Benidorm has everything which appeals to a tourist; cosmopolitan charm, idyllic pleasures, beaches, nightlife, ethnic varieties in cuisine, superb accommodation, bars and great avenues for shopping. The Mediterranean recess offers a shopping extravaganza. Goods are spread across scattered streets, narrow pipeline like roads, claustrophobic yet bristling bazaars, open galleries, big shopping arcades and at almost every place.

Yes, you need to have your bargaining boots on. Also, you must be aware of the wily pickpocket who might try to make a month’s earning out of your wallet. Benidorm Outdoor Market offers one such big buying opportunity.

Benidorm outdoor market is one of the two chief markets catering to tourists, the other one being the El Cisne Flea Market. The Outdoor Market is open on Wednesday and Sunday mornings. As an aside, it is also open on one Saturday per month. It is strategically located at the heart of the town center; this makes it proximal to the beaches as well as most of the well-meaning accommodations.

The market offers loot. There are leather goods, tablecloths, antique glassware, shoes, wooden wickerwork, ceramics and a large repertoire of souvenir stuffs waiting to be lapped up. The prices range a lot and it’s really difficult to differentiate between the rare and precious variety and the ordinary pieces. This is where the judgment and bargaining power of a buyer comes into picture. Yes, there are quite many beautiful things that Benidorm outdoor market can offer but you need to have your feet firmly in place.

Benidorm has long been the fort of non-Spanish recess amidst Spanish land. The dome of Alicante province offers beautiful souvenirs made by handicraftsmen. These remind you of beauty of creation. Yes, they are there for a price but it is well worth it. In the final analysis, glassware, leather goods and antique woodwork are spread in a motley bunch and you will be really unlucky if you step into the Benidorm outdoor market and come out with empty hands.

Do not be too friendly with people offering you a sample drink and then forcing you to buy the full bottle. Well! You can always outsmart them by having your sample drink and then traveling a different way.

Benidorm outdoor market is where the shopping freaks gather on Wednesdays and Sundays. The place becomes infested with a pleasant pandemonium and not many come out disappointed from this beautiful shopping venue.

Barring odd circumstances, Bruce Springsteen will paint the Foietes football ground in Benidorm red this summer; rest assured. The American singer arranged for his agent to make a trip to the city and analyze ready options. The representative referred to the show being held either on the 31st July or the 2nd August 2009 by “The Boss.” Springsteen is currently on a promotional tour for his ‘Working to a dream’ album and Benidorm and few other Spanish cities are dotted on his circular.

Still in the pipeline

Though emphasizing that there have been discussions, a town hall spokesman duly said, “There is nothing confirmed or signed, but a simple offer has been made that will be studied along with others.” Still, confirmation clues are in sight at the Foites, where Bruce’s agent studied the details regarding the capacity and services available to the anticipated crowd of 35,000 on the D-day. Aside from the representative, the New Jersey’s ace musician’s updated webpage named Benidorm as one among the quintet of cities in his chart. His website elaborates on the tour as: 26th July in Bilbao; 28th July in Santiago de Compostela; 29th July in Valladolid; 31st July in Benidorm and finally 2nd August in Malaga. It was officially notified by the promoter of the Springsteen concerts in Italy that Benidorm would be the final straw in the extensive tour of 23 different concerts.

Cancelled

The Foietes stadium has had a history of mania and depression ever since the Rolling Stones turned down the concerts due in the month of September, 2003. A couple of deferments along with the final cancellation broke the hearts of over 30,000 music lovers. Benidorm more than made up for this error by lapping up Sting, the Doors, Lenny Kravitz, Bob Dylan, Jamiroquai, Tom Jones, James Brown and Marc Anthony who turned up with his better half, Jennifer Lopez. Andres Calamaro and Fito Cabrales were the latest major presence along with their group RBD at the spacious Foites in 2007. The concerts have been low profile ever since. There has been continuous failure in the endeavor to get to the pulpit biggies like Prince in 2008 or the others from Nelson Mandela Foundation concerts.

Act of Faith

The Bruce Springsteen Concert will have great repercussions for the desperate economy of Benidorm city and the ‘knock on’ would be much in view. The leading artist is surely going to lure a ‘full house’ to the stadium even in times of recession and thus prior bookings of tickets by the promoters would give many the priceless feeling of trust.

When you come to this pastoral Spanish city, you have an image that dances in your mind. You think about the Mediterranean waters and the silvery stretches of sand amidst the turquoise flow of water. You also think of the monumental provocation of an equally monumental Campana, a mount that helps in providing Benidorm its pleasant climate and its natural setting.

Your heart also warms up to the state of art theme parks and the superior ethnic food dished up with the Mediterranean spices. Then you eyes ventures out towards the sky and looks at the beeline of skyscrapers which have assigned benidorm with its name Beniyork. Amidst all the rush, the fiestas, leisurely pace, old world charm of the place, not for a moment do you forget its thrilling nightlife.

The effervescence of pubs with a cosmopolitan touch and yet British inclination comes as a beautiful imagination. Various night clubs strewn in benidorm wind poses the question to a tourist. How much fun can you ask for? And the tourist with blank stare and an expectant heart simply follows.

Café benidorm is one such night club that would take the wind from beneath your sails in a pleasant way and make you the part of its sylvan adventure. Soft music wafts in the air and it’s a transcendental presence to the mind already surrendered to few rounds of alcohol.

The beauty of benidorm is its non-Spain setting and cafe benidorm also prides on it. At the Square along with the illustrious Hippodrome, Café benidorm entices visitors who give it their all in terms of participation. The revelry is to be seen to be believed. Amongst people who are looking for karaoke, jazz and flowing beverages, there are also those silent ones looking for a sherry in peace.

Café benidorm promises a fabulous night to you. Enjoy it dancing or else just sit and enjoy the world floating by. Anyways, you will be inebriated enough. Drinks provided are a concoction of cocktails. You will find something ethnic put into an international flavor, enough to set the lion within you roaring. Most of the local pubs and bars are built around the British taste buds which is more of a tourism gimmick as higher percentage of tourists is British. But hey, hold your horses! Café benidorm provides tourists of a more cosmopolitan variety, those who make the place a special meeting place of idea.

Café benidorm is suggested by many foreigners when their friends ask them of a place that offers real alcohol. Hey! You would see the glee on their faces, as they ready themselves to forget all the pain in the world. Just remember to venture out into café benidorm after 10 pm and as an aside, beware of the beggars on the prowl. From the square, where café benidorm is, a spectacular view of the city is there for the taking. It makes the drinks even more airy and the carnival sprit hanging in the air is set alight by the city lights.