ALE-HOP — Local services in Alicante

Local tourist trap full of uninterested staff worrying about shoplifting.

This is unlike at any other normal shop in Alicante, including the boutiques where they always attend you really well.

If you come to Spain and expect to bull your way through with no Spanish, this is the perfect shop for you, apart from the fake English pubs and the Burger king you love so much.

Obviously their English is just as terrible B2 level basic English as everywhere else, but the lack of interest and effort matches what you get in London anyway, but I come here to get away from that.

The tattooed no-neck denizens who shame the rest of us, on holiday...

Great little shops to be found in major Spanish cities. These are the ones with the cow (yes a life sized model cow) in the doorway! You get loads of different gadgets and practical things from phone battery banks to snorkelling gear and massage equipment, as well as foot wear and head gear....

Great gift shop with lots of interesting and funny items. Quite affordable too! We ended up leaving with a few items we did not plan on buying, but absolutely had to have! The cashier was polite and spoke English. If you're looking for the place to buy little gifts for someone, this is the...