| the tourist industry began in the 1960s, Benidorm | | | | hotels in Benidorm. Situated in a quiet residential area |
| was a small village. Today the main features of the | | | | of Rincon de Loix, the Rialto is just a few metres |
| area are Benidorm’s hotel industry, beaches | | | | from the Levante Beach. This Benidorm hotel gives a |
| and skyscrapers. | | | | good setting to enjoy the sun, sea and the |
| Package deals to Benidorm are so popular with British | | | | wonderful Mediterranean climate. |
| tourists that there are whole sections of the city | | | | 3: Pubs & Bars |
| where you’ll rarely hear a word of Spanish, | | | | In this area packed with Brit-friendly bars and pubs, |
| and there are pubs on every corner advertising an | | | | you’ll never feel out of place as a Benidorm |
| ‘authentic British menu’. Real Benidorm | | | | holiday maker. |
| fans return year after year, several times a year. | | | | Cava Aragonesa Tapas Bar |
| There are two vast and magnificent beaches, the | | | | Tapas is a staple food on a Costa Blanca holiday, and |
| Playa de Levante and the Playa de Poniente, and four | | | | Cava Aragonesa is a buzzing Tapas bar, usually filled |
| famous theme parks nearby. But as well as these | | | | with noise, chatter and laughter. The fact that it is |
| obvious attractions, Benidorm holidays can offer | | | | generally packed with locals is testament to the |
| some more subtle attractions, giving the place the | | | | quality and authenticity of is huge array of delicious |
| kind of atmosphere that keeps the Brits coming back | | | | tapas. For anyone not familiar with tapas, all the |
| for more. | | | | dishes at Cava Aragonesa are displayed in both |
| 1: Skyscrapers | | | | Spanish and English. For a really authentic feel you can |
| Sometimes referred to as the ‘Manhattan of | | | | sit and eat at the bar. |
| Spain’ due to the unique skyline formed by its | | | | Solid Rock Bar |
| numerous apartment buildings and tall hotels, | | | | When it comes to the Old Town you can take your |
| Benidorm is unlike anything else you’ll see on | | | | pick from countless small pubs in the narrow streets. |
| a Costa Blanca holiday. | | | | Old Benidorm lives on in the narrow streets near the |
| From a distance, Benidorm’s hotels form a | | | | castle, where English-owned pubs and bars have long |
| high-rise skyline that shimmers like a mirage, | | | | been part of the scenery. The Old Town’s |
| announcing an oasis where everything is geared to | | | | only Scottish bar, the Solid Rock, is situated next to |
| entertainment and holidays. Benidorm’s | | | | the church in the old town. In the Solid Rock, the |
| skyscrapers were built because development | | | | atmosphere is calm but jolly, and Benidorm holiday |
| outwards was restricted, so it had to go up. | | | | makers can sit back and watch all the best sports |
| The knock-on effect is that a lot of people on a | | | | matches. |
| cheap holiday to Benidorm get a marvellous sea view. | | | | 4: Partying on a Benidorm Holiday |
| And the buildings are not shoulder-to-shoulder, | | | | Levante & Rincon de Loix |
| Manhattan-style. A multi-storey might take only 30 | | | | A package deal to Benidorm would not be complete |
| per cent of any given plot, so they stand individually | | | | without a trip to the Levante side, ideal if you like it |
| with sun and light around them. | | | | lively, where countless disco pubs and cabaret bars |
| 2: Benidorm Hotels | | | | are clustered and if you’re from the north or |
| Almost all the 144 hotels in Benidorm have been | | | | the south you’ll soon feel at home with the |
| refurbished since the mid-1990s, at least once and | | | | relaxed northern club circuit humour. Look no further |
| sometimes twice. They are much less likely to feel | | | | for your Costa Blanca holiday if you like a good sing |
| like processing units for tourists on cheap Benidorm | | | | along or are brave enough for karaoke. |
| holidays. Your Benidorm hotel is often a good starting | | | | Levante spreads out to the east or the Levante |
| point at night, many offering high quality live | | | | beach, and there are major attractions focused in its |
| entertainment from cabaret to jazz, rock and dance. | | | | Rincon de Loix district - an epicentre of British |
| Rialto Hotel Benidorm | | | | hospitality. The friendly bars and cafés are |
| The Servigroup Rialto Hotel Benidorm is a good | | | | festooned with Welsh, English and Scottish national |
| example of the many well-priced and comfortable | | | | flags, and jolly tourists on cheap holidays to Benidorm. |