Benidorm Nightlife

Benidorm the Costa Blanca’s premier tourist destination is well known for its beaches of the Playa Levante and Playa Poniente. Benidorm has good weather all year round and attracts thousands of visitors every year from families with children enjoying the beaches and theme parks to people coming to Benidorm to enjoy its nightlife and there is plenty of it. The nightlife in Benidorm can best be placed in six different categories.

Benidorm has showbars, cabaret bars, country and western bars, bars, karaoke and discos. These venues can be open all day, some open in the afternoon while others only really get going around midnight and will close its doors just as the sun rises. Benidorm really is a tourist resort that never sleeps.

Showbars are open day and night, with live music in the afternoon and serve drinks and snacks all day. There are plenty of showbars on the Playa Levante and the most popular ones to frequent are Champions, Tower Lounge, Wookys, Buddies, Tommy’s, Steptoes II, Vincent’s Cellar which is popular with kids too, Pancho’s Pub and Jailrock. In the Ricon Loix area you can visit the White Horse Family Pub, Vincent’s Plaza and the Triangle Fun Pub, Malibu, The Cavern, Rock& Roll House, Rachel’s Bar and the Tropical. Right on the beachfront you can visit the KU Lounge, KM Playa, Penelope, Daytona Rock Bar, Heartbreak, the Tiki Beach and Guiness Bar.

Cabaret Venues open their doors around eight in the evening and shows go onto around two in the morning. The evening entertainment doesn’t finish then, as then starts either adult entertainment such as Sticky Vicky Benidorm or disco dancing until sunrise. Generally there are no entrance fees and drink prices are not outrageously priced. The most famous of these venues would have to be Benidorm Palace where you can enjoy a three course dinner and a show, Café Benidorm, Valentines, Rockefellas, UK Cabaret Bar, Sinatras, Morgans Tavern, Loch Ness Fun Pub, Broadway, The Town, Stardust, and Talk of The Coast complete the Cabaret line up of venues.

The Country and Western bars are very popular places to have a drink or two, enjoy the live entertainment before heading to out to dance the night away. The Red Dog Saloon, Grand Ole Benidorm Orpy and Western Saloon are the most popular Country and Western bars featuring that saloon theme.

Karaoke bars are ever so popular as visitors can join in and belt out their favourite tunes. Sports bars are popular with large televisions screening live coverage of the top games on sky television. Moai Café Bar, Guiness Bar, Heartbreak Bar, Daytona Rock Bar, Tiki Beach, Bay Beach Bar, Caiman Bar, Beach Rock Café, St James Tavern, Shooters, Rose & Crown, Yorkshire Pride, Jokers, Carousel, Cumberland Bar, Last Stop, Fawlty Towers, Stretford End, Yorkshire Pride 2, La Terna, Star & Garter and Yorkshire Pride 3.

The most popular discos to dance the night away are the KM Playa, Beachcomber, Chaplin’s, Hippodrome, Lennon’s, Penelope, Priviledge X and Club Mansion. These clubs generally open around eight in the evening and close their doors around seven in the morning. Club Mansion only opens its doors once a week on a Saturday. Drinks are reasonably prices and at Café Benidorm the music has a really eighties theme.

Throughout the Costa Blanca each beach resort has at least one Irish Bar and Benidorm is blessed with three of them. Bodhran, Scruffy Murphy’s and the Shamrock complete the Irish themed bars serving Guinness in Benidorm.

The nightlife is not only popular with tourists visiting Benidorm but also with ex pats and locals who come to Benidorm to spend the weekend there in order to enjoy the nightlife and check into one of the cheap apartments in Benidorm.