Living in Alicante - second part

So, I mentioned already that the foreign students tend to live in the city center of Alicante - the benefits of this are pretty obvious - the beach and the Barrio are pretty close to almost any neighbourhood, so you'd need to worry about taking a cab/bus in order to get back home at night.

However, if you want to concentrate more on your studies and pay less for accommodation, or simply mix up with the locals students, you can consider settling down in the Uni area - San Vicente. That's the place that is prefered by the Spaniards as this suburb of Alicante is located literally 10 min by foot away from the University. So, you wouldn't need to take the bus every single day and fight for a seat there - which is definitely an advantage if you have an early morning class ;)

When it comes to the bills, you should expect to pay roughly 30-40 euro per month for electricity around 20 for water. In most flats, Internet is included in the price. However, keep in mind that electricity in Spain is pretty expensive and locals are quite obsessed with the idea of saving energy (which is certainly not a bad thing, it's just they're very stringent about it ;) Some landlord may include the estimated amount of the bills into your rent, but most would simply let you pay by yourself the amount you've consumed.

So, that's the end of this tedious but necessary part of my blog - in the next post expect more info about something more exciting - yep - I'm talking about travel opportunities!

:)