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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Benidorm

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Benidorm, Spain

Updated September 6, 2022

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Intempo by the sea.

Benidorm, Spain

Intempo Building

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed
Benidorm Roman Castellum

Benidorm, Spain

Roman Castellum in Benidorm

This ancient fort has been a great insight into the Roman presence in the region.
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St Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

Altea, Spain

St Michael's Russian Orthodox Church

The magnificent sanctuary is Spain's first purpose-built structure of its kind.
8 miles from Benidorm
There’s even an elephant-shaped shaker section.

El Castell de Guadalest, Spain

Museo de Saleros y Pimenteros

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.
10 miles from Benidorm
Microscopes are needed to view some of the truly tiny works of art.

Guadalest, Spain

Museo Microgigante

You'll need a microscope to see some of the minuscule masterpieces in this modest museum.
10 miles from Benidorm

Aigües, Spain

Aguas de Busot Spa

Once a spa resort, then a tuberculosis sanatorium, and now a crumbling ruin.
13 miles from Benidorm
Illeta dels Banyets.

El Campello, Spain

Illeta dels Banyets

The legendary bathing site of a Moorish queen is actually part of a Roman fish farm.
15 miles from Benidorm
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