Benidorm Friendship Tours

Year round

Benidorm is a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Spain, part of the famed Costa Blanca. A tiny fishing village till the 1960s, it’s now a popular Mediterranean holiday destination known for its nightlife. Its wide sandy beaches are backed by palm-lined promenades, bars and rows of skyscrapers.

Dividing the beaches is rocky Punta Canfali which offers views of the sea and rocky Benidorm Island. On top of Canfali hill stands the 18th-century San Jaime Church with its distinctive blue-tiled domes. The old town has cobblestone streets filled with tapas bars, cabarets and late-night clubs as well as shops selling handicrafts, clothing and souvenirs. Other popular attractions include Terra Mítica amusement park and Aqualandia waterpark. All in all, Benidorm is an excellent choice for a few days of sunshine and football.

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Accommodation

Our groups will stay in the three-star hotel Bluesea Calas Marina which is located a short walk from Playa de Poniente Beach and 1.9 miles from Benidorm’s old town,

Calas Marina hotel offers a shared outdoor pool, and several terraces with seating areas.

All 117 rooms include air conditioning, a TV, a balcony and a private bathroom with free toiletries.
With free Wi-Fi in public areas, this hotel comes with a buffet restaurant, a café bar with outside seating area, a 24-hour front desk and entertainment staff.

Terra Mítica Theme Park is 2.5 miles from the hotel and Aqualandia Waterpark is 6.5 miles away. The hotel is 34 miles from Alicante Airport.

Whats included

All of the friendship tours we offer to Benidorm include:

Airport transfers – to/from Alicante airport
Full Board accommodation – including water
The arrangements of two matches against local teams of your own ability level
Transfers to/from both matches
Local assistance throughout
All services of GoBYSA

What to do in the area

Benidorm is one of the most popular choices of millions of holidaymakers every year in Spain and Europe.

It is one of the world’s largest and vibrant resorts. It continues to be the ultimate holiday destination as there are lots of things to do in Benidorm for the holidaymakers.

Let us start with Benidorm’s beaches…the two main beaches, Levante and Poniente offer quality services, fine sands hard to find elsewhere in the Mediterranean.

Playa Levante beach, the eastern beach of Benidorm, is the most popular, lively, colourful and fun beach in Benidorm with great golden sand and crystal clear waters.

One of the most cosmopolitan and urban Benidorm beaches It stretches between the Rincón de Loix and the castle rocks.

Playa Poniente beach, the western beach of Benidorm is also one of the most popular Benidorm beaches with great golden sand and crystal clear waters.

Poniente beach is a quieter beach than Levante beach. It is popular, especially for families. It is a long beach that stretches from the harbour jetty to the rocks of the Paseo Tamarindos and then continuing to the foot of the Tossal de la Cala where Benidorm locals distinguish the two sections of equal length; Poniente and La Cala.

Benidorm has the fabulous Aqualandia Water Park where both adults and kids can enjoy a fantastic day out in Benidorm.

It is situated in central Benidorm and is the first water park in Spain offering a variety of attractions in an extensive natural area where you may enjoy a wide variety of water activities.

Facilities and services available at the Park include a variety of pools, slides and children’s games.picnic areas, souvenir shop, photography, cash dispensers, locker hire, safe deposit boxes, hire of sunbeds and swimming floats. There are also several self-service restaurants that include a snack bar, barbecue, pizzeria, burger restaurant, various kiosks, ice-cream parlours, coffee shops, crêpe and kebab stalls.

Terra Mitica is an ancient world themed park with a variety of rides and roller coasters where visitors can experience and discover all that’s hidden on the Mediterranean shores of Egypt, Greece, Rome and

The Islands with thousands of years converted into moments of fun, emotion and adrenalin in Terra Mitica.

Terra Mitica is a great fun place where especially the children will never forget…you will find so many rides you won’t have enough breath to do them all.

There are more than 35 daily shows such as Red Beard, street animation, gladiators, acrobats and more. The four Mediterranean civilisations with an extraordinary climate and thousands of stories, myths and legends will surely fascinate you.

The souvenir shops offer numerous gifts such as bags, presents, T-shirts, teddy bears and more. The papyrus and resin goddess’ directly imported from Egypt, kurois and kurais statues from Greece, Iberian orange blossom perfumed candles, clay and terra sigillate amphora’s from Rome are some of the most popular.

There are also a variety of restaurants and food to choose from

Getting There

The closest airport to Benidorm is Alicante which is 35 miles away. Here is a list of the airlines that fly to Alicante from across the UK and Ireland.

Aer Lingus from Cork and Dublin

British Airways from London-Heathrow

easy Jet from Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool. London-Gatwick, London-Luton and Manchester

Jet 2 from Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle.

Ryanair from Aberdeen, Belfast-City, Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Kerry, Knock, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London-Southend, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newquay, Prestwick and Shannon.