On This Day – Benidorm on The Costa Blanca

Posted on October 12, 2020 | 18 Comments

Even though travel restrictions are easing I am not yet minded to risk it so I still have no new stories to post so I continue to go through my picture archives and see where I was on this day at any time in the last few travelling years.

In October 1977 I was in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca in Spain. I know that it was October but to be honest I cannot be entirely specific about the date so I have just chosen one at random.

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This entry was posted in Beaches, Europe, Food, History, Literature, Natural Environment, Postcards, Spain, Travel, World Heritage and tagged Alicante, Benidorm, Benidorm in the 1970s, Costa Blanca, Don Juan Benidorm, Freddie Laker, Los Pelicanos, Spain. Bookmark the permalink.

18 responses to “On This Day – Benidorm on The Costa Blanca”

pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 8:26 am | Reply

Well the sea is always wonderful but that is a super second home of the Brits lol!!!

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- Andrew Petcher | October 12, 2020 at 8:32 am | Reply
  
  I like Benidorm, it is unpretentious.
  
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  - pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 8:33 am |
    
    Tourist hordes but they need the money lol!
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | October 12, 2020 at 8:43 am |
    
    Tourist hordes everywhere – even in France!
    
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  - pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 8:57 am |
    
    Read the Spanish press like I do Benidorm is out of control!!
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | October 12, 2020 at 9:16 am |
    
    In what way?
    
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  - pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 9:21 am |
    
    loud crime, braking thing lowering home prices drugs out of control!
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | October 12, 2020 at 10:33 am |
    
    My sister lives near Alicante and tells me that there are not enough people on the Costas to cause any trouble.
    
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  - pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 10:59 am |
    
    Alicante is not Benidorm!
    
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  - pedmar10 | October 12, 2020 at 11:12 am |
    
    https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20200314/ingleses-ebrios-benidorm-saltan-confinamiento-barbacoa-calle/474703372_0.htmlj
    
    If your sister knows Spanish well.
    
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thehungrytravellers.blog | October 13, 2020 at 5:19 pm | Reply

Andrew your post made me chuckle several times, memories of how it was back then. The first time I flew to Spain (age probably 14 or so) my Dad made me wear shirt, tie and jacket. And so did all other males on the flight. Can you imagine that now!?

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- Andrew Petcher | October 13, 2020 at 6:25 pm | Reply
  
  My first flight ever was with my dad in 1976 to Sorrento. He wore a tie on board and every night for dinner in the hotel.
  
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paolsoren | October 15, 2020 at 7:22 am | Reply

Andrew, why is it that on English comedy TV shows Benidorm is always worth a laugh?

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- Andrew Petcher | October 15, 2020 at 7:55 am | Reply
  
  It has a reputation for being tacky and attracting a certain type of holidaymaker, Brits who like large volumes of beer and insist on a full English breakfast.
  
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  - paolsoren | October 15, 2020 at 7:57 am |
    
    OK. Got it. And do they always get a full English breakfast at home?
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | October 15, 2020 at 2:17 pm |
    
    Oh, I forgot, they prefer McDonalds to paella.
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | October 15, 2020 at 2:18 pm |
    
    Someone told me that Bali is the equivalent for some Australians.
    
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  - paolsoren | October 15, 2020 at 10:24 pm |
    
    Yes, it is.
    
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