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Cheap hotels downtown in Alicante

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 18 Alicante hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Alicante, out of the 18 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.4.

Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $66.

Guesthouse Centric Rooms Mercado

Highest rated of the five

Guesthouse Centric Rooms Mercado

★★★★★4.9 from 108 reviews

Guesthouse Centric Rooms Mercado comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 108 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under city centre and around $66 a night on the dates we checked.

18 hotels in Alicante qualified for this list and five made it. B&B HOTEL Alicante Aeropuerto is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip

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All five, ranked

  1. Guesthouse Centric Rooms Mercado1

    Guesthouse Centric Rooms Mercado

    ★★★★★4.9 from 108 reviews

    • Air conditioning

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  2. B&B HOTEL Alicante Aeropuerto2

    B&B HOTEL Alicante Aeropuerto

    ★★★★★4.6 from 430 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Parking
    • Pet friendly
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  3. Marevita Hostel Suites3

    Marevita Hostel Suites

    ★★★★★4.6 from 145 reviews

    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Bar
    • Kitchen
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  4. Pensión Plaza América4

    Pensión Plaza América

    ★★★★★4.6 from 70 reviews

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    • Hostel Dos Estaciones | Alicante5

      Hostel Dos Estaciones | Alicante

      ★★★★★4.4 from 260 reviews

      • Spa
      • Kitchen
      • Air conditioning

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    How this list was put together

    18 Alicante hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

    Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

    The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

    What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

    Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

    Andres Molina

    Andres Molina Latin America

    Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.

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