Benidorm News: British newspapers go against tourism in Spain? #benidormbyana
hello hello de and welcome to the latest Spanish and Ben's news update today we have a lot of interesting news for you guys and trust me some of them did get us really really angry and we usually we probably by now wouldn't even be taking it into consideration but since it's something that is not true at all we need to address it we feel the need to strongly address it here on the channel so that people would know what the truth actually is and stop believing completely if someone still believed it in this type of newspapers then we'll be talking about some update on celebrations that will be held right now in April and the months of early May so that you would organize your holiday slightly better in case you're looking for some events to assist during your holidays and the last news will be about the brand new project that open up last year only on ponan Beach and this year they've put more spots in the whole entire benor but it's not working just yet and a huge change that might probably close down a lot of rental places that rent out bicycles to use them in benor town and obviously we'll top it all up with the cherry on the cake as we like to say with the latest weather forecast Spain and benor let's go the first news that we wanted to share share with you obviously has something to do with the situation in tourism Benidorm in costablanca region gets busier each and every single day it's already 5th of April right now so technically we're already first week into the holidays summer season and hotels are getting busier the apart hotels Apartments campsites are very very busy too we have different events going on through the month of of April and early May in May the first confirmed event will be the Eurovision contest obviously and Benny dorm since it host the Benidorm Fest the pre-election for the Eurovision they always do the Eurovision party and this year it's going to be 11th of May big Eurovision party at 400 p.m. it's going to be held in legua park in the center oh my goodness that was close I could almost feel its wings isn't that insane how close they get to be wow uh so back to the liua park right by the town hall by the Bristol Hotel that's where the celebration will be held usually there's an entry fee for the Euro fan uh for the Eurovision fans but you will be able to hear it from a lot of points in benm so you don't actually need to go there to listen to some nice music there's going to be some snacks some food trucks some drinks as well some entertainment and last year they did a scene right by the Techno hit next to the hotel Madera Central I'll put you a picture right here they did a scene they've retransmitted almost live the euro vision there so that all EUR Vision fans would be able to dance and have some fun in the city of Benidorm this year they did not confirm it just yet so we'll see what's going to be uh happening apart from that it would be a shame actually if they wouldn't do it this year because it was quite fun right now in April 27th of April at 10: in the morning there's going to be the 18 already by now vertical uh run by the stairs in the Grand Hotel Bali 18th time they're doing it and it's also a very very fun thing you can register I think still if there are some spots and you can even register on the spot if you want uh to try your strength because there's more than 45 floors to go by feet so it's a very fun experience not going hard but still very fun experience apart from that there's going to be tomorrow a very interesting and unique event a silent uh it's called we go Echo Fitness this is a project a group a company a business that launched these silent fun music walks they give you um they give you the uh the headphones that's the word headphones they give you headphones um with Blu tooth they put the music on and you have music on it playing but when you walk around you do not actually disturb other people because it's only here in your headphones so what they do is they do this walk starting from the end of the ponan beach where the Viewpoint of the music is located uh they start from there probably they'll walk all the pen Beach the old toown and all the Lance Beach they'll stop at some points to dance have some like aerobics different types Zumba maybe silent Zumba as well which is very fun and um there is a pre- inscription right now it's closed online but maybe if you go there you would be able to assist in any case that would be actually very fun and these are some unique experiences you might be able to have so far this is the only one confirmed but I'm quite sure that if it's going to be a success there's going to be more things like these happening we also see uh aerobics like jumping uh on the beach we see Pilatus we see yoga we see a lot of things a lot of clubs that do these type of activities on the fresh air because the weather I mean just look at this it's absolutely inred incredible apart from that there's going to be a tuna week which is from 12th up until 21st of April this means that some specific restaurants of Benidorm you can find the full list on the website of visit Benidorm and uh these restaurants bars and pubs they participate and they prepare special meals Tapas Rices everything that can be related with tuna in different ways either fresh marinated grilled uh or used as any kind of ingredient in the meal which is very nice for all the fish or seafood lovers so try it out if you did not do so and then in summer we'll have another types we have paa weeks we have Tapas weeks during Benidorm Fest we have right now the tuna week we have a kuchara which is when you eat with a spoon like a spoon meals week a lot of interesting things going on here especially for all those who are Foody who loved to try out different types of recipes from different cultures that's just ideal for you so check it out if you still did not do so and now let's go already towards the second news which is something that we've U checked yesterday so I don't think it has changed in one single day one single morning H this is the news about the really big project that Benny D did in 2023 we've showed you already that first on the ponan beach they've installed two spots like these these are bicycle parking spots and they're called intelligent bicycle parkings basically what they do is you have to download an app everyone can do it not only locals but tourists can download it you register there and they just give you a PIN number with this pin number you open it you store your bicycle and then you close it and you can open it to pick up your bicycle afterwards it has a camera inside it's stalled so it's a very very safe place especially for a slightly more expensive Bic IES that you don't want to risk on just leaving