New Town vs Old Town Benidorm: Where Should Your Group Book? 🏖️
Named clubs, bars and hotels in each area, real walking distances, and which one actually fits your group.
Benidorm isn't one nightlife zone — it's two, and they're genuinely different trips. New Town is the loud, British-style party strip most people picture when they think "Benidorm stag do." Old Town is the original fishing village: narrow alleys, local bars, and a noticeably calmer pace.
Booking the wrong one for your group's style is the single easiest mistake to make in Benidorm. Here's what's actually in each area, real hotel prices, and how to pick — or combine both — without wasting a night on transport. For the full club-by-club nightlife rundown, see our Benidorm stag do guide.
1. Summary
New Town
High-energy party zone centered on The Square (Calle Gerona x Avenida de Mallorca) — big clubs open till 7am
Old Town
Traditional alleys, local-feeling bars, and Benidorm's main gay nightlife area — quieter, more authentic
Distance between them
~20-25 min walk along the seafront, or 5-10 min taxi
Best for stags/hens
New Town, near Rincón de Loix — walking distance to every major club
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3. New Town: The Square and Beyond
New Town is where most people mean when they say "Benidorm nightlife." The heart of it is 'The Square' (also called English Square), where Calle Gerona meets Avenida de Mallorca — a dense cluster of British-style bars and superclubs that runs until dawn.
KM Dance Club & KU
Free-cheap entry, capacity for ~5,000 each
Penelope's, El Divino & Hippodrome
Free-cheap entry
Palladium, Stardust Cabaret & Zodiac
Free entry, drinks from ~€1-5 depending how far from the main drag
💡 Clubs in New Town generally open around 8pm and run until 7am, but the real crowd doesn't show up until well after midnight — plan a bar crawl for the early evening and save the big clubs for late.
4. Old Town: Quieter, More Local
Old Town is Benidorm's original core — narrow, alley-lined streets with a genuinely Spanish feel, a world away from The Square just 20 minutes down the seafront.
🍸 Bar 69
A trendy cocktail bar with the most extensive menu in Old Town, popular with both locals and visitors — a good anchor point for a group that wants better drinks over a bigger crowd.
🏳️🌈 Benidorm's gay nightlife area
Old Town is also home to Benidorm's main concentration of gay bars, pubs and clubs — worth knowing if that's a priority for your group, since it's a completely separate scene from New Town's British-pub-crawl energy.
🌊 Escape the main drag
If your group did a big New Town night already and wants a calmer evening — a sit-down dinner, a couple of relaxed drinks, no queues — Old Town is the obvious move.
5. Where to Stay: Hotel Prices by Area
New Town — Rincón de Loix
From ~$50-75/night (budget apartments), $60-120/night (mid-range)
Old Town — beachfront and Plaza San Jaime
From ~$69-115/night
⚠️ Average Benidorm hotel prices spike on weekends — expect roughly 50% higher rates for Friday/Saturday stays versus a midweek booking. Book 6-8 weeks out for summer weekend dates.
6. Which One Should Your Group Book?
🎉 Stag do, hen do, or a group that wants to go big
Book New Town, ideally near Rincón de Loix. You'll be able to walk to every major club, and the whole point of the trip — big rooms, live shows, a proper night out — is concentrated in one small area.
🍷 Mixed group, couples, or a lower-key trip
Book Old Town. You still get good bars and restaurants, a much calmer evening pace, and it's an easy 20-minute walk or short taxi into New Town on the one or two nights your group wants to go bigger.
🔀 Want both?
Plenty of groups base themselves in New Town for convenience on the big nights, then take one evening for dinner and drinks in Old Town — the flat seafront walk between them makes this easy without a car.
7. Group Trip Tips
🗂️ Book your base area before flights
Deciding New Town vs Old Town first makes hotel search much faster — you're picking from a smaller, more relevant list instead of scrolling all of Benidorm.
💶 Track transport between areas
Taxis between New Town and Old Town are cheap individually (5-10 minutes), but they add up over a group and a multi-night trip — log them in a shared tracker rather than settling up at the end.
8. Budget Breakdown (Per Person, 3 Nights)
| Cost | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Flights (round-trip, Alicante) | £40 - £150 |
| Accommodation, 3 nights split | £90 - £250 |
| Nightly drinks + entry | £60 - £120 |
| Food + local transport | £50 - £90 |
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