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Benidorm's commitment to recycling

Benidorm recycles More Than 2 Million Kilos of Glass in 2007

The city of Benidorm continues to strongly support sustainable tourism, proof of this comes in the form of recycling. From January to September of 2007 a total of 2,130,610 kilos of glass have been recycled, 270,280 more kilos than the same time last year. This means that each Benidorm citizen has received an average of 31.5 kilos of glass so far this year.

More than 84 hotel owners form part of the glass recycling campaign focused on the hotel, restoration and catering sectors (HORECA) that are developed in the city.

The citizens of Benidorm have recycled an average of 33.2 kilos in 2006 compared to 38 kilos of glass residuals in 2007, almost five kilos more.

The municipality of Benidorm manages a total of 342 green containers for glass recycling, which is a container for every 197 inhabitants.

Benidorm's recycling programme is not restricted to glass. The water from the municipal swimming pools and pools at hotels which need to be drained for the winter is used to clean the streets of the Old Town and the main Tourist areas.

Mercedes Launch New C-Class in Benidorm, Spain March 2007

Mercedes decided that Benidorm would be the perfect place to launch it's new C-Class model for 2007.

Journalists from all over the world were invited to Benidorm to Test drive the new Mercedes C-Class on a route from Valencia to Benidorm. Some of the journalists took the chance to view the sites of the holiday town of Benidorm and show off in the newly unveiled C-Class. They must of received strange looks from pedestrians who were the first to view the Mercedes with it's new, impressive styling.

Benidorm News - September 2006

Johnny Vegas in New ITV Benidorm Show

Johhny Vegas is due to perform in a new ITV show called Benidorm. The comedy actor, once voted as one of the world's unsexiest men will perform in the new ITV comedy along side League of Gentleman’s Steve Pemberton.

The cast, who also includes Janine Duvitski, (better known as Pippa Trench - the next door neighbour of the hapless Victor Meldrew - One Foot in The Grave), will be in Benidom filming for the next six weeks, from late September and throughout October. So keep your eyes peeled if your a Johnny Vegas fan, he might be spotted in one or two of the bars around the town, as he is rumoured to enjoy a half pint of Guiness now and again!

Many of the Benidorm's very own have taken parts as extras or, as in the case of Crissy Rock, will be seen performing part of their Benidorm stage acts.

Most of the events of the series take part in and around the Hotel Sol Pelicanos and the Morgan Tavern. Both are being renamed for the filming and the Morgan Tavern, which is the caberet bar in the shape of a giant ship, will be almost unrecognisable in the series.

The company behind this series is Tiger Aspect Productions. Tiger Aspect have a long history of British comedy series and are no strangers to filming in Spain. They have had many TV hits including; A Place in Spain, Reps in Ibiza, Aftersun and of course the comedy hit Movie 'Kevin and Perry Go Large!' starring Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield and Rhys Ifans.

The Moors and Christians Fiesta - This Week (Sep 2006)

The Benidorm folk are getting ready for one of the most flamboyant fiestas of the year: The Moors and Christians (Moros y Cristianos) Fiesta. The Moors and Christians Fiesta is celebrated throughout Spain, but mainly in coastal towns where they celebrate ousting the Moors from the Iberian Peninsular.

Work is almost finished on the Castle in the Plaza De Hispanidad (or in front of McDonalds to you), in the Old Town. From here the Christians will fire fireworks at the bearded Moors, who will inevitably loose this battle, yet again!

Get yourselves down to the Square in front of Mcdonalds if you are in Benidorm this weekend and see some of the spectacle for yourselves.

Benidorm News - Aug - 2006

Benidorm Comes to London!

On 3 September Regent Street will close to traffic for the Regent Street Festival whose theme this year is 'A Walk Through Spain' sponsored by the Spanish Tourist Office and the Regent Street Retailers. Fourteen of the regions from Spain will be participating in the event, showcasing the best the country has to offer including sand flown in direct from Benidorm's Poniente Beach!

Benidorm Beach in London: Regent Street's first ever beach will be from Valencia and Benidorm, bringing the true Spanish holiday atmosphere to the Festival. Parasols and sun loungers together with the opportunity to enjoy tasting the Valencia region's famous Paella will give people the chance to experience Benidorm without having to set foot in an airport. But, if this gives you the taste for the real thing then throughout the day you will have the opportunity to win one four holidays to Benidorm.

All other regions of Spain will bring there own piece to the festival including an equestrian show from the Balearics, there will be bars, Spanish wine tasting, Flamenco dancing, and face painting for the kids!

Residential In Tempo, Benidorm
You might be forgiven for thinking that this building could be somewhere like Dubai, but would you guess that you could purchase an apartment in a development like this in Benidorm? ...with it's magnificent mediterranean views and only 2 hours flying time from the UK.

Benidorm has been criticised in the past for it's high-rise hotels and apartment blocks, some of which, are admittedly quite bland. The reason behind Benidorm's high rise culture is simple. The plan was that each building would have a certain amount of land dedicated to communal areas, gardens and swimming pools, the occupants on the most part would have good views of the sea and they wanted everywhere in the town to be easily accessible... which meant high-rise.

Also, the Spanish don't have the same stigma attached to high-rise building as the British do. To the British, high-rise usually conjures up images of decaying 1960's council flats. But to the Spanish it means clean, modern living, use of a communal swimming pool and large terraces on which to unwind and take in the unobstructed views of the Mediterranean sea.

Now Benidorm really is embracing this high rise culture with such super-structures as the Hotel Gran Bali and this new development: Residential In Tempo.

The building will consist of two towers, each with 52 floors, linked at the top to by a giant cone shaped structure. The towers are supposed to represent the number 11 to remember the victims of the terrorist attack in Madrid, March 11th 2004.

Residential In Tempo will become Europe's tallest residential structure and we hope to see many more developments like this one in the future.

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