randomly on the street you know with a small lock uh the thing is that it was kind of a success so what they did is they've installed eight more of them or probably between eight and 10 they've installed them here uh on the levans beach they install them by the city center uh so that everyone could use it so it would be more comfortable and more convenient for people to use what is the main issue two months after installing them in other parts of the city the other 10 it's not working yet so we have them people know what they are more or less because we've been giving information to tourists and locals also have been reading newspapers they know more or less what it is but the main issue is that they are not working they're not connected to the app just yet and uh there's not even any single sign of showing you what it might be so a usual person that comes with a bicycle that wants to check it out or wants to see how to use it there is abs absolutely no signs next to them which means that no one is able to use them and they're just standing there occupying the space uh without the possibility of actually store your bicycle in it it's been two months and hopefully hopefully hopefully they will resolve the issue in the next week's time there's more and more people each day each week each year that use bicycles to travel around Benidorm either uh tourists or locals that's a great way of traveling at we have a lot of different bicycle trails that you can use by now so it's quite safe if you go correctly by rules apart from putting these bicycle parking spots benor has resurrected from the dead the project for the Benidorm Municipal bicycle rental this has happened years and years ago long time ago but then the project stopped due to some issues bureaucracy things in Spain and now they want to resuscitate uh they want it to become alive and to become a reality once again which is not a good thing for all those companies now there is no bicycle service in Benidorm it's not like when you go to Madrid to Valencia or Barcelona big cities where everywhere you go you see bicycles you can take them with the app you can unlock them you can bring them and drive them to the next parking space where you will be able to let it stay now we have a lot of different rental companies that apart from mobility scooters they rent out bicycles tow bike I think is one of the most famous ones they were the first ones one of the first ones to start electric bike rentals so a lot of these companies will be having hard time unless they collaborate and give part of their equipment to the town hall they'll be having a really really hard time to maintain their business because if the town hall launches this project back again probably people will stop renting it out from the companies because with this project prices for bicycle rentals will be way cheaper than the ones that companies advise on their websites or in their businesses so hard times for these type of companies probably will come not now but in a couple of years time that's a strong possibility and they will need to search for another way to make the uh business going the last news but not less important one is something that got us really really angry this is the news that got us angry okay uh I know and we know that there's a lot of newspapers as in Spain as in UK as in a lot of other countries there are newspapers that are just yellow press that people usually do not care a lot about but still people read it people see it people get interested in saying oh my God is it actually true they started to search information they got stressed about it so we are here to address the truth you know that right before every single summer season in Spain this newspaper has always every now and then they've been putting things to basically say to people do not come to Spain come elsewhere or stay in UK I don't know maybe that's also the case they want people to stay back in their home country and not to travel and spend the money elsewhere which is kind of a logical thing you know but when it's all a lie we need to address it the Sun newspaper charges a lot they are just giving a lot of fake information about holidays in Spain and especially to one of the most important destinations in Spain as Andalusia as for example it can be mayorca or Benidorm Town they're just going against these destinations and giving or spreading the bad rumors let's say it like this what they are saying I have it all here but basically I'm just going to be giving you some data what we see they're saying that they're accusing businesses uh of trying to scam the tourists and putting in danger the holidays of tourists that choose these destinations they're learning tourists about the possible uh danger that they might incure in their holidays in these particular destinations or in Spain in general I'm going to be giving you five examples of these and telling you if it's actually true or not first of all businesses in Andalucia they are putting a different price for different tables and they're charging you extra in case you want to sit down on the shade and sometimes uh they are even putting extra hidden charges in the ticket to inflate the price let's address it shortly because there's four more to go full list right here you guys we're fully prepared for today uh it's true that in Andalusia in some bars restaurants cafeterias there is an extra charge but it's not a charge for the shade it's a charge for the Terrace for different locations in the bar it might be Associated that it's slightly more difficult to access that it's uh it's way further away from the bar or from the main area uh and it's fair or not that's already decided for each one of us but what is true is that in every single of these establishments there's always signs saying that there's going to be a supplement if you sit down on the Terrace in case it's the case okay and if not they will always before you sit down they will always advise you there's going to be some kind of a supplement apart from that obviously everything else uh what is included is included so if you ask for a meal and that's 350 it's going to be 350 for a tapa if it's uh I mean people don't protest when they get a free tapa with a drink right so here it's the same you get what you are paying for if there is any kind of charge extra they need to advise it beforehand if not you do not have to pay for it if you've not been advised or if it's not clearly stated somewhere in the establishment the same for the ice for example not a lot of places charge it in right now the same for the Terrace fee or uh for some specific fee for a reservation I don't know for the bread if it says that menu has a bread included or a drink it will be included if it says it's not included and you ask for a bread knowing that