Alicante. Alicante (in Valencian and co-officially Alacant) is a city and a municipality in Spain, capital of the province of the same name, in the Valencian Community. Port city, is located on the Mediterranean coast. It is the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and the 11th in the country. It forms an agglomeration with many cities in the Campo de Alicante region: San Vicente del Raspeig, San Juan de Alicante, Muchamiel) and Campello. It is also linked to the metropolis of Alicante – Elche. It’s an important and popular part of the Costa Blanca of the Mediterranean resorts of Spain It is the headquarters of organizations such as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Casa Mediterráneo, the Ministry of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society of the Generalitat Valenciana or the Ombudsman of the Valencian Community.
The capital and its metropolitan area are connected through the Alicante Metropolitan TRAM. Main attractions Tabarca Island.