Benidorm 2015
Eating out2 Palms Great menu and great value. Always a favouriteCaspers Bar Open from 10am - 2am Breakfasts, Lite Bites & Meals Served Until 10pm Check out the new Diner at Caspers (See advert)Refuel Bar Your daytime venue with great snacks and meals (Try the Refuel Burger!)Bar Domino Great food, great value, great atmosphere!**NEW** Bar Bistro Venexia. Great Italian food in Calle la Palma (Opposite the Two Palms) See main advert
Sensations The place to party the night away!
New OpeningsDestiny Calle Vicente 17. Ricardo’s back! See main advert for detailsBar Bistro Venexia. See main advert for details
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Benidorm, Europes hottest gay resort. Loads of great venues all within a few minutes walk. Shops, Saunas, Restaurants and of course Bars. Very few resorts have all this within walking distance, and of course the great weather and beaches Benidorm is renowned for.
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Company Bar 10
Destiny 03
Diva Divo 11
Domino Bar 12
Don Juan 13
Drift Bar 14
Eagle bar 15
El Chiquitin 30
El Papagayo 16
H20 Sauna 02
Intimate Bar 32
Kafee Klee 17
Lovers Bar 18
Mercury 20
Peoples 23
Queens Hotel 37
Refuel Café Bar 24
Rich Bitch 25
Sensations 26
Sex Shop 27
Spirit 29
The Look 31
Venexia Italiano 34
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This is the bus which runs to Alicante airport. You can catch it from either the Avda Europa, outside the Europa Clinica or from the bus station – but with baggage you would need to take a taxi as you are not allowed to take luggage onto local public buses. Departs hourly and on the hour from Avda Europa from 7am until 10pm – but there is NO bus at 9pm: costs 9.45€ one way.
ALSA BUSES
If you have your EHIC – European Health Insurance Card you are entitled to see the social security doctor free of charge in an emergency, but you must also present your passport with the card. There are three ‘Centro de Salud’ (health centres) in Benidorm you can attend: Rincon de Loix - On Avd Derramador near to the Indoor market Foiettes in the Old Town - Calle VenuzuelaLa Cala - Avda de Benisa
DOCTORSDOCTORS
The local bus service is run by Llorente. You pay the driver and the cost is 1.50€ regardless of distance. Generally the buses run until midnight. See the bus chart for more info later in the guide
LOCAL BUSES
If you need to contact the airline for any reason these are numbers based in Spain. Monarch – 800 099 260 free phone number Jet2 - 902 881 269 – calls cost 6.7c per min plus 8.3c connection.EasyJet – 902 599 900 from Spain – calls cost 8 cents per min from landline Or 0843 104 5000 UK number – calls cost 5p per min
AIRLINES
This is located in Alicante – Edf Espacio, Rambla Mendez Nuñez, 6th Floor, Alicante 03002. Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am until 1.30pm. In an emergency contact 965 216 002: if you have lost or had your passport stolen you will need to go there to obtain an emergency travel document to get you back to the UK, which will take about two hours to process. It will only be valid for that one journey and costs approximately 120€.
BRITISH CONSULATE
In Spain banks only open for half a day, so make sure you go in the morning. Normal opening hours are 8.15am till 2pm, no Saturday opening. All banks have an ATM with an option to change the language into English – press the ‘cambio idiomas’ option.
Banks
112 is the European equivalent of 999 in the UKAmbulance – 112Local Police – 966 807 766 or 092 in an emergencyNational Police – 966 831 930 or 091 in an emergencyGuardia Civil – 965 854 475 or 062 in an emergency
EMERGENCIES
In Spain they are called a ‘Farmacia’. There is a 24hour farmacia on the main Avd Mediterraneo and the staff speaks English. Many local farmacias close over the lunch period from 1.30, re-opening at 5pm. If you need any sort of medication, including asprin or paracetamol, you can only buy them here: supermarkets are not allowed to sell any kind of medicine.
CHEMISTS
This is the bus which runs to Alicante airport. You can catch it from either
ALSA BUSES
Useful Information
The local bus service
LOCAL BUSESLOCAL BUSES
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This is the bus which runs to Alicante airport. You can catch it from either the Avda Europa, outside the Europa Clinica or from the bus station – but with baggage you would need to take a taxi as you are not allowed to take luggage onto local public buses. Departs hourly and on the hour from Avda Europa from 7am until 10pm – but there is NO bus at 9pm: costs 9.45€ one way.
