Benidorm 2016
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Benidorm, Europes hottest gay resort. Loads of great venues all within a few minutes walk. Shops, Saunas, Restaurants and of course Bars. Very few resorts have all this within walking distance, and of course the great weather and beaches Benidorm is renowned for.
Eating out
Caspers Bar Open from 10am - 2am Breakfasts, Lite Bites & Meals Served Until 10pm Refuel Bar Your daytime venue with great snacks and meals (Try the Refuel Burger!) Bar Domino Great food, great value, great atmosphere!
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MAL PAS BEACH
This is a small cove often missed by many visitors and is found at the end of the harbour road on the Poniente side of the Old Town. You can also reach it by steps from the top of the Old Town square known as La SeĂąoria. This beach is popular with gay visitors especially in Winter when it is a sun trap.
PONIENTE BEACH
(Popular gay area by the park at night) Beyond the Old Town starting at park Elche by the harbour and running for over 3km is the more sedate Poniente beach which is a favourite with local residents and Spanish families. The facilities are as good as the Levante but offer a less crowded space. Popular Gay area is in front of the park where you will also find the new CafĂŠ Refuel the place to meet up after the Poniente beach for a beer and gossip. (Park Elx known as Dove Park also).
BENIDORM COVES - TI XIMO & ALMADRABA
These are small sandy coves reached by road at the far end of
the Levante beyond the cable ski. If you prefer to be more secluded these are recommended for the adventurous as it is quite a steep walk. There are no facilities so take plenty to drink and food if you are to spend an entire day there.
RACO CORNIL GAY PLAYA NUDISTA
4km FROM BENIDORM This beach is best reached by hire car. Take the old Villa Joyosa road toward the casino. Take an immediate left at the casino and follow the road down to the car park where you will find a small rocky cove. The area both by the beach and at the top of the hill where you see a derelict Finca is very popular for all over sunbathing until sun down. The cove itself is mixed and is popular with Spanish couples too. You can walk if you take the number 5 or 41 bus to La Cala (From Park Elx by harbour) and walk over the hill. To get there face the beach and look to the right up the hill you will see a derelict villa set high up - head for it to get to the gay area which has been popular for 100 years!
Useful Info
of distance. Generally the buses run until midnight. See the bus chart for more info later in the guide
DOCTORS ALSA BUSES
This is the bus which runs to Alicante airport. You can catch it from either the Avda Europa, outside the Europa Clinica or from the bus station – but with baggage you would need to take a taxi as you are not allowed to take luggage onto local public buses. Departs hourly and on the hour from Avda Europa from 7am until 10pm – but there is NO bus at 9pm: costs 9.45€ one way.
Banks
In Spain banks only open for half a day, so make sure you go in the morning. Normal opening hours are 8.15am till 2pm, no Saturday opening. All banks have an ATM with an option to change the language into English – press the ‘cambio idiomas’ option.
LOCAL BUSES
The local bus service is run by Llorente. You pay the driver and the cost is 1.50€ regardless
If you have your EHIC – European Health Insurance Card you are entitled to see the social security doctor free of charge in an emergency, but you must also present your passport with the card. There are three ‘Centro de Salud’ (health centres) in Benidorm you can attend: Rincon de Loix - On Avd Derramador near to the Indoor market Foiettes in the Old Town - Calle Venuzuela La Cala - Avda de Benisa
AIRLINES
If you need to contact the airline for any reason these are numbers based in Spain. Monarch 800 099 260 free phone number Jet2 902 881 269 calls cost 6.7c per min plus 8.3c connection.
EasyJet 902 599 900 from Spain – calls cost 8 cents per min from landline Or 0843 104 5000 UK number – calls cost 5p per min
CHEMISTS
In Spain they are called a ‘Farmacia’. There is a 24 hour farmacia on the main Avd Mediterraneo and the staff speaks English. Many local farmacias close over the lunch period from 1.30, re-opening at 5pm. If you need any sort of medication, including asprin or paracetamol, you can only buy them here: supermarkets are not allowed to sell any kind of medicine.
EMERGENCIES
112 is the European equivalent of 999 in the UK Ambulance 112 Local Police 966 807 766 or 092 in an emergency National Police 966 831 930 or 091 in an emergency Guardia Civil 965 854 475 or 062 in an emergency
BRITISH CONSULATE This is located in Alicante – Edf Espacio, Rambla Mendez Nuñez, 6th Floor, Alicante 03002. Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am until 1.30pm. In an emergency contact 965 216 002: if you have lost or had your passport stolen you will need to go there to obtain an emergency travel document to get you back to the UK, which will take about two hours to process. It will only be valid for that one journey and costs approximately 120€.
Open from 10am-1am • Abierto 10.00h - 01.00h de la madrugada