Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:08pm
Hi Mary,
I would always advise people to hire a car from whichever the airport because without your own transport, you are going to limit exactly where you buy your property. Not everyone wants to be on the first line with the noise from the traffic, the bars etc in the summer. There are many beautiful complexes and villas a short walk from the beach, but for shopping or getting from A to B, a local bus limits you, especially when they finish relatively early at night and are not so frequent off season at times.
The shuttle bus mentioned between Mojacar and Alicante is only once a day as someone mentioned which is not ideal. The airport shuttle to Alicante city takes you to the bus station where there is more than one bus per day that stops at Vera bus station. I travelled this way to Vera in 1985 knowing only a little Spanish,. As our flight arrived at Alicante in the afternoon, we spent the night in a small hotel by bus station before catching the Barcelona - Almeria long distance bus which had loos, TV etc. In those days there was a stop in Puerto Lumbreras for coffee and a fag as well! In Vera, one can get a taxi from the bus station. We had an arrangement with the guy who looked after our property who would pick us up, however care hire is certainly the best option when you are older and don't want hassle and driving is so easy in this part of Spain.