Hi, retired to Spain 18 months having lived near Granada and currently Motril. I can't quite decide where to live in Spain and am thinking about Alicante. I don't drive and so need to be near transport links and reasonably near the sea. My question is, whether anyone who knows the Alicante area could recommend either a suburb of Alicante itself, or somewhere not too far away. Aside from transport links, I'm looking for somewhere reasonably priced, salubrious and quietish, which in Spanish terms means well away from areas that are likely to host ferias (I absolutely hate those ridiculously loud rockets or maybe that's just an Andalusian thing), or that are plagued by white vans with loudspeaers - ditto late night discotheques. I'd be grateful for suggestions. John.