Spain Tourism Guide - Spain Resorts

Barcelona Spain All Inclusive Spanish City Beach Resort Holidays

The best city breaks are those which blend tourist attractions geared to families and all round leisure with cultural galleries, museums and historic attractions. Barcelona ranks as a top city break with superb tourist attractions.

To name a few, Barcelona's fab urban beaches at Barceloneta, the Port Vell leisure complex where you'll find the aquarium, a huge shopping centre and cinema, the Montjuic leisure complex with exciting cable car ride and how about family fun trips to Park Guell and the FC Barcelona stadium at Camp Nou. Visit too Barcelona's own mammoth amusement park at Tibidabo (see weblink right), Barcelona Zoo at Ciutadella Park and checkout what's on offer for kids at Montjuic's Poble Espanyol. Most of Barcelona's Art Galleries and Museums cater well for kids. For fun packed city centre breaks for families head to Barcelona!

Benidorm Levante & Poniente Costa Blanca Resort Spain

Benidorm since the late 1950s has led the way for Spanish holiday resorts, catering always for what the visitors want. And so visitors return, still in huge numbers to enjoy now Benidorm's two glorious blue flag beaches Playa Levante and Playa Poniente, a choice of family holiday attractions including a huge waterpark, amusement park, animal parks and a selection of Benidorm local golf, shows and lively nightlife. For full listings of Benidorm Bars, Benidorm Restaurants, Benidorm Watersports providers and more see the excellent official Benidorm Tourist Guide weblink right for details.

The largest of the Mediterranean resorts, Benidorm offers something for everyone from families to stag and hen parties to relaxing beach base out of season. Essentially it's a resort with three characters - Benidorm Playa Levante, Benidorm Play Poniente and the centrally placed between the two Benidorm old town. Benidorm Levante sweeps to the east of the central Benidorm old town and is the most densely populated, with the golden sands of Playa de Levante beach, a fine promenade lined with huge hotels, bars and restaurants and the liveliest of Benidorm's nightlife is in this area.

Quieter than busy Playa Levante to the east, Benidorm's Playa Poniente area west of the old town is a popular Benidorm base with families. For full listings of Benidorm bars, restaurants, watersports providers and more check the Benidorm Official Tourist Guide website right.

Playa Poniente beach is slightly longer than Levante, with the same Blue flag golden sands. It's a bit wider too and quieter especially out of season and to the far western edge of the beach. There's no shortage of beach bars, and like Levante, Playa Poniente is backed on by a superb Paseo Maritimo. A choice of Benidorm hotels and apartments are up from Playa Poniente, including the famous Hotel Bali - the tallest opened in May 2002 accompanied by Elton John. Hotel Bali is the tallest hotel in Europe, as well as Spain's highest building!

Torrevieja and La Manga Mar Menor, Costa Blanca/Murcia Coast

A quieter and far south Costa Blanca resort (it just sneaks into the Costa Blanca), Torrevieja has much to offer for all inclusive family holidays. A large waterpark - the Aquopolis is nearby, plus Torrevieja has some pretty beaches with fine sand and good facilities. Main beaches Locos and Cura have calm waters with adjacent delightful promenade.

The Murcia Region's coastal playground, crammed with superb blue flag beaches, luxury golf and more, is the La Manga area. Look at any map and you'll see the area is a vast lagoon, formed by the slow advancing of rocks and sand. La Manga means 'the sleeve' and refers to the channels which push into the strip of land which separates the lagoon from the Mediterranean sea.

Torremolinos Costa Del Sol Resort Spain

Still popular and changing with the times, Torremolinos was an early riser in the Costa Del Sol resort boom which began in the late 1950s. Friendly, familiar and established with a charming network of tasteful tourist shops, Torremolinos remains one of the best all inclusive Spanish resorts on the Med. Torremolinos has a superb choice of family attractions on its doorstep including the mammoth Aqualand Waterpark Torremolinos just a few minutes outside of the town centre and nearby Mijas Aquapark is easily accessible via an excursion. The Costa Del Sol resorts share a host of centrally placed family holiday attractions including Tivoli World Amusement Park, Fuengirola Zoo, Sealife Benalmadena and boat trips from Benalmadena marina, Benalmadena Cable car and an excursion daytrip programme that's hard to beat. Daytrips to Gibraltar, Granada, inland stunning Ronda and even Seville are easily booked from Torremolinos.

