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LOCK & enjoy! luggage storage by Luceros square, a few minutes' walk from the Renfe station — handy for a short visit to the centre. You book a locker in one of three sizes (S+, M+, XL) online, receive an access code by email and can save it as a QR code in your phone wallet. During the booking you can open and close the locker as many times as you like, and the site has video surveillance and insurance for stored items. Visitors praise how quick and easy it is and how safe it feels. From here it's an easy walk to the Explanada, the Old Town and Postiguet beach.

Self-service luggage storage opposite Alicante's Renfe train station, with lockers in three sizes (M, L and XL). Booking is done online, and the password and QR code for the door and locker are sent to your phone. You can return to your locker as often as you like during the rental, and the site has video surveillance and insurance for stored items. Visitors praise how easy it is to use, the cleanliness and the proximity to the station, and one notes that it is also handy for the airport bus. Staff answer questions via WhatsApp, which comes up often in reviews.

Alicante Locker is a self-service luggage storage facility in central Alicante, between the Renfe train station and the Luceros tram stop. It is about three minutes' walk from either, and the C6 airport bus stops are close by. Lockers come in three sizes (S, M and XL), with the largest taking one extra-large suitcase plus a small cabin bag, or two medium suitcases and a backpack. You book online and receive codes for the entrance and the locker by email, and you can open your locker as many times as you like during your booking. The site has CCTV, access control and backup power, and in reviews one visitor praises the smooth access and another being able to add items during the storage period.

Pharmacy in the Gran Vía area of Alicante. On Google Maps it appears as Farmacia Gran Vía Alicante, and business directories also list it as Farmacia Trébol Gran Vía Alicante 24 horas. Reviews most often praise the wide range of products, and one visitor mentions the large selection of face creams. Friendly staff who take time to explain how to use medicines also come up repeatedly. According to Google, the entrance and car park are wheelchair accessible.

Pharmacy near the centre of Alicante, listed on Google Maps under its Valencian name, Farmàcia Alacant 24h. Visitors praise the pharmacists' expertise and their patient explanations, and several reviews also mention the convenient central location. Several tourists write that the staff managed to help them even though they don't speak Spanish. According to reviews there is a wide range of products, and one visitor mentions a natural supplements section. Google states that the entrance is wheelchair accessible.

Pharmacy with an orthopaedics section on the main avenue of Playa de San Juan (Avenida de la Costa Blanca). On Google Maps it is listed as Farmacia Ortopedia Costablanca. Besides medicines it offers orthopaedic products and services. Visitors praise the friendly, courteous team, and one review mentions professional advice and the option to order missing products, which arrive at the pharmacy quickly. Another review is critical of the change of owner and décor.

Pharmacy in the centre of Alicante on the Rambla (Rambla de Méndez Núñez), handling prescriptions, dermocosmetics and compounded medicines. On Google Maps it is listed as Farmacia La Rambla Martínez Tamayo c.b. Reviews are mixed: some visitors praise the friendly, professional staff and sound advice when choosing medicines. Others complain about unfriendly service and poor advice, for instance when buying paracetamol. According to Google, the entrance is wheelchair accessible.

Weekly street market in the Altabix district of Elche, one of the town's municipal markets known locally as mercadillos. According to Elche City Council it has 86 stalls and is a mixed market selling both food and general goods. The food stalls offer fruit, vegetables, herbal products, olives, pickles and cheese. The other stalls sell clothes, shoes, gifts and small items. Besides its street markets, Elche also has permanent municipal food markets, including the Mercado Central and the markets on Plaza de Madrid and Plaza de Barcelona.

The Cementerio Viejo Market is a small street market in Elche's Cementerio Viejo district. According to the city council it has 41 stalls, most of them selling food. You can buy fruit, vegetables, olives, pickles, nuts and cheese, as well as herbs and herbal products. Stalls with clothes, shoes and gifts complete the offer. The city council classes it as a mixed market, alongside those in the Altabix, Palmerales and San Antón districts, among others, and the Antonio Machado bus stop is just nearby.

Mercadillo de Gran Alacant is a weekly street market in Gran Alacant, a residential area belonging to the municipality of Santa Pola. Since August 2023 it has been held next to the Aldi and Gabe Market supermarkets; it previously stood on Avenida de Escandinavia, whose plot was taken over by the modules of a temporary secondary school. According to the town council there are almost 100 stalls selling food, shoes, clothes, household goods and decorations. Visitors also mention fruit and vegetables, plants, souvenirs, seafood and even household appliances. One reviewer describes it as not the biggest market, but one where you can find everything you need.