ALSA BUSES
If you have your EHIC – European Health Insurance Card you are entitled to see the social security doctor free of charge in an emergency, but you must also present your passport with the card. There are three ‘Centro de Salud’ (health centres) in Benidorm you can attend: Rincon de Loix - On Avd Derramador near to the Indoor market Foiettes in the Old Town - Calle VenuzuelaLa Cala - Avda de Benisa
DOCTORS
The local bus service is run by Llorente. You pay the driver and the cost is 1.50€ regardless of distance. Generally the buses run until midnight. See the bus chart for more info later in the guide
LOCAL BUSES
If you need to contact the airline for any reason these are numbers based in Spain. Monarch – 800 099 260 free phone number Jet2 - 902 881 269 – calls cost 6.7c per min plus 8.3c connection.EasyJet – 902 599 900 from Spain – calls cost 8 cents per min from landline Or 0843 104 5000 UK number – calls cost 5p per min
AIRLINES
This is located in Alicante – Edf Espacio, Rambla Mendez Nuñez, 6th Floor, Alicante 03002. Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am until 1.30pm. In an emergency contact 965 216 002: if you have lost or had your passport stolen you will need to go there to obtain an emergency travel document to get you back to the UK, which will take about two hours to process. It will only be valid for that one journey and costs approximately 120€.
BRITISH CONSULATE
In Spain banks only open for half a day, so make sure you go in the morning. Normal opening hours are 8.15am till 2pm, no Saturday opening. All banks have an ATM with an option to change the language into English – press the ‘cambio idiomas’ option.
BanksBRITISH CONSULATE
112 is the European equivalent of 999 in the UKAmbulance – 112Local Police – 966 807 766 or 092 in an emergencyNational Police – 966 831 930 or 091 in an emergencyGuardia Civil – 965 854 475 or 062 in an emergency
EMERGENCIES
In Spain they are called a ‘Farmacia’. There is a 24hour farmacia on the main Avd Mediterraneo and the staff speaks English. Many local farmacias close over the lunch period from 1.30, re-opening at 5pm. If you need any sort of medication, including asprin or paracetamol, you can only buy them here: supermarkets are not allowed to sell any kind of medicine.
CHEMISTS
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For private sittings and appointments please contact Kenny on 96 587 8424 • 686 361 594 • [email protected]
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Venus enters brie� y bringing you a real chance to connect with love energies with a view to balancing and augmenting your strengths and passions. Bringing both the wisdom of Saturn and the freedom of Libra into play there is more to a current relation-ship than meets the eye.
Venus, your Planetary Leader, touches base with Saturn, bringing light on a current darkness and a solution to your most immedi-ate problems. Subsequent actions with Aries con� rm that you are now in pole position and are ready to take control when the time comes.
Mercury dallies with a conjunction with Mars with ongoing support of a dreamy Aquarius and a consoling Virgo. You can stay and lick your wounds and feel very sorry for yourself, or you can see the way ahead more clearly, and examine a pro� table loophole.
Start nothing right now if you can’t see the way to � nishing it. There are so many loose ends to be tied up, and priorities should beckon you on towards closure and transparency. Everything happens for a reason so look twice at something that could work after all.
Determined and highly productive it is essential that you are heard and appreciated right now when it matters before time moves the goal posts. There is a positive glow about success and the start of a new and challenging phase sees you taking the helm, where you belong
Mars brings hard and fast rules into play at a time when you need some tender love and care to see you through. Power at your elbow is not to be wasted, but it is quite obvious that this could be put to good use as it is plain to see you now have the upper hand.
Hosting as you do this week the Retrograde of Saturn, there comes a shedding of responsibilities, rebalancing and a need to avoid the very rules and structure that have prevented you from moving on. Enjoy the release and the freedom for what it is worth.
Nervous energy sees you having to put all your eggs in the same basket, albeit for good reason and with a view to strengthening your grip in a situation that has spun severely out of control. It is time to show others, who doubt you, what you are really made of.
With Jupiter in Taurus and your opposing sign Gemini in conjunction with Mars there comes a time of con� ict in which you are going to have to dig in your heels to get the maximum attention you desire. Things have to get a little worse before they get a lot better.
Neptune shoots from the hip and at least you will hear the truth rather than a garbled version of it. You have had your suspicions of late and they were founded in your psychic senses and strong beliefs. You have the bene� t of the doubt at last to spur you on.
Mercury’s entry brings you support and acts as a messenger bringing you the red light you have long awaited. Things cannot continue as they are, and when your faith and dedication is challenged, it is time to say goodbye, and to look for alternative pastures new
Planetary actions bring a Cosmic depth to your current plans, beckoning you on to be motivated by your own skills and talents. You have the best opportunity to see this through to the bitter end because at long last there is nothing to stop your natural talents.
