13 Facts About Benidorm

Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though it would not be until the 1950s that it became renowned as a summer destination for people coming from inland Spain, especially Madrid.

In 1952 Benidorm's fishing industry went into decline; this was a factor in encouraging the town council to approve many new development plans aimed at the tourist market.

In 1954 Pedro Zaragoza Orts, the then young Mayor of Benidorm, created the Plan General de Ordenacion that ensured, via a complex construction formula, every building would have an area of leisure land, guaranteeing a future free of the excesses of cramped construction seen in other areas of Spain.

Benidorm is connected to the FGV railway line between Alicante and Denia.

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Benidorm has a hot semi-arid climate with mild winters and hot summers.

Benidorm is popular with tourists from the UK, Ireland, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Benidorm has three major beaches: Playa de Levante, Playa de Poniente and Playa de Mal Pas ; all of them have had a blue flag since 1987, the maximum quality standard recognised by the European Union.

Loosely based on the song festival, RTVE signed, in 2021, a four-year contract with the city of Benidorm to hold the preselection to determine the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, naming the event Benidorm Fest.

Since 2010, in July, Benidorm celebrates an indie music festival, with national and international music groups, called "Benidorm Low Festival".

In 2011, Benidorm hosted the start of the Vuelta a Espana, one of cycling's three grand tours.

Benidorm is home to annual open water swimming competition of Oceanman series.

Benidorm is one of the most culturally diverse cities in Europe with a high immigrant population.