Travel bubble setback as Benidorm records two COVID-19 outbreaks on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in Benidorm which has been trying hard to promote itself as a ‘safe’ destination for UK tourists to visit.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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,
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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).
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
