Southern Alicante, Spain - A Place in the Sun

2025 / Southern Alicante, Spain, Jasmine Harman on 15 May 2025

Southern Alicante, Spain, Jasmine Harman

Jasmine Harman jets off to Spain to help civil servant Lisa from Liverpool. Lisa has travelled to many parts of Spain and even lived and worked there when she was younger. Now she wants to follow her dream of buying a holiday home in her favourite part of Spain, Southern Alicante. And she is bringing along her dad Stephen for his help and advice. Jasmine has 5 great properties lines up for Lisa’s budget of £65,000 – but will any impress?

About the area

The southern region of Alicante, Spain is called the Costa Blanca South. It stretches from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada, a distance of 65 kilometres. The area includes towns, fishing villages, and inland scenery. Each year, thousands of tourists fly into Alicante Airport (ALC) for the coastline alone, with around 15 km / 9 miles of exceptional beachfront. The main beach is Playa de San Juan, where bathing and water sports are the main theme. The Old Town features the intriguing Santa Barbara Castle, the 14th century St. Mary's Church and a whole host of eateries.

Alicante Airport stands in the city of Elx and within the Elche municipality, close to Santa Pola and the Mediterranean coastline itself. The busy A-7 and N-332 motorways lie next to the airport, while Alicante city centre is just 9 km / 6 miles to the north-east. The most popular destinations include Barcelona, London, Madrid and Mallorca.

Property 1

2 Bedroom Apartment in Guardamar del Segura

This apartment features a spacious balcony with great views and a light, bright open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area with an adjoining utility room. The main bedroom opens onto the balcony, and there's a second bedroom and a bathroom.

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Valued at £66,086 at the time of filming.

Property 2

2 Bedroom Apartment in Ciudad Quesada

This apartment offers access to a lovely pool area on one side and a terrace on the other. Inside, all on one level, there’s a light, bright, and airy open-plan living, dining, and kitchen space, along with 2 bedrooms and a shower room.

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Valued at £65,217 at the time of filming.

Property 3

2 Bedroom Apartment in Entre Naranjos

In addition to access to the communal pool and gardens, this apartment boasts a large private roof terrace with a hot tub. Inside, there's a living room that connects to the kitchen, along with an enclosed terrace currently used as a dining room. The apartment also features 2 bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes, and a shower room.

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Valued at £74,782 at the time of filming.

Property 4

2 Bedroom Apartment in Algorfa

This top-floor apartment offers access to a lovely communal pool area, a balcony, and a spacious roof terrace. Inside, which is mainly unfurnished, there’s an open-plan living, dining, and kitchen space that opens onto the balcony, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, and a utility room.

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Valued at £80,434 at the time of filming.

Property 5

2 Bedroom Townhouse in Montemar, Algorfa

In addition to access to the communal pool, this townhouse features a courtyard at the front and two roof terraces on opposite sides. Inside, on the ground floor, there's an open-plan living and dining room, a separate kitchen, and a WC. Upstairs, you'll find the main bedroom, a second bedroom, and a family bathroom.

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Valued at £78,256 at the time of filming.

Hot Property

4 Bedroom Luxury Villa in Santa Pola

The main floor houses the house, all open plan, large living room with fireplace, independent kitchen, laundry, 4 double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes being one of them the master bedroom with bathroom en suite and dressing room.

From the living room and the bedrooms we have a view and access to the large garden that surrounds the house, accessing from large windows that provide a spectacular light to all rooms. In the basement we have a large living room with relaxation area, bar and access to an office and another large dressing area room perfect for seasonal linen changes.

In the same basement we can access the garage (with automatic door) the garage with more than 50m2 is completely diaphanous, perfect for hosting different gym areas, storage room, playground, storing bicycles, motorcycles and with space for 3 cars.

The garden is one of the jewels of this house. A perfectly manicured garden with many strategically located ornamental trees, artificial grass, seating areas and a lovely pool area. From the same garden we access the barbecue, an independent building with living room, kitchenette with sink and grill for both firewood and gas and a service bathroom, perfect to enjoy the barbecue with the pool and not have to access the house.

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Valued at £739,000 at the time of filming.