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Swimmer left stranded and unconscious for 24 hours on remote cove in Benidorm area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man survived a day-long ordeal after falling amongst some cliff rocks in the Playa Estudiantes area of Villajoyosa just south of Benidorm on the

4 Aug, 2020 @ 17:22

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Leading Parks In Benidorm On Spain S Costa Blanca Get Healthy Approval

Top theme parks in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get healthy approval

TWO of Benidorm’s biggest attractions have received an international seal of approval for their health procedures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The World

3 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Logjam Over Deserted Benidorm Hotel Is Broken Photo 2

Leading eyesore in Spain’s Benidorm is set for a massive makeover

PLANS to sort out a Benidorm eyesore appear to have taken a massive step forward with a major redevelopment of the Selomar Hotel now set

28 Jul, 2020 @ 16:28

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca S Benidorm Extends Levante Beach Booking Hours To Curb Queues

Costa Blanca’s Benidorm extends tourist beach booking to stop long queues

LONG queues to book plots on Benidorm´s famous Levante beach have forced the local council to increase the time slot when reservations can be made.

21 Jul, 2020 @ 15:09

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Hotel association introduces ‘Badge of Honour’ for Covid-compliant hotels and bars in Spain’s Benidorm

AS THOUSANDS more flights land at Alicante Airport, hoteliers association HOSBEC has introduced a health check scheme for hotels. The Benidorm, Costa Blanca and Valencia

16 Jul, 2020 @ 10:27

Costa Blanca

Spain´s Benidorm and Costa Blanca holiday hotels are reopening quicker than predicted says local group

HOTEL reopening figures in the Costa Blanca area of Spain are higher than expected according to the regional hotel and accommodation association, Hosbec. The group

13 Jul, 2020 @ 17:37

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Tourist Beach On Spain S Costa Blanca Sees Return Of Venemous Stinger That Cleared Local Waters Back In 2018

Tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca sees return of venomous stinger which cleared local waters last year

No other sightings have been reported so far and no warnings have been issued by local authorities

9 Jul, 2020 @ 13:20

Costa Blanca·Environment

WISH YOU WERE HERE -Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca ready and waiting for Brit tourists

BENIDORM’S beaches are ready, tourism services are in place, bars and restaurants are starting to reopen and hotels are on standby – all that is

21 Jun, 2020 @ 20:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm politician slams Spanish government for ‘scaring tourists away’ with two-week quarantine for international travellers

TOURISM spokesman for the Partido Popular Agustin Almodobar has accused the Spanish government of ‘scaring away’ tourists. It comes after a two-week quarantine was announced

19 May, 2020 @ 12:41

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca tourist group suggests Spain’s de-escalation plans could be ‘lifebuoy filled with concrete’

NEW MEASURES to get Spain back to a ‘new normal’ have been met with criticism from two major tourist groups in Costa Blanca. They see

29 Apr, 2020 @ 14:51

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mayor denies fake English news reports that Benidorm beaches will open tomorrow

DESPITE some sections of English-speaking media trying to tell the public otherwise, Benidorm’s beaches will NOT be open tomorrow, or any other time this week.

25 Apr, 2020 @ 17:09

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Tourists in Spain’s Benidorm and Costa Blanca fined up to €700 for disobeying coronavirus lockdown as police crackdown on notorious ‘English zone’ and ALL hotels advised to close

TOURISTS in Benidorm have been fined for ignoring the coronavirus lockdown. According to local paper Informacion, Policia Local have handed out several fines of up

16 Mar, 2020 @ 18:59

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Brits given 10pm curfew to be back in their hotel rooms

HOLIDAY-MAKERS in one Benidorm hotel have been told that they must be back in their rooms by 10pm, tonight. The fear of Coronavirus has not

14 Mar, 2020 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

Barcelona, Benidorm and Ibiza among top five most popular foreign destinations for British stag parties

FOUR Spanish destinations have been included in the top five most popular foreign spots for Brits going on stag-dos.

20 Feb, 2020 @ 13:22

Lead·Travel News

Body of missing British man Philip Pearce, 68, found near Benidorm graveyard

THE body of missing British man Philip Pearce, 68, has been found near a Benidorm graveyard. Policía Nacional told the Olive Press the pensioner’s body

10 Feb, 2020 @ 12:03

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘English trash’ – Public responds to video of British influencer scaling 11-storey block of flats in Benidorm

RAGING comments have been directed at the video of a British Instagram influencer who filmed himself scaling an 11-storey block of flats in Benidorm. ‘English

3 Feb, 2020 @ 19:24

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions

LAST YEAR closed with over 81,000 holiday apartments registered in the region, nearly double the number recorded in 2015. Figures released by the Valencian Community

15 Jan, 2020 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm's Intempo building has sold its most expensive homes for €2 million each on Spain's Costa Blanca

PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date

BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain’s tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The

14 Jan, 2020 @ 22:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

WATCH: ‘British man’ steals COACH before crashing into row of bikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THIS is the moment a man stole a coach before crashing it into a row of bikes on the Costa Blanca yesterday. The thief drove

9 Dec, 2019 @ 17:11

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm police slammed after emails reveal they let British grandfather Philip Pearce – missing since September – leave station at 3am in ‘confused and disoriented’ state

BENIDORM police have been slammed after emails reveal they allowed missing British man Philip Pearce walk out of a police station into the dead of

10 Nov, 2019 @ 18:40

Costa Blanca·Lead

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WATCH: Car spotted parking ON TOP of another in Benidorm street

WE all know Spanish drivers are notorious for parking in unlikely spaces. But this video shows the moment a grey Audi was spotted parked ON

27 Oct, 2019 @ 18:52

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Bizarre video shows ‘drunk’ woman carted around on mobility scooter in Spain’s Benidorm

Onlookers clap, while others cheer and laugh as the woman rocks from side to side with her head back

17 Sep, 2019 @ 10:21

Costa Blanca·Lead

Drunk Brit shoots gun at Benidorm club doorman after entry refused.

A DRAMATIC shooting was reported on the packed streets of Benidorm, after a ‘drunken Englishman’ was refused entry to a nightclub early on Wednesday morning.

12 Sep, 2019 @ 11:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

Wanted wedding planner Dana Twidale who ‘cheated happy couples of thousands’ spotted sunbathing in Benidorm swimming pool

A DISGRACED wedding planner wanted by Humberside Police has been spotted ‘sunning herself’ in a Benidorm swimming pool. Dana Twidale, believed to be 42, was

7 Sep, 2019 @ 08:20

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead