Thursday 28th December 2023
A town to divide one and all, I think it’s a place you either love or hate with very few leaning towards it being a place to tolerate.
We drove in at approx midday and found an underground car park with lots of available spaces, the exit from the car park lead us more or less into one of the main shopping street and it was very busy.
As shopping wasn’t on our to do list we cut off down a side street and headed to the sea front, after a quick conversation we decided to split up and get back together 90 minutes later. Peter and Alison headed for the old quarter whilst we walked along the length of the sea front.
As we walked along the sea front you become aware the the place is devoid of anything Spanish.
It appears that a strange paralysis hits many of the people in Benidorm and literally tens of double seated disability scooters are zooming everywhere.
It’s an interesting obversation that it is always the man driving, some of these scooters were bedecked with Christmas tinsel and several had a small dog travelling in a basket at the front.
The temperature was around 17 degrees celsius and quite pleasant, it was interesting to see how different people reacted to the weather, some young women wore very little more than a bikini as they walked along, whereas other people were in hats, scarves and thick coats.
At the allotted time we met up with Alison and Peter and it took seconds for an unanimous decision was made to leave Benidorm and head back up the coast to find somewhere for lunch. I think from that you can ascertain which camp we fall into when it comes to Benidorm.
We drove back to Altea where we had a three course lunch for 12.50 euros.
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