Alicante Nightlife

Alicante gave us our first inklings of what was to become a recurring problem on this winter (with its short days) trip to Spain - it was just becoming light at 8 AM and going dark again by 6 PM. Combining this with the fact that we wanted to be out exploring during the daylight hours, we then usually had problems finding nice restaurants open in the period between 6-9 PM, after which we were usually about ready for bed!

Having already experienced problems finding our way around the maze of streets, we had no desire to be out in the car at night searching for a place to eat, so set out on foot from our hostal. This particular part of the city did not seem to have many restaurants in close proximity and the ones that we did find were closed, as is the custom at that time of day. However, we stumbled across Cafe el Siglo only a few blocks away so took a look inside to see what was happening.

It actually has the nice look of a British pub with a fine array of drinks decorating the bar area which was manned by a friendly looking Venezuelan bar-tender, as it turned out. There were only two ladies sitting at one table, a couple of guys playing pool on some tables in a corner of the room and a rugged looking chap sitting at the bar having a beer.

We decided to sit at the bar too and were soon looked after very well by the bartender, with Sue ordering a white wine while I had a large mug of cold Heineken beer. Although they normally have a good variety of meals on offer, at this time of night the best he could do for us was a bag of potatoe chips to share but he also brought a nice tapas bowl of olives and pickles - for just under 7 Euros total. That hit the spot so well that we returned the next night and he knew what to bring us as soon as we sat down at the bar again. It was more of the same but this time we had more conversation with him and found out that he was originally from Venezuela. The rugged guy was there too, finishing off his sixth beer with shot glasses of something between drinks. As we were paying up to leave, the bartender brought each of us a shot glass of the cold liqueur (whatever it was) on the house and we quite enjoyed gulping it down. We did not get much food, but it was a fun place and we left smiling on both evenings!

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