Businesses and associations have called for a Benidorm protest march next Tuesday, 29th September 2020. Dubbed ERTE o MUERTE (furlough scheme or death) the car protest will drive through Benidorm to demand ‘urgent measures’ to save unemployed workers. The Abreca/ Cobreca Benidorm bar and restaurant association said they are protesting for an extension of Spain’s ...

There are patron saints of countries and industries – and even saints of earaches, comedians and unnattractive people, my mum told me.​​​​​​ So it’s no surprise Benidorm has a patron saint. ​ The November Fiestas are in honour of Benidorm’s patron, traditionally called the Virgin of the Shipwreck. Most British people know this as the ...

COVID-19 carries a cruel irony: the very people who could’ve helped Benidorm through this autumn have become a danger to the destination. The Asociación Cultural de Mayores de Fuenlabrada​​​​ (Acamafu) today cancelled their affordable, package holidays for over-50s from Madrid. The trips cost just 280e for 8 days and 7 nights – a good price ...

RyanAir is offering buy-one-get-one-free flights to Benidorm for the first time ever – but the offer ends midnight tonight. The low-cost airline has announced the purchase of any ticket to selected destinations – between now and 14th December – will get a second seat on the same flight for free. The offer applies only to ...

It has been four years since Benidorm’s Town Hall voted to ban giant sandcastles on Levante Beach. Back then, in August 2016, the Town Hall succeeded in prohibiting the existing permit scheme. This scheme allowed five sculptors to build sandcastles between February 15 and January 15 of the following year. Councillor for Beaches, Lorenzo Martínez, ...

Roadworks on a central section of Benidorm’s Avenida del Mediterráneo have reached completion last Sunday after nearly two years of activity. The area of road between the Plaza de la Hispanidad and the Avenida de Europa has finally been turned into a pedestrianised zone with large, shaded areas that offer temperatures ‘three to four degrees ...

​Just £500 stands ​​between 26-year-old cancer patient Laura and a flight to the UK to see her son after two critical months in an Alicante hospital.​​​ Laura Boon, from Stoke-on-Trent, was separated from her six-year-old son after being struck down with cervical cancer in Benidorm, where she works as a barmaid. She has been hospitalised ...

Benidorm Town Hall has announced a plan to convince UK and Spanish governments into opening a COVID-safe travel corridor to the Costa Blanca. The plan — called ‘Benidorm Island’ – aims to charter one or two flights of tourists from the UK to test out the destination’s health and safety procedures. The Town Hall, via ...

Benidorm Yearly Weather January is the coldest month in Benidorm averaging 11oc in the daytime with evenings falling to lows of 7oc. The month of January also sees the most rainfall with at least 6 days of moderate rain. January to March Benidorm sees a lot of winter stays for the English OAPS because even ...

UPDATE: Mark has been found. British man Mark Jefferson has been declared missing from his home in Alfaz del Pi since Monday, 14th September, at 9pm. Mark’s mobile, passport and dog were all present at his home, beside Almafra, and his front door was left unlocked with no sign of his whereabouts. He has been ...