Benidorm

Been lots of times..something for everyone..beaches are great , plenty nice bars , restaurants cafes, some great acts, just avoid the places you dont fancy the place is big enough..loads of Spanish holiday there and a big Spanish community
 


Some areas brits on the piss. Most areas 'typical' low cost holidays
Some awful parts and awful brutalist 1960s hotels

Levante beach is excellent
food & beer is cheap and plentiful
The 'turns' in the cabaret bars can be pretty good standard.
Weather is cracking early / late in the season.
 
Lionel Hutzz said:
Following on from a recent comment in a thread "you've obviously never been to Benidorm" I wondered what it is actually like? I know a few on here will have been but is it actually as horrendous as people make out or just a typical rough package holiday place? I know the place gets a bad reputation but is this warranted compared to other places? Once went to Cancun which also has a bad rep and although it was rough it was still a decent laugh the time we were there.
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Never been but a few of us from work are booking up when this shit blows over. I’m not a snob like so will probably enjoy it 👍
 
T_Bone said:
I have to say I was totally underwhelmed with Benalmadena marina. Was surprised at how nice Torremolinos was.
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Torremolinos has a lot of money spent on in it recent years to try to move the town a little more upmarket

What I like about that part of Costa del Sol is that it is easy to get to - loads of flights to Malaga then a short train/taxi/drive to the resort with something to suit all tastes and budgets. There are many better places to go for history, culture or scenery but it's hard to beat for a few days in the sun
 
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kossoff said:
I'm not far from there these days but far enough. About the same distance to Málaga but East rather than West.

I have no reason to go to Benalmadena though.
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Benalmadena Pueblo is lovely, had some great holidays there. Not for young un’s looking for action obviously but nice and relaxing to chill out.
Dodgy said:
You just went to all of the wrong places, marra. For a start, you didn't stay at the don pedro, you stayed at the Don Pancho: the former doesn't exist.
There are loads of fantastic places to go for people of "our age group", depending what you're looking for.
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Aye you’re right it was the Don Pancho, nice hotel. In fairness the restaurants are probably like most resorts, nice if you know where to go or have your card marked but pot luck if you don’t. We were mebbes just unlucky.
 
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I'm Spartacus said:
Never been but a few of us from work are booking up when this shit blows over. I’m not a snob like so will probably enjoy it 👍
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I went in 2018 for the 1st time on a stag do, I really enjoyed it. The bars along the sea front are spot on through the day, normally someone playing acoustic at some point in the afternoon. As said, beaches are nice, I had a nice half hour to meself on one of the days, pint, slice of pizza and watched the world go by...aye the strip or whatever it's called had some daft lads about but easy enough to avoid.
 
HeaderDownBrown said:
I went in 2018 for the 1st time on a stag do, I really enjoyed it. The bars along the sea front are spot on through the day, normally someone playing acoustic at some point in the afternoon. As said, beaches are nice, I had a nice half hour to meself on one of the days, pint, slice of pizza and watched the world go by...aye the strip or whatever it's called had some daft lads about but easy enough to avoid.
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Love owt like that man, no doubt the bellends on here who travel the world and only go to restaurants off the beaten track will look down their noses at it. I pity the fools :lol:
 
Great place, Spains most important resort.
Bought wee place out there in the 80s had it for years,loved it.
Dodgy said:
Been coming here 20 years. Other than the odd old timer who is still around, I've not really heard any Tony Christie, except Amarillo, occasionally.
I have a repertoire of over 650 songs, though my speciality is 80's, I guess.

I do an 80's show and a tribute to Vince Clarke so Erasure, Yazoo and Depeche Mode in that, but Dexys, The Jam, ABC, Journey, you name it from the 80's and I probably do it.

I also do a Soul, Motown and Northern Soul show, amongst others so Harold Melvin, Barry White, Frankie Vallie, Archie Bell, Frank Wilson, Edwin Starr etc.

Also do a history of Britpop show: Beatles, Stones, Oasis, Bowie, Fratellis, Madness, Faces etc.

It's a living.
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Saw Jet Harris live there, spot on.
There was a scouse lad Jason think it was the Mojos he had been in, he ended up with his own place.
Slither Man was class.
Live the dream mate,live the dream.
 
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Re Benidorm, my son went for the first time about three years again on a stag do. Said he was offered drugs every time he went to the bar in just about every bar he went in.
Not good.
 
T_Bone said:
Re Benidorm, my son went for the first time about three years again on a stag do. Said he was offered drugs every time he went to the bar in just about every bar he went in.
Not good.
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You want to go into Sunderland bars before lock down
Allover the place especially marching powder
Saw less in Benidorm got offered it once, granted I be going to different bars i suspect
 
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Mantobar said:
You want to go into Sunderland bars before lock down
Allover the place especially marching powder
Saw less in Benidorm got offered it once, granted I be going to different bars i suspect
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I've never been offered drugs in Sunderland before, but in Benidorm around the strip theres someone on pretty much every corner asking about Charlie. It's not just drugs either, prostitutes brazenly offering their services in public
 
Dodgy said:
I live here and I'm one of the "failed artists" you mention, but have I really failed?

Prior to the last year, I worked about 12 hours a week and I spent a vast portion of the rest of the time drinking free beer, swimming in my pool and having barbecues or parties with my mates. If that's failure, I'm glad I didn't make it in a 9-5.

Just saying.

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Oh, and I've never heard a single act here singing Hey Las Vegas.
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Nothing better than sitting in Heartbreak on an afternoon with a cold beer listening to some good rock music, my favourite being the AC/DC tribute band.
 
T_Bone said:
Re Benidorm, my son went for the first time about three years again on a stag do. Said he was offered drugs every time he went to the bar in just about every bar he went in.
Not good.
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You get that at every popular British holiday resort abroad, where young uns go.
 

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