it's not included then that's an extra cost okay it's as simple as it is ask beforehand or if you're being told that it's going to be like this you are always free to decide whether you want to stay at this place or you want to go to any other one and try and see maybe you will not be charged for some specific service which might be the case but usually in the same area they all act more or less the same and have more or less same rules the second one let's go Benidorm is forbidden to swim in the sea between 12: on midnight and 7 in the morning and they give you a fine of around 1,000 British pounds that is true but each and every single Beach of Spain has timetables when you can swim the reason is that there's no liveu guards on the beach at night and um the municipal Hall obviously they try and let you know you should not swim during these hours uh they try to avoid people getting drunk into the sea as well and basically by this kind of they're saving the life you know I've seen people going for a swim at 6 something in the morning because they wake up really early they want to go before it's very hot outside and that's okay they're not getting a fine what they want to avoid is things that might cost you life you know it's not something harsh like you're going at 11 11:59 for a short swim of a couple of minutes you know just to get inside and go out that's fine but if you are going drunk into the sea or if you're are not a good swimmer there's no lifeguards around you they're doing it and putting these rules for your own safety for when the lifeguards are actually able to help you out in case something does happen and also at night there's boats you know there's a lot of things going on there's cleaning going on so they want to avoid unnecessary issues for you basically that's the main reason and it happens in a lot of cities in a lot of cities that have the beach front on the beach they always have timetable so we're not the only place that has it we're not the only place who has the rules and that's just for the saf so people who are using the itself uh and then the next one is restaurants do not serve the food on midday this is a trap to charge you more in case they open up slightly early have they even Been to Spain that's my main question have these people Been to Spain I guess not because in touristic places places are open on midday there's so many of them that open from 11:30 or do not even close the whole entire day long they serve drinks and snacks and Main meals and dinner time then they just let you know like in half an hour we'll start serving menus or lunch no they'll just let you know that but the majority of places are open the whole entire day long especially in the summer season how will they possibly charge you more they have the same menu so when you look at the menu it's the same menu that you get in the evening than what you get at lunchtime or it's the same as at 2: p.m. as at 12:00 on midday it's exactly the same how in the world dare they to say things like this I don't know we got really really angry with this newspaper and I sincerely hope that the town hall of these like the mayors of these Town Halls of these cities these areas will do something legal about this because that's not right at all especially if they've not been C they don't even know what they're talking about also they're saying you need to stay away from the restaurants that surf p for evening meal uh because it's something that's only done on midday that's not true either there's a lot of people usually it's true that it's mostly on middays but there's a lot of typical Spanish restaurants that can serve you paa in the evening that do serve you Seafood in the evening and Meat and Fish and everything you want from the card from the menu they can serve it both in on midday and in the evening and actually uh when the heat goes down that's when people go for a lovely dinner and that's when they also for paa it doesn't mean that they cannot get it and it doesn't mean it's going to cost them more in this case it's true that weekdays workday and weekends have slightly different prices for menus okay menus are around € two EUR more expensive on week weekend than on weekday in a lot of places that's it I mean the restaurants don't change prices and they do serve every kind of food the whole day long that's absolutely inappropriate to see to say things like like this and also the one of the last things what they are saying is that you need to stay away from the places that have pictures of the meals outside because these places will scam you it's a trap for tourist almost every single place in Spain has pictures outside only the most fancy minimalistic ones do not but the rest of them they do have pictures outside and usually these places tends to be one of the best ones the most traditional ones to try out the meals and love Spanish food so it's absolutely the other way around I cannot believe how many silly things they're telling tourists and I sincerely hope that it's not going to affect uh all those people who were planning on coming to Spain on holidays because by now a lot of people know already that this newspaper is just giving very very inappropriate and false information and I sincerely hope people know that it's not true and now let's have a short walk down the lovely park and we'll let you know the weather forecast for the next week but I can already tell you it's going to be a lovely our region is an absolutely gorgeous place to be these days just look at this we are in the park of foyes as we mentioned previously quite close to the pen Beach which is right there behind these buildings and it's sunny with just a tiny bit of clouds it's a gorgeous weather out here it's around 23 degrees on the sunshine and this is the maximum for today it's sunny in the whole entire Spain next few days it might be raining in North Parts Central Parts but here this is exactly the weather that is expecting you the whole entire week from now on as for the temperatures today it's round 23 maximum ones on the sunshine you need to bring some bottles of water some sun Caps Sun hats Sun glasses something and sunscreen don't forget sunscreen please for you and this weather will continue the whole entire week this weekend we will reach around 25 and then the whole week is going to be 2325 towards next weekend we will get back to almost 25 26 degrees back again so if this isn't a gorgeous weather for holidays I don't know which one actually is thank you for accompanying us on today's latest Spanish and latest Benny's news update we wish you an incredible day great holidays if you're coming on once enjoy explore try out some nice food and drinks and we'll see you in a new video tomorrow here on the channel greetings from the sunny Ben Town bye d
2024-04-12 11:57
