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The lounge at the H10 Porto Poniente in Benidorm, with a white whale sculpture above backlit bookshelves

Nine Nights in Benidorm: What We Actually Paid, Line by Line

Flights, an apartment and a hotel for the same trip. Every figure from our September 2026 booking, including the night that costs more than Holy Week.

Extract from the Benidorm transport guide showing bus fares: a single is 2 euros, 1.50 euros on the BUS card.

Guides & Tips

Buses, trams and taxis in Benidorm: what they actually cost in 2026

The urban bus is a flat €2, the tram to Alicante is €4.80 return, and there is a tram ticket that cuts your fares by three quarters. Every price checked against the operators in August 2026.

The tiled pergola and chequered promenade of the Balcón del Mediterráneo at the top of Benidorm Old Town, looking out to sea

What's On

What’s On in Benidorm Old Town: September 2026

Pride takes the first week, the Vuelta rolls out from Villajoyosa, two local fiestas and a night of Spanish rock. What’s worth your evening in the Old Town this September.

Map of Benidorm showing nine Benidorm Is Murder filming locations, numbered from Intempo in the west to the cross on the Serra Gelada in the east

To Do What's On

The Benidorm Is Murder Trail: Every Location, and What It Actually Is

Channel 5 shot Benidorm Is Murder on location here. A map of all nine filming locations, what each one plays in the series, and how to walk them in an afternoon.

Benidorm fast food compared with a menu del dia

Guides & Tips

Five Guys, Popeyes and the price of a Spanish lunch

Five of the world’s biggest fast food chains now trade within walking distance of each other in Benidorm. Burger and chips costs the same as a three-course Spanish lunch. Is the town losing something, or just doing what it has always done?

Crowded Levante beach in Benidorm under a July sun, skyline behind

Accommodation Food Travel

Benidorm, 14 to 24 July: Too Hot, Too Busy, and We’d Still Go Back

Ten days in Benidorm in a July heatwave: the airport taxi racket, an honest look at Madeira Centro, tapas at La Tapita and Pintxos Aurrera, and why we will be going in September next time.