Benidorm
Bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Benidorm is a coastal holiday resort located in the comarca of Marina Baixa which is dwarfed by the gargantuan proportions of the mountain Puig Campana that also keeps Benidorm protected against the sometimes cold north winds and spoils the city with a mild climate. The impressive peak heights shadowing over the shoreline are only equaled by the unique skyline formed by its cramped skyscraping hotels or apartment buildings that seem to have emerged out of the sea and set on the golden sandy beaches overnight. A rocky neck of land divides the city in two, and the bordering coastlines are given the names of the two halves of the city: Poniente and Levante. The old city centre of Benidorm, Casco antiguo, spreads over the peninsula and a part of the neighboring inland, even though what has actually survived the passage of time and makes up the old centre are the San Lorenzo, Santa Fez and San Vicente Streets; the other newly born half of city starts where the beaches end.
A real ‘melting pot’ of cultures, Benidorm almost seems to forget its Spanish roots, and adopts an ‘intracultural’ polyphony of voices advertising a genuine British style of living. The shops, the bars and the cabaret clubs cramming around the centre of the city are the best place where you can make your night-rounds, have fun and spend money until the crack of dawn … And if you feel bursting with energy you can always choose to delay the meeting with the hotel bed, as immaculate and soft its linens may be, and start off to the uninhabited island just a few miles ashore.
If you want to get a bird’s eyeview over the island, you can always choose to climb to the top of Sierra Helada, the promontory at the end of the Rincon de Loix, and catch a stunning view of how green the city is and just how close it is to the mountains. Yet, you might want to climb to the roof of the 186 meters tall Gran Hotel Bali, which used to be the tallest skyscraper in Spain until five years ago when it was exceeded by the CTBA Towers in Madrid. The lofty skyscrapers or the golden sandy beaches are not the only things that Benidorm finds pride in: it can always sing its own praises to the several fun and water parks such as Terra Mitica, Terra Natura, Aqulandia, and Mundomar where you can catch up with your self or have some quality time with your family.
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- Accommodation benidorm
- Aerial view of benidorm
- An island and the sea at benidorm
- Aparthotel benidorm
