Levante Beach (Benidorm)
BeachPlatja de Llevant — Levante Beach — is the beating heart of Benidorm, a long crescent of golden sand curving beneath the city’s famous wall of skyscrapers.
Why visit Levante Beach
It is the image most people picture when they think of the resort: sun loungers in neat rows, warm shallow water, and a skyline unlike anywhere else on the Spanish coast. The promenade behind the sand stays lively well into the night, with cheap sunbeds and seasonal lifeguards making it easy and family-friendly despite the crowds — and a walk from end to end sums up modern Benidorm in a single stretch of sand.
Golden crescent
A long crescent of golden sand curving beneath Benidorm’s famous wall of skyscrapers, with neat rows of sun loungers and warm, shallow water.
Wall of skyscrapers
The beach sits beneath a skyline unlike anywhere else on the Spanish coast — the image most people picture when they think of Benidorm.
Bars day & night
The promenade runs the full length of the sand, lined with bars, restaurants, ice-cream stands and hotels, and stays lively well into the night.
Family-friendly
Inexpensive sunbeds and umbrellas and seasonal lifeguards make it an easy, family-friendly beach despite the crowds.
From fishing village
In the 1950s this was a small fishing village; Levante was at the centre of Benidorm’s transformation into one of Europe’s best-known resorts.
End to end
A walk from one end to the other takes around half an hour and sums up modern Benidorm in a single stretch of sand.
Practical information
- Getting there: in the centre of Benidorm, an easy walk from the old town and most hotels; about 50 minutes by car from Alicante airport (ALC).
- What to do: swim the warm shallows, hire a sunbed, and stroll the full-length promenade lined with bars and restaurants.
- Good to know: sunbeds and umbrellas are inexpensive and lifeguards patrol in season, making it family-friendly despite the crowds.
- Best time to visit: late spring to early autumn for the beach; mornings and evenings are calmer than the midday peak.
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Marina BaixaLevante Beach (Benidorm)
Benidorm’s iconic Levante beach: a long crescent of golden sand backed by the famous high-rise skyline, with a buzzing promenade of bars, restaurants and round-the-clock life.
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This place is part of our Costa Blanca Guide: Benidorm, Calpe, Altea and the Best of Alicante — see every town, beach and cove we have mapped on that coast.
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