Thanks to Charles from Durban who recommended a new restaurant to us, we updated our Benidorm restaurants page.
Here you can see a detailed listing of our favourite restaurants in Benidorm.

http://www.alicante-spain.com/benidorm-restaurants.html

Hope you find it useful on your next visit to the northern Costa Blanca.

- Hubert
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John Atkinson was hoping to find information for the Laguna Bahia area, which is an area in the city of Torrevieja, souths of Alicante.

Torrevieja is a fast growing coastal city, and so it is expanding the living facilities by building luxurious and well-kept apartments, chalets and semi-detached housing. Laguna Bahia is one of the privileged neighbourhoods easily found between two other fortunate areas called Lago Jardin and Los Altos and just a few minutes from the Torrevieja Lagoon and Naufragos Torrevieja Beach .

If you get to stay in Laguna Bahias, you´ll soon learn about the local history, which, of course, brings along a fascinating  music festival called Las Habaneras. Yes, as you have suspected, this has to do with La Habana in Cuba. You see, Torrevieja was a great salt... ... read more

Our reader Johann from Austria wants to know any good restaurants in or around Denia, since he will spend this years vacation there.

Denia http://www.alicante-spain.com/denia.html sits north of Benidorm on the Costa Blanca. There are many delightful restaurants to choose from in this town but here are some tried and tested recommendations below.

Having been to just a few favorite bars and restaurants there I asked one of my spanish neighbors ( a local salesman ) to help me out. So here is a short list of our favorite bars and restaurants in Denia:

La Menta restaurant in Denia lies in the beautiful old part of the town, to be more specific it is in the ancient fisherman’s part of town. Head chef Peter van Strateen cooks up divine Mediterranean dishes and guests are able to enjoy the cosy atmosphere. Particular dishes of note are the homemade pate, and the rack of lamb that is cooked to perfection. The restaurant can be reached via phone on  966 431 851. Starters start at around 5 Euro, with main dishes from approximately 12- 19 Euro . It is situated on the Plaza San Antonio and is number 3.

Restaurant Ikarus is a lovely place on the beach side of the town of Denia. The restaurant has a large bar where diners can enjoy a nice ore-dinner aperitif and there is a large roof terrace when the weather is fine. The establishment can host up to 30 people and often enjoys having parties come in to eat. Chef Timo constantly changes the menu and ensures only the freshest ingredients are used to produce the range of soups, fish and meat dishes that are on the menu. Bookings can be made from 5pm onwards by phone. They can be reached on +34 966 422 788. The address is Las Marinas, Centro Commercial ‘El Poblet’, Denia.

La Casa del Greco provides a wonderful fusion... ... read more

What fiestas are in Benidorm, or do you want to ask what fiestas ARE NOT there! Street parties, pubs open almost all day long, `tapas´always at your fingertips, long sandy beaches and lots of fun people to share all these fiestas with.

Hilda, who wants to have a good time, has wondered when the fiesta in Benidorm is? When are some of the dates for these fiestas in Benidorm? Anywhere around the world is time for fiestas, and in Benidorm you have unlimited fun.

Lets start our short monthly list about festivities in Benidorm:

• January - Nativity scenes right on the streets, the great Kings Day parade on January 5th, and if you have children you can fnd out how to get the Three Wisemen to give your child a gift! Fireworks at night on the beach.
• February - Carnaval time! Don´t worry about bringing a costume, there are many inexpensive toyshops that can do you up in a minute.
• March - "Las Fallas". Valencia is actually the main city for this impressive fiesta, but Benidorm holds it own, too! This is a fiesta which starts on...

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