alicante looks interesting. Looking forward to seeing you explore the town.
Hi Scott, all the best for 2024 🍻
Happy New Year Scott. Thank you for great videos this year. See you in 2024 Xx ❤️❤️
Happy new year Scott, Im flying to Alicante next month, so thanks for this video
It's always chilly in Alicante this time of year, go to Malsga for warm weather.
Excellent first video in Alicante, hope you enjoy tomorrow after hopefully a good sleep. Happy New Year Scott and looking forward to your 2024 travels 😊
Hi Scott 👋 Thank You for another brilliant video. You give so much of yourself to us mate. Wishing you a very happy new year 2024 & please keep your wonderful videos coming. All the very best Scott & take care xxx
Make sure you get the lift up to the castle, the walking way is long and steep, enjoy!
I manage to visit the castle on the third and final video, and yes, I used the lift.
Glad you made it, amazing place and views, BTW l stayed at that hotel, it was mega noisy. If you go again the hostel Millangra is better and cheaper. Happy New year
Great video Scott and a Happy New year when it comes .
A brilliant video scott alicante is my go-to winter escape destination. I can get some brilliant flight deals from Ryanair When I first went there back in February, I made the mistake of getting off the bus in the same place as you
The penny dropped when I realised I was the only person getting off the bus.
Always take a pair of ear muffs with you on holiday. It’s the difference of sleeping and not sleeping.
Nice one Scott, looking forward to the next two videos. I was there earlier on this year, (it is still 2023 as I write this) flying from Prestwick. It's a nice place. There are plenty restaurants in the old town just back from the esplanade although they also have folk trying to entice you in. The many Brits that fly to Alicante Airport head for Benidorm are missing out on something a bit more authentically Spanish as they bypass the city. Hope 2024 will see you continue your adventures and sharing them with us.
I was impressed with Alicante. It wasn't too high-rise, and not as 'brash' as Benidorm. I would definitely return to Alicante, but I think a week in Benidorm would have me feeling like a prisoner, unable to escape.
@@PlanesTrainsEverything I believe Benidorm has a bit of an old town but it is completely subsumed by the high rise hotels, Full English Breakfast places and noisy nightclubs. Fine if you like that sort of thing but there is plenty of other stuff on that Costa that is of interest to me rather than Benidorm.
Good to hear 'cruising altitude' back on the commentary, thought I'd missed it in a few recently. I've only been to Spain once - in 1976 in December to Alicante/Benidorm, I'm guessing it's changed quite a lot! Looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Well another laid back video.of your adventures right enjoyable and seemed not too manic about shame the sleep was lacking to start hope the banging stopped look forward to the nxt video 😀
I just came to Agadir Morocco for a month. Cheap living, grwat food, warm sun each day 27° . Working online. A nice restoring relief from uk cold. I might do this again
Alicante is lovely. Shame about the weather you got. On noisiest hotel, the couple in the next room close to where you are staying went for "boom, boom". I banged on the wall to cool their ardour so I could sleep.
Those McDonald's fries are much thicker than Stateside! More like British chips. Enjoy!
Disappointed there was no video or the paella dinner. 👍🍊👍⭐️⭐️⭐️ happy new year from 🇦🇺
Hi Scott, Happy New Year to you. Doing a fantastic job.
Thanks for your brilliant videos this year Scott - have a happy new year
Great video Scott 👍🏻
Food & beer north of the market is way cheaper than downtown. Red Corner Sports bar is best for footie, Austin Bar 2nd best but in more atmospheric area.
Hi Scott love your channel . Next time you go to Edinburgh airport go to pret airside gate 6 . Lovely manager young Romanian girl who is very helpful and polite. These days this is a breath of fresh air.
My wife and I spent Christmas week in Alaicante, jet2 from Edinburgh at 9.30am. We live there so a doddle. Looking at your video highlights the clean streets, minimal litter. Edinburgh is disappearing under a load of fast food trash. We were in the hotel by the monument as you walked along from the bus station. Alicante has plenty going for it and Christmas week there was not a cloud in the sky. Not shorts weather unless you are in Largs.
fantastic video and a happy new year
hi Scott thank you for another brilliant video .Happy New Year to you and your family . Happy travels in 2024 x
Haha, you look hammered there Scott. :D Happy New Year!
My son watched the video and said I looked exhausted! Happy New Year to you.
Happy New year Scott have a good 2024
You did well to choose Alicante (real Spain) as opposed to Benidorm (plastic Spain). A lovely city and worth exploring the centre as well as the seafront - lovely buildings and real paellas !
Real Spain? 😂 He should have gone to Andalusia.
Relatively speaking 'real' !@@Avgeek1564
Real Spain? Bro your chatting pure Spanish 😂
Yes, I do - here in Ayamonte, Andalucia (please note the correct spelling !).
Personally I find Alicante a charming place, certainly compared to it's neighbour. @@Paul_Greenwood_
@@user-br1qi6uj1f I’ve not visited Alicante since 2007, was nice place then 👍
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Happy New year to you and your family
Nice one Scott. That beer looked hugeeeeeeeee
Alicante! We went on a long weekend to Benidorm mid December and we spent the Sunday afternoon/evening in Alicante before our late flight home...went to that exact same McDonalds which had a severe greedy pigeon issue! What I saw of the city sea front was favourable but the central parts we saw were a bit grey and bland, a little like Birmingham :) Thanks for the video Scott as always...
Happy New Year Scott 👍
Happy new year 🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉
great vid again scott always carry earplugs
Damn Scott, 36 hours without sleep isn't good for you! Less caffeine mate, you'll probably find yourself sleeping through an earthquake! 😴
Hope you like the beautiful country I have the pleasure of living in cheers
Happy new year!
Another great video of a place that I doubt I will ever be able to visit. It looks charming. I think noise is nice when staying in a city centre - far better than being on the outskirts with an eerie silence. But maybe construction in the building is too much.
I waited to look at the Paella and did not get a chance to see it.
I actually scoffed it, and then realised I hadn't filmed a before and after shot.
Nice one again. Are you also trying out the rabbit paella?
Happy new year
Excellent timing, I will be there in a couple of days. Same hotel! 😀
Oh , also the room with no number. It’s excellent. 😊
happy new year
Love your channel! Have you been to Gibraltar yet? Sardinia? ❤
Many thanks for yoyr support. It's greatly appreciated. I've not been to Sardinia, although it's somewhere I'd love to go. I visited Gib many years ago and it's back on my bucket list. Maybe in 2024??? Thanks again.
Wow! Alicante was to first place I went to see the Mediterranean Sea for the first time many years ago. Why don't you use ear plugs and sleep well? I can't imagine any travel without them, even when I'm on a local bus and try to read something or just relax. The wax ones are the best. What a place to meet the New Year! HNY🎉🎉🎉Plus local food, paella which is from Valencia region, sea food, wine😊
Paul never did Thailand then, that rule doesn't apply there, maybe go there and see. after you went to sleep till six an ad popped up with an alarm clock going off at 6, but 6am, still pretty mad that xD
Hi Scott are you sponsored by McDonalds now. Only joking. Great video. Looking forward to the next few.
You discovered that the man using the Jack Hammer was called Martillo
Sorry a wee update, if you had gone back around the Cathedral and that area there are restaurants galore.
Hi Scott. I like your videos--can you please tell me the name of the background music at 1min 50secs?--Happy New Year
Hi Steve, I get my music from Epidemic Sound, and although I acknowledge the source, I don't make a note of the track name or artist. Sorry.