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Benidorm is a seaside resort on the east coast of Spain, part of the famous Costa Blanca in the Valencia region. It was a small fishing village until the 1960s and today it is a popular Mediterranean holiday destination famous for its nightlife. Its two wide, sandy beaches, Levante Beach and Poniente Beach, are lined with palm-lined promenades, bars, and rows of skyscrapers. - Google Area: 38.51 km² Elevation: 15m Weather: 13°C, 8km/h NE wind, 81% humidity weather.com Population: 67,558 (2018) National Statistics Institute Province: Alicante Benidorm is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Marina Baja region, of which it is its densest and most populated municipality with a density of 1,792 inhabitants/km² and 70,450 inhabitants in 2020 according to the INE.4 It is the tourist capital of the Valencian Community.5 Known as the "New York of the Mediterranean",6 Benidorm is the city with the most skyscrapers in Spain,7 the city with the most skyscrapers per inhabitant in the world8 and the second city with the most skyscrapers per square meter in the world, only behind New York.9 It is one of the most important and well-known tourist destinations in Spain and throughout the Mediterranean thanks to its beaches and its nightlife, reaching 400,000 inhabitants in summer. Not in vain, Benidorm is the third city with the most hotel beds in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona.5 Benidorm is the first Spanish city to receive the Intelligent Tourist Destination certificate,10 granted by the Institute for Tourist Quality of Spain (ICTE) thanks to innovation, accessibility, digital transformation and its vertical model that allows a better use of the means.