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  1. Striped bunting in regional colours blowing in the breeze, Alicante Province.

    Striped bunting, Alicante

    by David Tomlinson

  2. Details of Ayuntamiento (town hall) doors - Alicante, The Costa Blanca, Valencia

    Ayuntamiento, Costa Blanca

    by Damien Simonis

  3. Clifftop bell-tower with palm tree in foreground, at Guadalest in the Alicante region.

    Clifftop bell-tower , Alicante

    by David Tomlinson

  4. Hoguera monument burning at Hogueras de San Juan festival.
  5. Elderly men with walking sticks sitting in street.

    Walking sticks, Costa Blanca

    by Alfredo Maiquez

  6. Santa Barbara fortress (400 BC).
  7. Playa del Postiguet, the city's crowded main beach with its trademark blue and white umbrellas.

    Playa del Postiguet, Alicante

    by Michael Taylor

  8. Trekking in Sierra de Bernia.

    Sierra de Bernia, Alicante

    by Alfredo Maiquez

  9. Old quarter street architecture.

    Old quarter, Alicante

    by Alfredo Maiquez

  10. Alicante's 18th-century Baroque town hall.

    Baroque town hall, Alicante

    by Michael Taylor

  11. Chairs lining the Explanada de Espana, a palm-lined promenade near the waterfront, are for public use and serve as popular meeting places.

    Explanada de Espana, Alicante

    by Michael Taylor

  12. The procession of the Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos, celebrating the Christian reconquest of the town from the Arabs, passes the Basilica de Santa Maria.
  13. Detail of a Moorish costume in the Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos, celebrating the Christian reconquest of the town from the Arabs, passes the Basilica de Santa Maria.

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