There are many beautiful places to visit around Alicante, Benidorm to the north east, as we mentioned above is the most popular, but if you head south there are more tourist resorts that are more relaxed than Benidorm. Torrevieja and Cartagena are popular tourist resorts and Murcia, while not on the coast remains a popular place to visit. The historic town of Elche is very popular too with its architecture and horticultural gardens is well worth a visit.