Practical guides to Benidorm: getting your bearings, what things cost, where to shop, when to come, and the bits of the place worth knowing before you arrive.
I have a confession about apartments. I do not like washing towels on holiday. I am not lazy, but I do like about three showers a day when it is warm, and in most self-catering places that means a damp pile in the bathroom by Tuesday and a chore you did not come to Spain …
We were walking to La Mina. We never got there. That is not a complaint about La Mina, which we often go to and have written about at length. It is simply what happens on Rincón de Ruzafa. The square has several tapas bars within a few yards of each other, and on this trip …
I had found La Juana before this trip and wanted to try it, and I was fairly sure my wife would like it. I was right. We went once, and then we went back, which on a nine-night trip with an Old Town full of bars to choose from is about the highest praise I …
Manchester Terminal 3 late on a Friday night is not where a holiday begins. It is where a holiday waits to be allowed to begin. We got there early, which was a mistake, because T3 rewards nobody for punctuality. There are a couple of small WH Smiths, a KFC, a bar or two, and then …
Your green sticker does not get you in. What the ZBE really asks of visitors, who does the paperwork, and the free car park that sidesteps it.
Benidorm is the easiest resort on this coast to get around on wheels, and almost nobody writes about it properly. The beaches, the transport, the hire firms, the adapted rooms, and the three places it still falls down.
One tap and every Benidorm fiesta date is in your phone.
I can save you money on your flights to Benidorm. Not a lot on any single decision. Thirty pounds here, sixty there, occasionally a hundred and seventy. But I can only do it if you are willing to negotiate. The negotiation is not with Jet2, or Ryanair, or easyJet. They will not budge, and there …
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.
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.