🏙 Towns & cities
Alicante
city in Valencian Community, Spain
🇪🇸 Spain · 38.3453, -0.4831
Alicante is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Alicante, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 7 more.
3 productions were filmed at 2 places inside Alicante rather than at Alicante itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“In the beginning of October 2020, the production shot scenes in Alicante and Valencia, Spain, including the coastal town of Xàbia.”
Movies filmed in Alicante
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Alicante as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Prometheus 2012
- Uncharted 2022
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Asterix at the Olympic Games
2008
“The studio shot Spanish and international movies such as Asterix at the Olympic Games by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, and Manolete by Menno Meyjes.” Wikipedia
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Count Dracula
1970
“The exteriors of Castle Dracula were filmed at Santa Bárbara Castle in Alicante, which Jesús Franco later used to film Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein.” Wikipedia
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The Last Circus
2010
“The film was shot in Madrid as well as at the Ciudad de la Luz studio in Alicante.” Wikipedia
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Tetro
2009
“Filming also followed in the Andean foothills in Patagonia and at the Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante, Spain.” Wikipedia
- Manolete 2007
Movies filmed elsewhere in Alicante
3 productions shot at 2 places inside Alicante, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Alicante itself.
- Di Di Hollywood Ciudad de la Luz per Wikipedia 2010
- Theresa: The Body of Christ Ciudad de la Luz per Wikipedia 2007
- Los Tigres Ciudad de la Luz 2025
Filming locations nearby
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🎬 Studios & sets
Ciudad de la Luz
🇪🇸 Spain
Spanish film studio
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🏙 Towns & cities
Catral
🇪🇸 Spain
human settlement in El Baix Segura / La Vega Baja, Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Villajoyosa
🇪🇸 Spain
human settlement in Marina Baixa, Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Sax
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Santa Bárbara Castle
🇪🇸 Spain
castle in Alicante, Spain
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🏙 Towns & cities
Alcoy
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality of Spain
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Alicante?
13 productions are recorded as filmed in Alicante, 3 of them at places inside it, including The Impossible (2012), Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) and 15 Years and One Day (2013). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Alicante?
The Impossible (2012), covered by 46 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Alicante?
Alicante is in Spain, at 38.3453, -0.4831.
What other filming locations are near Alicante?
Ciudad de la Luz, Catral, Villajoyosa, Sax and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0.