Benidorm News & Information

THE LONGEST day north of the tropics has now passed, and summer is officially here, exams are over, schools and colleges in Spain have broken up for the next three months, and fiesta season is ready to kick off.

IMAGINE you're at a pub quiz and the question came up, “Which is the largest building in Spain?”

TO CELEBRATE its leading rôle in choosing this year's Eurovision Song Contest entry for Spain, Benidorm will host a huge open-air party night broadcasting the event live and with warm-up bands giving gigs in the...

PRIMAL Scream is among at least 13 bands and artists who have confirmed their presence at one of the Costa Blanca's biggest music festivals this summer.

BRITISH tourists in Benidorm have outnumbered Spanish visitors for the first time since before the pandemic – and it's still only early spring.

BENIDORM Fest winner Chanel Terrero will represent Spain at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Torino, northern Italy, after gaining the public's and judges' votes in an extremely closely-fought final.

EACH region in Spain has its own day of the year where it celebrates itself, rather like a birthday but without the age increase involved. Sometimes, a 'regional day' just involves a public holiday, a day off...

WINGED superhero Batman is 82 years old in 2021, but has not yet retired from his full-time job of saving the world – or from travelling it without having to bother with a passport or check-in queues.

HOME prices rose faster than the national average in several of Spain's key coastal hotspots in the second quarter of this year, with the Canary Islands leading the field.

A 'LOST' shark was caught on camera off a Benidorm beach and marine vets from Valencia's Oceanogràfic were called out to rescue her.

NOW that the 'State of Alarm' is over, residents being summoned for vaccines are getting younger and lower-risk, masks no longer have to be worn outside and contagion rates are dropping dramatically, Spain as a...

TAKE your pooch for a stroll and raise money for guide dogs – or if you don't have a woofster of your own, get hiking and just pretend there's an imaginary friend on a leash next to you.