Alicante rewards those who treat it as a beginning. Alicante doesn't ask you to linger. Pull out of the old quarter with purpose, point the nose south along the N-332 toward Cabo de la Nao, and the urban geometry dissolves into something far more interesting: limestone cliffs dropping clean into turquoise water, hairpins that demand full attention, stretches of open tarmac that feel like they were engineered for exactly this kind of machine. The city is a launchpad — its palm-lined esplanade and whitewashed castle simply the opening frame before the road takes over. The light here is specific — hard, white, unfiltered — and it makes every surface of the car look like a piece of sculpture in motion. Before departure, Hotel Hospes Amerigo earns its place on the itinerary. A former Dominican convent in the heart of the city, it carries the kind of architectural gravity that makes modern luxury hotels feel temporary by comparison.
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Breakfast on its terrace with the castle of Santa Bárbara visible above the roofline is a calibration exercise — a reminder of where you are before speed redefines it entirely.
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