Best Beachfront Stays in Benidorm
Beachfront stays in Benidorm split cleanly along the Costa Blanca's two bays. On Levante, towers like Hotel Nadal and Hotel RH Corona del Mar look straight down the high-rise skyline toward Rincón de Loix, twenty metres or less from the sand. On Poniente, Hotel Colón, Hotel Marconi and H10 Porto Poniente sit on the quieter western curve next to Elche Park, a short stroll from the old town's Balcón del Mediterráneo viewpoint above the rocky headland. Every property on this list opens onto sand, not a road crossing away from it, which is the one non-negotiable a true beachfront pick in Benidorm has to meet before anything else about décor or amenities enters the picture.
Benidorm earned its skyline the hard way, growing from a fishing village into Spain's tallest resort town within a few decades, and the two beaches still carry that split personality. Levante is loud, built-up and unapologetic about it, its promenade lined with bars that stay lit past midnight through the Rincón de Loix strip behind it. Poniente, curling west from the old town's rocky headland toward Elche Park, keeps a slower pace, its beachfront apartment blocks and family hotels facing a wider, calmer bay under the same Alicante province sun. Both share the same fine golden sand and the same Mediterranean water, so the choice between them is really about atmosphere rather than beach quality itself.
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Two beaches, two very different fronts
What actually separates a beachfront claim from a beachfront hotel here? On Levante the promise is proximity to the promenade and the nightlife strip behind it, on Poniente it is a calmer stretch backed by Elche Park and the old town rather than tower blocks.
Hotel Nadal faces Levante Beach from a quiet pocket of the strip, with every room's balcony looking straight over sand that starts twenty metres from the door; the seaside promenade and Benidorm's late-night restaurant row are a five-minute walk away, close enough for dinner without needing the beachfront noise at the hotel itself. That combination, a genuine sea view without being on top of the loudest stretch, is what a beachfront stay on Levante can offer that a city-break base further back cannot, and it explains why the hotel keeps such a loyal return crowd across successive summers despite sitting only steps from a much busier strip that runs on toward Rincón de Loix.
On the Poniente side, Hotel Colón and Hotel Marconi both sit opposite the sand next to Elche Park, within a few hundred metres of the Casco Antiguo's Balcón del Mediterráneo viewpoint on the old town headland. Guests staying here can walk the old town's stepped streets in the morning and be back on the beach by early afternoon, a loop that Levante-based travellers have to cross the entire headland to manage in a single day. Marconi's rooftop terrace adds a panoramic view over the bay that few Poniente properties match, taking in both the promenade below and the skyline across the water toward Rincón de Loix on the opposite side of town.
H10 Porto Poniente pushes the beachfront idea further with plunge pools set right against the seafront promenade and an adults-only spa wing, while Hotel RH Corona del Mar looks out over Poniente Beach toward Benidorm Island, the small offshore rock that marks the bay's western edge and gives this stretch of coast its own quiet landmark visible from most of the western-facing rooms. Both properties trade the Levante skyline view for a calmer outlook, useful for travellers who want their photos to show open sea and the island itself rather than tower blocks stacked along the promenade behind them.
Gastrohotel Boutique RH Canfali occupies one of the old town's landmark buildings above Plaza San Jaime, close enough to the water that its rooftop terrace takes in both Levante and Poniente at once, a vantage point unique to the handful of hotels built directly on Benidorm's rocky headland rather than on either beach's flat frontage. From up there, the two bays read as one continuous curve of sand rather than the separate destinations they feel like from ground level, a perspective only the old town's elevation over the water can genuinely offer any guest staying below on the promenade itself.
Het oordeel van een reizigerI stayed at Hotel Nadal on a return trip and still remember opening the balcony doors to Levante Beach already busy with early swimmers well before nine. The five-minute walk into Rincón de Loix for dinner meant we never needed a taxi after dark, and the indoor pool was a useful backup on the one overcast afternoon of the week, when the sea itself looked a little too grey to tempt anyone in from the terrace.
BeachfrontApartamentos la barca
Steps from Poniente Beach with sea-view balconies
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenWaking up to the sea view from our balcony each morning was the highlight of the week, Poniente Beach close enough that we could check the waves before deciding on breakfast. The kitchenette meant we cooked most meals ourselves, cutting the week's cost noticeably compared with a hotel-only stay. Plaza Mayor Square's shops and cafés were an easy three-hundred-metre walk for the evenings we did want to go out.
