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Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Benidorm wants UK government permission for a special flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca in plea to create safe ‘travel bubble’

BENIDORM wants the UK government to green-light a charter flight to help promote the Costa Blanca resort as a safe area for British tourists. The

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:35

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Association Chief Toni Mayor Slams Absurd Travel Restrictions

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca are struggling to fill up even a third of their rooms

A COSTA BLANCA hotel association leader has branded travel quarantines and restrictions as ‘absurd’. Toni Mayor, president of the Benidorm-based Hosbec group, made the comment

16 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm Hotels See 85 Per Cent Drop In July For Overnight Stays On Spain S Costa Blanca

Benidorm wants to create its own ‘safe travel’ corridor for UK visitors to Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM mayor, Toni Pérez, says that the resort wants to set up a ‘safe travel corridor’ for UK tourists. That follows a summer where many

10 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm and 12 other towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ordered to tighten up on COVID-19 rule breakers

13 COSTA BLANCA councils, including Benidorm and Dénia, have been told to take the ‘strictest possible measures’ to clamp down on too many people meeting

9 Sep, 2020 @ 18:29

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Boss says Benidorm hotels ‘are not throwing in the towel’ as occupancy collapses to just 30 per cent this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

QUARANTINE rules, the new school year and lockdown restrictions have caused hotel occupancy rates to drop by around 20 per cent in a week throughout

8 Sep, 2020 @ 17:50

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Mother Abandons Teenage Son In Pamplona Bar And Drives 150 Kilometres To Bilbao In Spain

Benidorm mother abandons teenage son at northern Spain bar and drives 150 kilometres to Bilbao

A MOTHER has been charged with child abandonment after leaving her teenage son in a Pamplona bar, while she travelled 150 kilometres to Bilbao. The

8 Sep, 2020 @ 11:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels report best week of the summer as Spanish room bookings keep them goin

Benidorm leads way in COVID-19 safety approval on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROMINENT Costa Blanca hotel association, HOSBEC, has added 11 more hotels to their ‘Protocol On’ scheme. Benidorm sees seven additional hotels getting the seal

7 Sep, 2020 @ 10:44

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners in Spain claim that UK travel quarantine ‘ruined everything’

COSTA BLANCA hoteliers have blamed the UK travel quarantine for reduced August bookings and have called for a Europe-wide system of working out travel restrictions.

3 Sep, 2020 @ 17:38

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

If 15 hotels remain open in Spain’s Benidorm this winter, ‘it will be a miracle’ claims hotel association boss

LEADING Costa Blanca hotel association, HOSBEC, is forecasting the grimmest of months for September. With the traditional holiday season ending and children returning to school,

30 Aug, 2020 @ 15:03

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm faces quiet Christmas as hotels close due to UK booking cancellations across Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm’s Levante beach to end reservations this Monday as domestic tourist season ends on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM’S Levante Beach will go reservation-free from this Monday(August 31) with the end of the booking system introduced on July 15. Capacity controls and designated

30 Aug, 2020 @ 10:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm official says €130 million demolition bill for illegal towers on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘not in the public interest’

A SENIOR Benidorm council official has said that the demolition bill for the illegally-built ‘Gemelos 28’ tower blocks in Punta Llisera ‘would be very difficult

27 Aug, 2020 @ 12:58

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Scooter rider dies in Benidorm after being hit by a bus on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN died in Benidorm this Monday morning(August 25) when her scooter was hit by a bus. The incident happened on the junction between Avenida

25 Aug, 2020 @ 13:28

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Brit Paedophile nabbed in Spain’s Costa Blanca resort extradited to UK to serve sentence

A WANTED paedophile has been extradited to the UK after being arrested in the Costa Blanca resort of Benidorm. Mark Bowen, aged 25, fled to

25 Aug, 2020 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm’s night club and bar owners demonstrate against enforced closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ANGRY bar and club owners took to the streets of Benidorm to protest against new restrictions on bars and nightlife in the Costa Blanca resort.

24 Aug, 2020 @ 12:08

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Mayor Announces Financial Bonus For Local Bars And Restaurants On Spain S Costa Blanca

Bars and restaurants in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get financial bonus from mayor

BENIDORM’S struggling hospitality trade has been given some help from the local council with the news that there will be no charges for outside tables

23 Aug, 2020 @ 10:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Benidorm’s new road markings cause serious head scratching on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SERIES of jumbled road markings around Benidorm that are meant to signify areas where pedestrian can cross have become a social media hit. Benidorm

20 Aug, 2020 @ 17:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Struggling Bar And Nightclub Owners In Benidorm Plan Protest Against Enforced Closures On Spain S Costa Blanca

Struggling bar and nightclub owners in Benidorm to protest against enforced COVID-19 closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM bars and clubs hit by new restrictions to combat increasing COVID-19 cases on the Costa Blanca will protest against the measures this Sunday(August 23).

