Bus Number 30
Route
The starting grid for the Benidorm City Sightseeing Tour is located just outside of The Grand National Bar & Restaurant, 30 or so yards down from the Burger King in the Rincón de Loix area of the resort.
Starting Point: Rincón de Loix
It’s worth bearing in mind that this is simply where the bus begins the tour but you can get on the bus at any of the stops throughout the resort (so that would be your starting point!).
You will depart the Rincón stop and head towards the wide Avenida del Mediterráneo boulevard.
Avenida del Mediterráneo
There are several stops along this mighty avenue, one of which is just by the casino.
Casino Mediterráneo stop
The tour then charts its way through the central area of Benidorm – Centro – and up past Benidorm Town Hall, home to the resort’s mayor, Toni Pérez.
Benidorm Town Hall
Look out for L’Aigüera Park to your right, a slice of urban green designed by Ricardo Bofill in the 1990s and home to the Julio Iglesias auditorium which can accommodate up to 4,000 people; famous not only for its name but as the location for Benifest, Spain’s competition to decide on their Eurovision Song Contest entry.
As the bus makes its way back down towards the coast, it is Poniente Beach that comes into view and the cute Dove Park, a strip of land populated by palm trees and lush verdant plants and vegetation.
Dove Park
The double-decker (got to be on the top if you’ve got the kids with you!) travels almost halfway along Poniente’s beautiful beachfront before sliding to the right in order to make tracks towards La Cala de Finestrat.
Bus #30, Poniente Beachfront
On this stretch keep your eyes peeled for Europe’s tallest residential building, Intempo. You shouldn’t miss it as it can be seen from almost anywhere in Benidorm!
Intempo
By now you will have already begun to appreciate the enormity of Benidorm, its buildings, its beaches and the sheer size of this Mediterranean resort. So it might come as an additional surprise as the bus winds its way towards the much smaller cove of La Cala de Finestrat.
La Cala de Finestrat
Many Brits spend their holiday here and rarely travel to the main centre of Benidorm, happy to experience a quieter type of vacation. It has more of a village feel, although high rise apartment buildings have flourished over the past 20 years.
And it is a good place to consider a stop off, enjoying the beach for an hour or more as well as the beachfront cafés and bars.
La Cala de Finestrat Beach
La Cala de Finestrat is the end point of the loop, so to speak.
The bus works its way back with an early stop at Hotel Gran Bali which was previously the tallest building in Benidorm until Intempo stole its thunder!
The Bali, however, still remains Benidorm’s tallest hotel and as such many people tend to get off at this stop in order to take advantage of the hotel’s viewing platform, Skydeck, which is located on the 43rd floor and offers the most jaw-dropping views of the whole of Benidorm.
Hotel Gran Bali
From here the tour is en route back to its starting point, taking in a little more of Poniente Beach and passing the lovely seafront apartment block of El Delfin.
El Delfin Tower
The final part of the circuitous route takes you once more into the New Town by driving down Avenida de Europa, onto Avenida del Mediterráneo and then back to the original starting point of Rincón de Loix.
You wait ages for one bus and then …