This combined with its handy position just 5km west of Malaga's Pablo Ruiz Picasso International Airport (short transfer time), superb beaches - six in all forming mostly one long continuous beach stretch and a host of family holiday attractions and excursion options easily available. Torremolinos is an all inclusive friendly base - the town has long had an established gay scene here. Lively family holiday beach fun and attractions, pumping clubs and bars, a huge choice of restaurants, great shopping choice, good beaches and local attractions choice - it's all here in Torre. And no pretensions here too - you've a down-to-earth setting here as compared to slightly aloof Marbella! Torre's all inclusive welcome is a big part of its appeal.

Benalmadena Costa & Fuengirola Costa Del Sol Resorts Spain

Benalmadena is essentially an extension of the older sister resort Torremolinos. The two have slightly different characters - Benalmadena feels newer, and if you're a family with younger tots it's a little easier to reach some of the major attractions like Tivoli World Amusement Park and Sea Life Benalmadena based here in Benalmadena rather than Torremolinos.

Benalmadena's beaches are a little more swanky too - you'll find some blue flags here. The choice of Benalmadena hotels, Benalmadena aparthotels, Benalmadena villas, Benalmadena local golf and a whole host of family holiday attractions you won't be short of.

Fuengirola to the west of Benalmadena almost links into one long tourist strip coast with Benalmadena and Torremolinos, but somehow it retains its separate identity and is more closely linked with luxury golf mecca Mijas Costa. The pretty village of Mijas just 8km inland from Fuengirola is a popular daytrip with visitors based in the resort. Staying with Fuengirola resort, of the three big resorts this one feels the most built up and geared to tourist visitors. Fuengirola boasts the longest Paseo Maritimo on the Costa del Sol, now dotted with some rather intriguing public art and lined with shops, restaurants and bars, and some huge hotels and apartments. Most popular as a family holiday destination with Northern Europeans in peak season - you're centrally placed here on the Costa del Sol in a good spot to access excursions, with a number of family holiday holiday attractions close by and choice sheltered family blue flag beaches. Come October and the Spanish come in large numbers, as they do to both Torremolinos and Benalmadena. A modern and cosmopolitan tourist resort, Fuengirola has a large number of foreign residents, particularly British as does nearby Mijas. Fuengirola's nightlife is one of the liveliest on the Costas.

Lloret de Mar Costa Brava Resort Spain

Lloret de Mar on Spain's most northern resort coastal stretch - the Costa Brava - is one of the liveliest and most fun-packed resorts on the Costas. Lloret's attractions are numerous including two main superb blue flag beaches (Fenals & Lloret Playa are the main two, but Lloret has around 7km of coastline with a mix of 5 beaches some of which are small character rocky coves), a variety of beach watersports available, a local mammoth waterpark, a huge choice of Lloret discos, bars, restaurants, shops, fast food outlets and amusement arcades and a range of accommodation options from budget to luxury, and self catering to Lloret hotels.

Lloret de Mar is certainly the main resort hub on the Costa Brava. Lloret's privileged position just 70km North of Barcelona and 34 km South East of Girona (and Girona Airport which serves the resort), makes it not only a bustling beach family resort base but also means you've easy access to some superb excursions. Public transport in and out of Lloret is excellent, with cheap tourist buses running regularly now to both Barcelona and Girona, and Figures and the Dali museum further north! Lloret is where you come to party and get active! This Costa Brava resort has a superb nightlife scene, perfect for stag or hen dos, plus one of the best choice of watersports on the Costas including great diving off its mix of rocky cove and sandy beach coast. Look to Tossa De Mar for a quieter beach base.

Salou Costa Dorada Resort Spain

Salou excels as a Costa Dorada budget family holiday base in more ways than one. Great quality family beaches with nice calm waters and fine sand - great for sandcastles! The choice of excursions by budget public transport from Salou is also superb.

Salou, like Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava further north, attracts visitors from all over Europe. Salou is particularly popular with the French as well as the British. Long and sandy two main beaches Llevant and Ponent (Ponent is a blue flag beach) are crammed with pedaloes, sunbeds, watersports providers and sunbathers. Salou's two main beaches have great facilities, with showers, level easy access of the promenade and plenty of seats too along the promenade. Budget lively family holidays don't come much better! It's a friendly resort is Salou, and much like Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol a real home from home.