Large municipal street market in the Babel district of Alicante, with up to 507 stalls. The stalls are set up in the area bounded by Pardo Gimeno, Asilo and Guillén de Castro streets, next to the covered Mercado de Babel market hall. You'll find fruit and vegetables as well as clothes, shoes and other goods. The market is run by Alicante City Council's Markets Department (Departamento de Mercados). You can also pop into the hall itself: reviewers mention its renovated interior, and one praises the butchers' stalls, a bakery selling bread from Alicante province and the air conditioning in summer.

Mercadillo de Benalúa is a municipal street market in the Benalúa district of Alicante, set up just behind the Mercado Municipal de Benalúa hall. The stalls fill the block between Carratalá, Alberola and Arquitecto Guardiola streets, and the city council allows up to 307 of them. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the core of the offer, alongside pickles, olives, dried fruit and nuts, eggs and flowers. Some stalls sell clothing, both new and second-hand, as well as footwear. Residents can do much of their shopping in one place, as the adjoining market hall has fishmongers, a butcher's, a bakery and bars.

Mercadillo de Carolinas is a municipal street market in the Carolinas district of Alicante, set up on streets such as Manuel Senante and Doctor Nieto, next to the Mercado de Carolinas market hall. The city council allows up to 185 stalls selling fruit and vegetables, clothes, shoes and other goods. One visitor also mentions bags, paintings, herbs, flowers, eggs and pastries, and another review notes that local growers sell fruit and vegetables directly around the market hall. Reviewers describe it as a small, traditional neighbourhood market, and one finds it less touristy than the Mercado Central. In 2022, during the renovation of the market hall, the stalls were temporarily moved to Gasset y Artime street, returning to their usual spot in December 2022.

Mercadillo de la Santa Faz is a weekly street market on Avenida de Alicante in the Santa Faz area. According to mercadillos.org it has around 100 stalls, and besides clothes and fruit and vegetables from the local huerta you will find honey, cured meats and pickles. There are also shoes, bags and household goods, and one visitor mentions a second-hand section with items such as bicycles. Reviewers praise the wide choice of stalls and how clean and tidy the market is. According to one review, there are also bars, stands with roast chicken and ribs, and a churros stall.

Mercadillo de San Vicente del Raspeig is a weekly street market in the centre of San Vicente del Raspeig, set up around Avenida Primero de Mayo and Pérez Galdós, Castella and Pardo Bazán streets. According to the town hall (July 2026) it has 72 authorised stalls selling food and other goods. Residents had called for the market to be reorganised to ease traffic and stop it blocking driveways. In July 2026 the town hall proposed concentrating the market in three areas: the car park by the railway halt (food stalls), Castella street and part of Avenida Primero de Mayo. The aim is to improve traffic safety, cleaning and parking for residents.

The Mercadillo de Teulada, officially the Mercadillo José Manuel Gosálbez, is a municipal street market in Alicante's Florida district, near the José Rico Pérez stadium. It is the city's largest market by area, with 373 stalls spread over about 15,450 m². Alongside fruit and vegetables you'll find bread, cheese, nuts and dried fruit, spices, flowers and plants, plus clothes, shoes, accessories, household goods, costume jewellery, crafts, books and second-hand items. It is named after José Manuel Gosálbez, a city councillor whose career was in street trading, and was officially given his name in 2017. Note that it is in the city of Alicante, not in the town of Teulada-Moraira; city bus line 16 serves the area.

The Mercadillo de Viguetas is a large street market in Santa Pola, on the road to Elche, next to the old cemetery and the health centre. According to the town council it has more than 300 stalls selling food, shoes, clothes, household goods and toiletries. Visitors most often praise the wide choice of fresh fruit and vegetables and the shoe stalls. Reviews also mention churros stalls and second-hand clothing, and individual reviewers note vintage items and stalls selling nuts and sweets. The market is close to Santa Pola's bus station.

San Antón Market (Elche) is a weekly municipal street market in the San Antón district of Elche. The stalls are set up on Francisco Pérez Campillo and Pepico Vaello Fernández streets, and the city council provides for 60 of them. On offer are fruit, vegetables, herbs and herbal products, olives, pickles and cheese. Alongside the food there are clothes, shoes and gifts. It is one of a network of neighbourhood markets that Elche runs in different parts of the city.

The Wednesday Market is Mutxamel's weekly street market, set up every Wednesday along Avinguda Carles Soler, the town's main thoroughfare. It moved here in July 2024 to bring it closer to the new Plaça del Mercat market hall and boost trade in the town centre; before that, after a relocation linked to COVID-19, it had been held elsewhere on a temporary basis. It has more than 85 stalls in two zones: food, nearer the market hall, and a second zone with clothes, shoes, kitchenware and home textiles. There are also stalls selling local, seasonal “km 0” produce. The market's new regulations also provide for selective waste collection points.