Reply to: Benidorm as important as Stonehenge

[cailin maith]

I walked all along Playa Poniente to the old town hoping for a good gloat at how the other half live. The reality of the situation was that I didn't hear a word of English the whole time I was there, mainly locals with a smattering of Russians. The bars in the old town near the harbour were actually really pleasant. Perhaps if I'd walked another few hundred yards though.....

ah ha.... thats what it was called.

[wurzel]

Sticky!

And I agree with you on the front!!

But, I've been to Benidorm too, hen party! And we had a great time. There were 22 of us - all age ranges but we all had a good time I guess you lot will give me a pasting for that! The old town is quiet, the other beach not the Levante one is less chav-tastic and all in all it's not that bad.

I walked all along Playa Poniente to the old town hoping for a good gloat at how the other half live. The reality of the situation was that I didn't hear a word of English the whole time I was there, mainly locals with a smattering of Russians. The bars in the old town near the harbour were actually really pleasant. Perhaps if I'd walked another few hundred yards though.....

[Spacecadet]

I once went on an end of university lads holiday to Spain. They were doing a deal to Benidorm, we'd all been to Spain before but never there, so just assumed it would be somewhere between Majorca and the Costa dorrada on a tacky scale, i.e. quite nice to british seaside town tack. How wrong we were, Benidorm makes Blackpool appear classy. Full of bingo winged chavettes with muffin tops hanging over their Kappa tracksuit bottoms/rompersuits. Falby varicose veined grannies and grandads showing far too much flesh. Big fat near death pasty (apart from the burnt bits) dole'ites' from Scunthorpe or Romford or the like. Tricky Vicky (sick), underaged drinking, binking, puking. Apart from that it's nice. The worst place I have visited outside the UK.

I went to benidorm as an after A level exams holiday with a bunch of school mate.
Seeing as how we were all 18/17 and interested only in birds and booze Benidorm was the perfect place

Went and saw Sticky Vicky and was amazed at the number of familys there... families as in parents + young children. Children young enough to occasionally be collared by their parents for running around (see chavs can exercise parental control)

[KathyWoolfe]

Can I take this opportunity to point out what a bunch of pretentious snobs you lot are.

Many thanks,
Sal
xxx

SA....you're certainly living up to your signature......

nowt to say.

[expat]

Can I take this opportunity to point out what a bunch of pretentious snobs you lot are.

Many thanks,
Sal
xxx

SallyAnne, if even these guys think it's beneath them, it must be pretty minging.

[Bagpuss]

They should rename it BennyDawn after the people who go

[cailin maith]

Must.....resist.....

[Xenophon]

I guess you lot will give me a pasting for that!

Must.....resist.....

[DS23]

we felt horribly out of place there - 5 of us and not a single face tattoo between us.

[cailin maith]

I once went on an end of university lads holiday to Spain. They were doing a deal to Benidorm, we'd all been to Spain before but never there, so just assumed it would be somewhere between Majorca and the Costa dorrada on a tacky scale, i.e. quite nice to british seaside town tack. How wrong we were, Benidorm makes Blackpool appear classy. Full of bingo winged chavettes with muffin tops hanging over their Kappa tracksuit bottoms/rompersuits. Falby varicose veined grannies and grandads showing far too much flesh. Big fat near death pasty (apart from the burnt bits) dole'ites' from Scunthorpe or Romford or the like. Tricky Vicky (sick), underaged drinking, binking, puking. Apart from that it's nice. The worst place I have visited outside the UK.

Sticky!

And I agree with you on the front!!

But, I've been to Benidorm too, hen party! And we had a great time. There were 22 of us - all age ranges but we all had a good time I guess you lot will give me a pasting for that! The old town is quiet, the other beach not the Levante one is less chav-tastic and all in all it's not that bad.

[Bagpuss]

I once went on an end of university lads holiday to Spain. They were doing a deal to Benidorm, we'd all been to Spain before but never there, so just assumed it would be somewhere between Majorca and the Costa dorrada on a tacky scale, i.e. quite nice to british seaside town tack. How wrong we were, Benidorm makes Blackpool appear classy. Full of bingo winged chavettes with muffin tops hanging over their Kappa tracksuit bottoms/rompersuits. Falby varicose veined grannies and grandads showing far too much flesh. Big fat near death pasty (apart from the burnt bits) dole'ites' from Scunthorpe or Romford or the like. Tricky Vicky (sick), underaged drinking, binking, puking. Apart from that it's nice. The worst place I have visited outside the UK.

[darmstadt]

I always thought Benidorm was in Switzerland and wondered why so many people wanted to go on holiday there.

[DS23]

went to benidorm on a day trip (from our holiday in spain) a few years back to go to the waterworld park that was advertised. the kids love a water park and i do too. the place was absolutely heaving - people lying about everywhere: on the pavements, on the verges, on the trees and plants. it was so disgustingly dirty that i am gagging as i recall it. nasty. very nasty.

the whole skyscraping place was quite an eyeopener - utterly, utterly hideous. mind you, from a thousand yards in a hot car stuck in endless traffic the beach looked fantastic.

there is an amusement park up on the hill and i went there with my daughter on the penultimate day of our holiday for a treat. everyone else refused to go back to benidorm but she loves rollercoasters and so do i. that place was relatively empty, clean and fun - stayed there for the whole day and had a great time.

[Xenophon]

Can I take this opportunity to point out what a bunch of pretentious snobs you lot are.

Many thanks,
Sal
xxx

[SallyAnne]

Can I take this opportunity to point out what a bunch of pretentious snobs you lot are.

Many thanks,
Sal
xxx