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Beni Beach

Beni Beach is a 110-metre residential tower from 1996 on Avenida Armada Española, right on the Playa de Poniente. For decades it has been run as a complex of 160 tourist apartments.

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

When the tower was finished in 1996, its 35 floors made it the third-tallest building in Benidorm; only Torre Levante and Costa Blanca 1 rose higher. It has since slipped to 16th place. It was designed by the architect Felipe Sáiz Pérez. On the Poniente beachfront, Beni Beach is still the tallest building today. Six-storey buildings in front of it block the direct view of the water, but residents can still see the sea.

160 apartments, all facing south

Unlike most of the city’s residential towers, Beni Beach is let as a whole: 160 apartments with one, two or three bedrooms, run by the company Edificios Propa S.A. and registered as tourist apartments under the number AA-882. Every apartment has a glazed south-facing terrace of around 15 square metres overlooking the beach and the bay. The complex advertises that even the lower floors are at least 50 metres from busy roads.

It also has a 24-hour reception, gardens, a pool with an unusual outline, a tennis court, a garage and a bar terrace. The old town is a few minutes’ walk away; cars arrive via Avenida Uruguay. Towels are changed every four days, bed linen every seven – so says the city’s official tourism description.

Good to know

  • 110 metres, 35 floors, 4 lifts, all-concrete construction.
  • Third-tallest building in Benidorm in 1996, 16th today.
  • 160 tourist apartments, each with a glazed south-facing terrace of around 15 m².
  • Operator: Edificios Propa S.A., registered as tourist complex AA-882.

Open questions

  • Developer and contractor are not documented; whether Edificios Propa also built it is unclear.
  • CTBUH gives the address as ‘Av. Marina Española’ – the street is called Armada Española.

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