A buffet of bars cement Benidorm’s infamous reputation for nightlife, and you don’t have to wait until the sun goes down for a fiesta, with a bevvy of beach bars pouring pints around the clock. The world-class roller coasters, high-speed drops and slippery slides of the Terra Mitica theme park and the Aqualandia water park will shake off your hangover, as will the smorgasbord of adrenaline-pumping stag activities on the Mediterranean — water sports like cable-skiing , wakeboarding, jet boating, fly-fishing, and banana-boating are especially exhilarating.

Perfect weather and two golden beaches explain why Benidorm is one of Spain’s most popular holiday destinations. Towering skyscrapers, high-end hotels and a blanket of blue parasols shade the sand of Levante beach, while on the other side of the jaw-dropping Balcón del Mediterráneo viewpoint, Poniente beach is a quieter spot to catch some rays before hitting the bars. The tapas joints that line the Old Town’s cobbled streets dish up a taste of traditional Spanish cuisine, but international flavours and all-day fry-up breakfasts are never far away around English Square.

With endless sun, sand and sangria, Benidorm boasts more bars than even the thirstiest stag do can handle.

Levante

Levante beach is the hub of Benidorm, brimming with bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants, sky-scraping hotels and, of course, that sizzling strip of sand. English Square — the intersection of Avenida de Mallorca and Calle Gerona two blocks back from the beach — is ground zero for stag dos, surrounded by the city’s rowdiest nightspots.

Read more in ourAmsterdam Stag Guide.