Benidorm is the Costa Blanca’s best-known resort, a high-rise beach city in the Marina Baixa shaped by a pioneering 1950s tourism plan. Its two great sweeps of sand, Levante and Poniente, frame a skyline of some of Spain’s tallest towers, while the old town on the Balcon del Mediterraneo headland keeps a village core. Beyond the beaches lie theme parks, the Serra Gelada cliffs and a lively nightlife.