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Get on Board with Cheap Holidays to Benidorm

Sol Ocas Pelicanos Hotel in Benidorm

Sol Ocas Pelicanos Hotel in Benidorm. Photo from realholidayreports.com

Benidorm is renowned to some extent as the party capital of Alicante in Spain. There is plenty for families to enjoy together as well but the town is at least in part known for the fun that can be had at its great many bars, hotels and nightclubs. There are perhaps Spanish resorts better known as hotspots for clubbing holidays but Benidorm certainly has plenty to offer even the most hard-to-please night-life loving hedonists.

And, with economic times being as tough as they are right now in the UK and elsewhere, it is important for millions of families to keep their holiday costs down and nowhere are there bargains quite like those you’ll find in Benidorm. You can choose from any number of hotels or apartment complexes around the town and you’ll never be too far away from a lovely restaurant or a lively bar.

The beauty of booking cheap holidays to Benidorm, apart from the night-life and the beaches, is that all the elements of a really great week or so in the sunshine are so close together and contributing to a general sense of excitement and enjoyment. It’s a debatable point but perhaps the best way to make the very most of your time there is to book yourself and your party an all-inclusive stay at a quality hotel or apartment. You can also choose from dozens of three- or four-star resorts offering all inclusive packages at a discounted rate this year.

And if you’ve got your heart set on a trip to Benidorm or any other part of Spain for that matter, with friends, family or someone very special, then your first port of call should be the Thomas Cook website. You’ll find a genuine abundance of bargains on quality holidays all across Spain, the Balearics, the Canaries and into Greece and Turkey as well.

Costa Blanca Beach

Costa Blanca Beach in Benidorm, Spain. Photo from cheapholidaysinspain.net.

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A Side Trip to Cebu

Magellan's Cross

In front of Magellan's Cross. One of the ladies selling candles at the chapel offered to take this photo. We have her P10 for it. hehe

As many of you know, my brother Iman and I went to Bohol for a weekend trip. But what we didn’t know was that it was a long holiday weekend because of the Labor Day and the Bohol festival which also falls on May 1. So there were just so many people at the pier. Read: Our Itinerary for a Three-Day Two-Night Stay in Bohol

We got to Pier 4 in Cebu City from the Mactan Cebu International Airport around 10am only to find out that the 12:30pm trip is sold out and the next trip is already 4:30pm. So we just bought tickets and headed off to downtown Cebu.

In the heat of the noonday sun, we went to the Magellan’s Cross, Plaza Independencia, and Fort San Pedro. We did not have hats nor sunblock and we lugged around our luggage but we had fun taking pictures and just finding out about the local scenes.

After some photo sessions, we took the cab and proceeded to SM Cebu nearby to have a late lunch. We had a lousy Chinese food lunch at Lai Garden but well, the carbs were enough to replenish our energy after a very long morning.

Magellan’s Cross
According to Wikipedia,

“Magellan’s Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese, and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 14 or 21, 1521. This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just in front of the city hall of Cebu City.”