BeachfrontH10 Porto Poniente 4 Sup
Sea-view plunge pools on the Poniente promenade
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe plunge pools right on the Poniente seafront promenade set the tone for the whole stay, sea views from the loungers rather than a courtyard wall. The Despacio Spa's adults-only heated pool became our go-to on the one cooler day of the week, and the Marea Alta Rooftop Bar at sunset was worth building an evening around more than once. Booking the EV charging point ahead saved a scramble on arrival.
BeachfrontNomad Hotel Cala Finestrat
Direct beachfront access with indoor and outdoor pools
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe garden setting around the pool made this feel less like a typical high-rise stay, and having both an indoor and outdoor pool meant the one rainy afternoon of our trip did not disrupt the routine at all. The family room with a pool view kept the kids happy without needing a sea-view upgrade, and the three-minute walk to Poniente Beach made twice-daily swims genuinely easy to fit in.
BeachfrontGastrohotel Boutique RH Canfali
Rooftop views over both beaches from the old town
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenDinner at D-vora Restaurant on our first night set the tone for the whole stay, Mediterranean fusion food good enough that we stayed on afterward just for the rooftop view, Levante and Poniente both lit up below from the old town's highest point. The balcony room over the church square gave us a genuinely different Benidorm than the high-rise photos suggest, quieter and older feeling despite being minutes from both beaches.
BeachfrontHotel Nadal
Sea-view balconies twenty metres from Levante Beach
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenOpening the balcony doors to a full sea view over Levante Beach each morning, twenty metres from the sand, made this stay hard to beat for the price. The indoor pool got genuine use on the one overcast afternoon we had, and the five-minute walk into the busier part of the strip meant evenings out never required a taxi. Lunch on the garden terrace became a daily habit rather than a one-off.
BeachfrontHotel Colón
Mediterranean sea views on Poniente Beach
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe sea view from our balcony room turned out to be the best part of the stay, watching the Poniente promenade fill up each morning while having breakfast without leaving the room. Being next to Elche Park meant an easy walk to the old town most evenings, and the traditional Spanish menu at the hotel restaurant was a solid fallback on the nights we did not feel like going out. The short drive to golf made the trip work for the non-beach half of our group too.
BeachfrontBarceló Benidorm Beach - Adults Recommended
Rooftop pool over Levante Beach for adults only
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe rooftop pool is what stays with you after a stay here: sun loungers spread out enough to actually relax, and a view that takes in the whole curve of Levante Beach and the towers behind it. Being genuinely on the beachfront in central Benidorm meant no long walks in flip-flops, and the adults-only policy kept the pool deck calm even at midday in August. B-Heaven's rooftop bar at sunset became the evening routine most nights, skyline lit up on one side, the sea darkening on the other.
BeachfrontHotel RH Corona del Mar 4* Sup
Lagoon pools overlooking Benidorm Island
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe lagoon-style pools were unlike anything else we saw across Benidorm, curved rather than the standard rectangular shape, and the view over Benidorm Island from our terrace became a daily fixture of the trip. The year-round entertainment programme meant even a shoulder-season visit had live music some evenings, and the kids' disco kept our children busy while we had a quieter dinner at the restaurant. Elche Park and the old town were both an easy walk away.
BeachfrontHotel Marconi
Rooftop pool with panoramic bay views
Waarom gasten het geweldig vindenThe rooftop pool's panoramic view over both the town and the bay became our favourite spot for a late-afternoon swim, and being fifty metres from the old town meant an evening wander into the Casco Antiguo cost us nothing in travel time. The sea-facing room we requested looked straight over Poniente Beach, and the discounted parking nearby made the whole stay noticeably easier for a trip we did by car rather than plane.
Lokale tips
- 1Ask specifically for a sea-facing room on Levante towers; interior or side-facing rooms in the same hotel often cost noticeably less for the same amenities.
- 2Poniente beachfront hotels near Elche Park put you a shorter walk from the old town's restaurants than most Levante towers.
- 3H10 Porto Poniente's plunge pools are adults-only, so families wanting a beachfront pool should check RH Corona del Mar or Hotel Nadal instead.
- 4Benidorm Island is visible from several Poniente-facing rooms; boat trips out to it leave from the harbour near the old town.
- 5The promenade between Levante and Poniente runs the full length of the old town headland and makes an easy 25-minute beach-to-beach walk.
- 6Rooftop terraces on beachfront hotels like Hotel Marconi and Gastrohotel Canfali are worth the extra cost for the panoramic bay views alone.