The most iconic uphill race in Europe returns to Benidorm. With registrations practically sold out, next Saturday, March 28th, starting at 10:00 AM, the Gran Hotel Bali—the tallest hotel building in Europe—will once again be transformed into a true sporting colossus. Its 52 floors, 924 steps, and 190 meters of elevation gain will be the setting for the 20th edition of the traditional Vertical Climb.
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Benidorm will host 6,000 darts players on the occasion of the 2025 National Championship
The event will take place at the Palau d’Esports from the 27th to the 29th of this month and is expected to attract more than 20,000 participants.
The Benidorm Half 2025 has broken all records, more than 9,000 registered participants for the 10K and 21K races
More than half of the entrants come from outside Spain, with the United Kingdom as the main source of participants, contributing 4,043 runners. Ben Connor and Lily Partridge claimed victory in a Benidorm Half that set multiple records in both sporting achievement and participation. Harry Johnson and Alondra Negrón were the first in their respective categories to complete the 10K.
Major Patron Saint Festivities and the British Fancy Dress Party in Benidorm
Benidorm Dresses Up for Celebration from November 8 to 12: Explore the Full Day-by-Day Programme of Events
Benidorm is already adorned in its finest attire to commemorate the 2025 Fiestas Mayores Patronales, held in honour of the Virgin of Suffrage (Virgen del Sufragio) and Saint James the Apostle (San Jaime Apóstol).
Benidorm Fancy Dress Party: The massive costume celebration will take place on November 13, beginning at 2:00 PM, in the leisure district of Rincón de Loix. Attendance is expected to exceed 30,000 participants.
Altea, a town in Alicante, among the destinations selected by National Geographic
The National Geographic travel section has chosen the town of Altea as a featured municipality for one of the months of 2024. Discover the complete list to prepare your next adventure
The province of Alicante will receive more than 1.5 million tourists in August
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For the first four days of August, Aena is planning 1,940 flights from Wednesday, July 31 to next Sunday, August 4, that is, an increase of 16% compared to the same dates last year. This Thursday, 394 flights were scheduled, 389 on Friday and Saturday will be the day with the most flights scheduled: a total of 417. On Sunday, 373 are scheduled.
EasyJet opens new base in Alicante
Budget airline easyJet celebrated the opening of its new base at Alicante-Elche airport on Wednesday, which was attended by regional president Carlos Mazón.
The low-fare company noted that it is a ‘seasonal base’ which will be operational from March to October.
The airline has allocated three A320 aircraft to Alicante-Elche, ‘generating around 100 direct jobs for pilots and crew’, according to easyJet
Oktoberfest 2023 in La Nucia from October 5 to 15
The town of La Nucia in the province of Alicante will host a new edition of the Oktoberfest starting on October 5. A party that the municipality celebrates in a 2,200 square meter tent located in the parking lot of the Olympic Stadium of the Ciutat Esportiva Camilo Cano and where more than 300 barrels of beer will be available.
The favorite ice cream of the English in Benidorm: the After Eight
Classic flavors such as vanilla, chocolate or strawberry are popular among national tourists and milk frosting is the “queen” of summer | An ice cream parlor sells an average of 3,500 scoops of ice cream per day.
The After Eight, that is to say, the mint with pieces of chocolate, is the flavor that the British like the most, a flavor that is not liked by the majority of Spaniards who opt for more classic flavors.
Altea is in a fashion, complete this Holy Week
The tourist campaigns carried out by the Altea City Council at fairs “and through the dissemination of advertising spots on social networks and in almost all Post Offices, in addition to journalistic reports and that in the 2019-2020 biennium it was the cultural capital of the Valencian Community, have influenced so that the hotel occupancy reserves for this Holy Week touch one hundred percent “