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Balcón de Poniente

Balcón de Poniente 1 and 2 stand in a row of four residential towers of 26 floors each on Avenida de la Armada Española. The other two are called El Olivar. No source says when they were built.

Benidorm skyline drawn from building data: heights to scale, west to east Poniente Levante TM Tower · 230 m Intempo · 187.1 m Gran Hotel Bali · 186 m Gran Delfín · 158 m Torre Lúgano · 158 m Sunset Sailors Tower 1 · 151 m Neguri Gane · 148 m Edificio Kronos · 140 m Benidorm Beach · 126 m Edificio Don Jorge · 124 m El Mirador del Mediterráneo · 123 m Torre Levante · 120 m Costa Blanca I · 116 m Miragolf Playa 2 · 115 m Gemelos 26 Torre I · 114 m Gemelos 26 Torre II · 114 m Torre d'Oboe I · 114 m Torre d'Oboe II · 114 m Sunset Sailors Tower 2 · 113 m Sol de Poniente 2 · 112 m Beni Beach · 110 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 2 · 106.2 m Miragolf Playa I · 105 m Playa Azul · 105 m Torre Pinar · 105 m Residencial Islamar 2 · 104 m Residencial Islamar 3 · 104 m Torre Poseidón · 103 m Sunset Waves I · 101.5 m Sunset Waves II · 101.5 m Hotel Port Benidorm · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 1 · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 2 · 101 m Torre Doscalas · 100.4 m Gemelos 22 Torre 1 · 100.2 m Gemelos 22 Torre 2 · 100.2 m Coblanca 41 · 97 m Delfín Tower · 95 m Hotel Flamingo Oasis · 95 m Gemelos 20 Torre 1 · 94 m Gemelos 20 Torre 2 · 94 m Torre Coblanca · 94 m Sol de Poniente 1 · 92.7 m Tropic-Mar · 92.6 m Edificio Ónice · 92 m Sunset Drive East · 92 m Sunset Drive West · 92 m Londres II · 91 m Torre Sakura · 91 m Costa Blanca II · 90 m Coblanca 40 Torre 1 · 89.3 m Coblanca 40 Torre 2 · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm Torre 2 · 89.3 m Principado Marina · 89.3 m Edificio Circo · 89.2 m Torre Benidorm · 89 m Cibeles 1 · 88 m Cibeles 2 · 88 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 1 · 86.7 m Balcón de Poniente 1 · 86 m Balcón de Poniente 2 · 86 m Coblanca 37 · 86 m Eagle Tower · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 1 · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 2 · 86 m Sierra de Bernia 1 · 85.9 m Sierra de Bernia 2 · 85.9 m Torre Capri · 85.9 m Torre San Remo · 85.9 m Gemelos 12 Torre 1 · 85 m Gemelos 12 Torre 2 · 85 m Las Damas · 85 m Sandos Benidorm Suites · 83 m Residencial Miranda 1 · 82.6 m Residencial Miranda 2 · 82.6 m Hotel RH Victoria · 82 m Parque Europa 1 · 82 m Parque Europa 2 · 82 m Parque Europa 3 · 82 m Torre Europa · 82 m Coblanca 32 B · 81.1 m Old town

The story

The two towers are 86 metres tall and have 26 floors. In the list of tallest buildings in Benidorm they rank 53rd and 54th. Under the year of completion there is a question mark, and the database SkyDB does not know one either. The complex lies on the Poniente promenade, not far from the Parque de Elche and the Guillermo Amor stadium. Holiday apartments are advertised with an outdoor pool, a children’s pool and tennis courts.

Four towers, two names

Four towers of the same height stand side by side here. SkyscraperPage lists them as ‘Balcón de Poniente 1 to 4’. SkyDB assigns them differently: the two western ones at Avenida del Xixo 3 are El Olivar I and II, the two eastern ones at Armada Española 11 are Balcón de Poniente I and II. Both names appear separately in the Wikipedia list, each with 86 metres and 26 floors. So these are probably two complexes that were built together – but that is not documented.

Who built and designed Balcón de Poniente is not recorded. There is no source on the origin of the name either; the obvious explanation is its position as a ‘balcony’ above the Playa de Poniente. The building has nothing to do with the well-known Balcón del Mediterráneo viewpoint in the old town.

Good to know

  • 86 metres, 26 floors, year of construction unknown.
  • Address: Avenida de la Armada Española 11, also accessible from Avenida del Xixo 2.
  • Part of a row of four identical towers; the neighbours are called El Olivar I and II.

Open questions

  • Year of construction, developer, architect and contractor are not documented.
  • The coordinates in the source list (38.5375/-0.1446 and 38.5381/-0.1444) belong to El Olivar I/II according to SkyDB; Balcón de Poniente I/II are at 38.5380/-0.1432 and 38.5379/-0.1426.
  • Whether Balcón de Poniente and El Olivar were a joint project is unclear.

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