Hiking in Benidorm

Hiking is a favorite outdoor sport and allows us to enjoy what nature offers us by example sleeping in a camping in Benidorm.

Benidorm offers casual and experienced hikers many routes with different levels of difficulty.  Routes are adapted to suit each person’s capabilities in order to allow enjoy fun-filled hours outdoors. The combination of sea and mountain make Benidorm an exceptional place to practice this sport, therefore there are many visitors who come to Benidorm to hike.

In addition to being a major tourist destination, Benidorm´s infrastructure has everything necessary for a delightful stay: a wide range of accommodations including hotels, apartments or campings in Benidorm, you can find all the price ranges, budget to luxury.  Car, motorbike and bicycle rental   is also available for the perfect getaway l.

Route through the Sierra Helada (Sierra Frost)

The name Sierra Helada, named after the limestone it holds, reflects the moonlight on the sea at night and it resembles ice. By day, the Sierra Helada offers varied hiking trails. Here are two low difficulty trails for less experienced hikers:
Departing from the Levante Beach, on  Calle  (street) Alcalde Manuel Catalan Chana, this first route starts by  paved road  and reaches to the fork from La Punta Llisera and  Cala del Tio Ximo, one of the quieter beaches of Benidorm  , where walkers will find ocher mines characteristic of this cove. Returning to the road, this time with restricted access to cars, the route continues to the Punta del Cavall, from whose seventeenth century watchtower, one relishes  in wonderful views of  the Sierra Helada cliffs and,  close by  the Island Mitjana. In total, the route covers a distance of just over 9 kilometers with a maximum unevenness of 75 meters, which can be covered in about two and a half hours. This is a perfect route for a Mediterranean morning.

Another route, somewhat more difficult, starting from  Sierra Helada  will take us from Benidorm to El Albir. About   12 kilometers in five hours for those who seek a more demanding walk.  From Benidorm, at the end of Avenida Mediterraneo, begins the path where you wil find the cross, where   you can   get away from the city and delve into the wonder of Sierra Helada’s nature. From the cross to the first "stop", the antennas, the route runs along a marked trail, with many ups and downs, sometimes near the cliff. Once at the antennas, 435 meters above sea level, you can see the mountains of Bernia and the   Peñón de Ifach ( Rock of Ifach).

Following the ridge of the mountain, following the antennas, is lowered to the lighthouse at “punta del Estufador” (the tip of the Stove), which will takes half an hour for a spot. This last part is a bit tricky but afterwards the route in on a  paved trail for an hour to El  Albir, where many people park their cars or use taxis or buses that stop in the parking  where the road ends.

Accessible Route leaving el Albir’s lighthouse
Those visitors who want to hike in Benidorm and are looking for a comfortable and accessible path can be animated with five kilometers going  out from the lighthouse of El Albir (in Alfas del Pi) which takes a maximum of two hours. You can do it walking , cycling or even with a wheelchair.

Departing from the tourist information point in Albir, by Cami de la Cantera, the route deviates to  one of the inputs of Natural Park towards the lighthouse of El Albir. The route starts on anr asphalt track and shortly before reaching the mountains, is accessed by a dirt trail  that descends downward to the Caleta del Metge. Soon after is the viewpoint from which to delight in a vision of the bay of Altea and the Peñon de Ifach (Rock of Ifach) in Calpe. This route descends to the remains of Phoenician and Roman mines. Shortly before reaching the end, the lighthouse of El Albir, walkers will find a natural wonder: "La Boca de la Ballena" a hole in the mountain worth seeing.
Experienced walkers and first-timers alike will find that Benidorm is a great place to hike.


Camping Villasol
Campsite in Benidorm
http://www.camping-villasol.com

Do sport in Benidorm

Every year the beaches in Benidorm become the perfect place to play aquatic sports due to the warm weather in the Eastern coast of Spain and the quality of the sea water.

Scuba diving in Benidorm, for beginners and experts
Benidorm is one of the areas in Spain where you can find one of the best and cleanest bottom of the sea, ideal to practice scuba diving.

The Benidorm Island is a tourist attraction on its own, but it is normally busy due to its exceptional seafloor areas. Some of the most well-known ones for diving are: The North side, 'el Garbí' and the 'Bombo' cave, but the most remarkable area is the one called 'el Bajo de la Llosa' at 300 meters on the south of the island.

You can get up to more than 30 meters depth in the 'Bajo de la Llosa' mainly because of the crystal clear waters in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a beautiful place to scuba dive because of the amount of light you get, mainly in the early afternoon. It is ideal for expert divers or for beginners, because you can find a shallow area for the beginners and a deeper one for the experts.

The sea nature lovers can enjoy the fauna and flora all around the Benidorm Island area: It is usual to find morays, octopus or bogas when you dive. It is surprising the vision of different coloured sponges on the rocks and how the shoals of damselfish pass by.

There are different clubs in Benidorm that organize scuba diving trips. There are some hotels and camping sites in Benidorm that have agreed plans for divers with these clubs. You can find some of them in the Marina area, some offer training courses or advance lessons for expert scuba divers.

Wakeboard and cable ski, aquatic sports for the adrenaline lovers
Apart from the 'usual' sports like sailing or windsurf, the Benidorm sport offer gets special with these two sports that will attract those sport lovers looking for a new and thrilling experience.

Wakeboard and cable ski are based on aquatic ski, but without a boat to propel the person. The cable ski
circuit made in the 60's in Benidorm was the first one build in the sea. The circuit is located in the Levante beach and consists in 4 towels connected by a cable where you can move at a high speed, either with a board (wakeboard) or skies (cable ski).

On top of that, as the boat is not necessary it is possible to have more than one person practicing the sport at the same time, which makes this activity ideal for groups of friends. It is only necessary to be averagely fit and to follow some basic rules and technique. After that you can enjoy the sea, the sun and the speed. You can find more information about the circuit, the prices and the timetable in www.cableskibenidorm.com.

Enjoy Benidorm on a kayak
Apart from the Benidorm lovely beaches, you can find an excellent Mediterranean sea to practice another maritime sport: kayak. You do not need to be very fit to practice this sport and it will give you the opportunity to watch beautiful places all around the Alicante littoral, even some that you will never get to in a different way.
The Benidorm Bay is one of the routes that the kayak lovers normally take, but you can enjoy the cliffs and the hidden coves in the Rincon de Loix, get to the Benidorm Island from the coast or visit the beautiful 'Sierra Helada'(frozen mountains) natural park, called like this because of the way that the reflexion of the moon makes its cliff shine at night, making the mountain look like an iceberg. On the day time, it is an unmissable visit.
Apart from the ones we have been talking about, you can find other sports to consider in Benidorm, like fishing, kite surf, sailing or enjoy a nice trip on boat. Benidorm can be the perfect place for holidays or weekend breaks for the sport lovers due to its diversity and place for everyone.

Camping Villamar
Campsite in Benidorm
http://campingvillamar.com/