Kenny Corris brings you the Horoscope
www.zodiac-zone.com
For private sittings and appointments please contact Kenny on 96 587 8424 • 686 361 594 • [email protected]
Zodiac Zone • Call 806 515 805 (24 Hours) 1-2-1 Personal Readings call 806 515 789
Venus enters brie� y bringing you a real chance to connect with love energies with a view to balancing and augmenting your strengths and passions. Bringing both the wisdom of Saturn and the freedom of Libra into play there is more to a current relation-ship than meets the eye.
Venus, your Planetary Leader, touches base with Saturn, bringing light on a current darkness and a solution to your most immedi-ate problems. Subsequent actions with Aries con� rm that you are now in pole position and are ready to take control when the time comes.
Mercury dallies with a conjunction with Mars with ongoing support of a dreamy Aquarius and a consoling Virgo. You can stay and lick your wounds and feel very sorry for yourself, or you can see the way ahead more clearly, and examine a pro� table loophole.
Start nothing right now if you can’t see the way to � nishing it. There are so many loose ends to be tied up, and priorities should beckon you on towards closure and transparency. Everything happens for a reason so look twice at something that could work after all.
Determined and highly productive it is essential that you are heard and appreciated right now when it matters before time moves the goal posts. There is a positive glow about success and the start of a new and challenging phase sees you taking the helm, where you belong
Mars brings hard and fast rules into play at a time when you need some tender love and care to see you through. Power at your elbow is not to be wasted, but it is quite obvious that this could be put to good use as it is plain to see you now have the upper hand.
Hosting as you do this week the Retrograde of Saturn, there comes a shedding of responsibilities, rebalancing and a need to avoid the very rules and structure that have prevented you from moving on. Enjoy the release and the freedom for what it is worth.
Nervous energy sees you having to put all your eggs in the same basket, albeit for good reason and with a view to strengthening your grip in a situation that has spun severely out of control. It is time to show others, who doubt you, what you are really made of.
With Jupiter in Taurus and your opposing sign Gemini in conjunction with Mars there comes a time of con� ict in which you are going to have to dig in your heels to get the maximum attention you desire. Things have to get a little worse before they get a lot better.
Neptune shoots from the hip and at least you will hear the truth rather than a garbled version of it. You have had your suspicions of late and they were founded in your psychic senses and strong beliefs. You have the bene� t of the doubt at last to spur you on.
Mercury’s entry brings you support and acts as a messenger bringing you the red light you have long awaited. Things cannot continue as they are, and when your faith and dedication is challenged, it is time to say goodbye, and to look for alternative pastures new
Planetary actions bring a Cosmic depth to your current plans, beckoning you on to be motivated by your own skills and talents. You have the best opportunity to see this through to the bitter end because at long last there is nothing to stop your natural talents.
Kenny Corris brings you the Horoscope
www.zodiac-zone.com
MAL PAS BEACHThis is a small cove often missed by many visitors and is found at the end of the harbour road on the Poniente side of the Old Town. You can also reach it by steps from the top of the Old Town square known as La Señoria. This beach is popular with gay visitors especially in Winter when it is a sun trap.
PONIENTE BEACH (Popular gay area by the park at night)Beyond the Old Town starting at park Elche by the harbour and running for over 3km is the more sedate Poniente beach which is a favourite with local residents and Spanish families. The facilities are as good as the Levante but offer a less crowded space. Popular Gay area is in front of the park where you will also find the new Café Refuel the place to meet up after the Poniente beach for a beer and gossip. (Park Elx known as Dove Park also).
BENIDORM COVES - TI XIMO & ALMADRABAThese are small sandy coves reached by road at the far end of the Levante beyond the cable ski.
If you prefer to be more secluded these are recommended for the adventurous as it is quite a steep walk. There are no facilities so take plenty to drink and food if you are to spend an entire day there.
RACO CORNIL GAY PLAYA NUDISTA 4km FROM BENIDORMThis beach is best reached by hire car. Take the old Villa Joyosa road toward the casino. Take an immediate left at the casino and follow the road down to the car park where you will find a small rocky cove. The area both by the beach and at the top of the hill where you see a derelict Finca is very popular for all over sunbathing until sun down. The cove itself is mixed and is popular with Spanish couples too. You can walk if you take the number 5 or 41 bus to La Cala (From Park Elx by harbour) and walk over the hill. To get there face the beach and look to the right up the hill you will see a derelict villa set high up - head for it to get to the gay area which has been popular for 100 years! Take plenty of water with you as there are no facilities there.
Gay Beaches...
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