Description Benidorm, Spain

Benidorm - the most modern resort of the country, the symbol of an economic breakthrough, which in the past century, Spain made a backward agriculture through the development of tourism. Bird's eye view the city is a bit like Manhattan. The resort is particularly attractive to young people: the city quays and boulevards are built supersovermennym hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, discos and nightclubs. None of the Spanish resort town there is no nightlife, as in Benidorm.

Benidorm is 42 km from Alicante and 142 km from Valencia.

Benidorm Old Town is situated on a promontory between two bays: Playa de Levante and Playa de Ponente. This rock is an observation platform, which offers a magnificent view over the city, beaches and beautiful villas on the surrounding hills.

Earlier this rock was a fort, which in 1812 blew up the British and the Spaniards, that it is not got the advancing French troops. From the observation platform to see the island of Benidorm - a small wedge-shaped cliff, where the resting birds, while in summer time is a bar. Prior to this island can be reached by boat for 40 minutes.

One of the main attractions of the Old City is the church of the XVIII century, painted by Italian artist, whose name is preserved in the Spanish pronunciation as Juan Tonese, with the image of the Blessed Virgin - Intercessor. In the Old City there are many restaurants offering traditional cuisine of regions of Spain (Asturias, Galicia, the Basque Provinces, etc.).