Hotels in Benidorm have reached an 80% of occupancy during last week with two bank holidays on tuesday and thursday.
With this data, Benidorm hotels have passed the last test before the end of the year and keeps its position as the main tourist destination in the spanish Mediterranean.
In the entire year, Benidorm retains its place as the third most important tourist destination of Spain after Madrid and Barcelona.
The valuator company Tinsa has reported that property prices in Spain went down in january again and are 5% cheaper than a year ago in average terms.
The adjustment in the mediterranean coast is even higher, -8,4% in the last twelve months, which means that the prices of the properties in the mediterranean coast has been reduced by 27,2% since the maximum achieved at the end of 2007.
A holiday home in the mediterranean coast is today as expensive as it was by 2004.
Camping Internacional La Marina has been awarded recently in Utrecht (Holland) by ANBW Eurotopcamping, a 4 million families membership club, as the second best camping resort in Europe. The award is as a result of the opinion of hundreds of users and the evaluation of the club auditors.
Moreover, Camping La Marina has been recognised with the Superplatz 2011, a popular award given by the german car club ADAC.
According with the information reported by the 10 camping resorts established in the town, the average staying period in the Benidorm campings during 2010 has been thirty-three days, the longest in the whole Spain.
Cartagena and Marbella follow Benidorm in terms of days taken by campers to stay in the camping resort.
The weather forecast till sunday is great. Blue sky in Costa Blanca and temperatures between 6º (during night) and 18º in the middle of the day.
Costa Blanca is a very popular beach holidays destination for thousands of spaniards and european families every year.
But it is not only beaches what makes Costa Blanca special for the tourists. In the last fifteen years Costa Blanca became a very popular golf destination because of the nice weather all year around and the quality of the new golf courses built in the Alicante province.
Thousands of golfers visit Costa Blanca every week for a golf break and entertainment.
Here is a list of golf courses in Costa Blanca:
- Alenda Golf (Monforte del Cid)
- Alicante Golf (Alicante)
- Villamartín Golf (Orihuela Costa near Torrevieja)
- Bonalba Golf (Muchamiel)
- Don Cayo Golf Club (Altea)
- El Plantío Golf (Alicante)
- Font del Llop Golf Resort (Monforte del Cid)
- Ifach Golf Club (Benissa)
- Villaitana Wellness & Golf Resort (Benidorm)
- La Marquesa Golf & Country Club (Rojales)
- La Finca Golf (Algorfa)
- La Sella Golf (Dénia)
- Las Colinas Golf & Country Club (Orihuela Costa near Torrevieja)
- Golf Las Ramblas (Orihuela Costa near Torrevieja)
- Real Club de Golf Campoamor (Orihuela Costa near Torrevieja)
- Jávea Golf Club (Jávea)
The weather forecast in Costa Blanca for today and coming days is mostly sunny.
Temperatures will keep in the region of 15ºC-19ºC between today and next thursday, Magic Kings day.
Merry Christmas from all us at Canal Costa Blanca.
Tonight at 6.00 pm visitors and local residents are invited to the English Christmas Carols Concert at the main town square of Torrevieja.
As in the past edition, thousands of people are expected to come and join this popular event where hundreds of singers and musicians from different nacionalities will participate.
The scenario will be installed in front of the main door of the church.
Based on the long European Christmas market tradition, Marina Salinas Christmas Market will take place in the Port of Torrevieja until the 5th of January.
The Christmas market will include a food area offering traditional and international Christmas products.
Market days will be 21st, 24th, 28th and 31st of december and 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of january from 8,30 a.m.