19 Aug, 2020 @ 12:04

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Carers accused of killing disabled Benidorm woman in money-motivated attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MARRIED couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in the town of Jaca in northern Spain, on suspicion of killing and robbing a

15 Aug, 2020 @ 13:34

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Dutch And Spanish Tourists Die On Infamous Killer Road On Spain S Costa Blanca 2

Dutch and Spanish tourists die on infamous N-332 killer road south of Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO TOURISTS died yesterday(August 12) after a head-on collision between their vehicles on a major blackspot road on the Costa Blanca. The N-332 in El

13 Aug, 2020 @ 12:26

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Neighbour On Spain S Costa Blanca Could Go Into Local Lockdown If Covid 19 Cases Continue To Rise

Benidorm neighbourhood on Spain’s Costa Blanca backtracks on local lockdown threat if COVID-19 cases continue to rise

VILLAJOYOSA, which is just a 15 minute drive from Benidorm, has seen its mayor apparently backtrack on a local lockdown threat over rising COVID-19 cases.

10 Aug, 2020 @ 12:21

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Aqualandia And Mundomar To Call It Quits For The Season On August 23

Lack of Benidorm tourists forces leading holiday parks to close down early on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO major Benidorm theme parks say that low tourist numbers will force them to end their season early on August 23. The Aqualandia and Mundomar

7 Aug, 2020 @ 13:31

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Benidorm hotel will cater for COVID-19 infected tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO hotels will be available free of charge to accommodate any tourists visiting the Valencian Community that have contracted COVID-19. The move follows a similar

7 Aug, 2020 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man is duped by a ‘Love Hug’ and gets robbed of €10,000 worth of jewellery in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HUGGER muggers are back on the Costa Blanca after a quiet period for incidents during Spain’s State of Alarm lockdown restrictions. A 22-year-old Romanian woman

5 Aug, 2020 @ 12:19

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

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Benidorm wants UK government permission for a special flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca in plea to create safe ‘travel bubble’

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca are struggling to fill up even a third of their rooms

Benidorm wants to create its own ‘safe travel’ corridor for UK visitors to Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and 12 other towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ordered to tighten up on COVID-19 rule breakers

Boss says Benidorm hotels ‘are not throwing in the towel’ as occupancy collapses to just 30 per cent this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm mother abandons teenage son at northern Spain bar and drives 150 kilometres to Bilbao

Benidorm leads way in COVID-19 safety approval on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners in Spain claim that UK travel quarantine ‘ruined everything’

If 15 hotels remain open in Spain’s Benidorm this winter, ‘it will be a miracle’ claims hotel association boss

Benidorm’s Levante beach to end reservations this Monday as domestic tourist season ends on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm official says €130 million demolition bill for illegal towers on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘not in the public interest’

Scooter rider dies in Benidorm after being hit by a bus on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Brit Paedophile nabbed in Spain’s Costa Blanca resort extradited to UK to serve sentence

Benidorm’s night club and bar owners demonstrate against enforced closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Bars and restaurants in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get financial bonus from mayor

Benidorm’s new road markings cause serious head scratching on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Struggling bar and nightclub owners in Benidorm to protest against enforced COVID-19 closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Carers accused of killing disabled Benidorm woman in money-motivated attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Dutch and Spanish tourists die on infamous N-332 killer road south of Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm neighbourhood on Spain’s Costa Blanca backtracks on local lockdown threat if COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Lack of Benidorm tourists forces leading holiday parks to close down early on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm hotel will cater for COVID-19 infected tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Man is duped by a ‘Love Hug’ and gets robbed of €10,000 worth of jewellery in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

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

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

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

Spain’s newest property hotspot: The Gibraltar treaty is causing a gold rush in La Linea as the border prepares to come down

Property prices start to soar in Costa del Sol ‘bargain’ hotspot as Marbella hits €5,600 per square metre

Gibraltar treaty protest has strong support but saw low turnout due to ‘fear of retribution’, organisers claim

German chancellor ‘tried to call Pedro Sanchez but dialled wrong number’: Relations between Spain and Germany turn frosty over Trump spat

An elegy to Spain’s western wonder: Why spring is the best time to visit Extremadura