Hotel Esmeralda & Art

Benidorm, Costa Blanca

The Esmeralda Hotel is a gay friendly place in the heart of Benidorm. This place is located on the seafront and is pretty unique in what it provides. Consisting of 68 guestrooms, each individually designed in a traditional Mediterranean style and contemporary decor. Every room is painted in primary colours, complemented with modern prints and funky soft furnishings. Each room has air conditioning and a television as standard with a sea view balcony.

For location, the Esmeralda Hotel & Art gets top marks, the hotel is positioned across from Poniente Beach and overlooks the Elche Park, so you're only a few metres from the beach. From here you have easy access to Benidorm's Old Town, with the vibrant gay scene only a few minutes away. Here you can really have some fun with plenty of drinking places to sample.

Eating at this hotel is also a fun experience with blackboards chalked with images of the tapas on that are on the menu actually cover one wall, so ordering is easy, you simply point out your choice of dish from the blackboard if your Spanish isn't very good. Food is fresh, with seasonal produce the order of the day.

Remember, all 'Freedom' package holidays booked online to the Hotel Esmeralda & Art with Thomson are ATOL protected. To receive full ATOL protection and the resort services while in Benidorm of a Thomson 'Travel Advisor', you must book this holiday as part of a package (Flight + Hotel) with Thomson.

Book your holiday online with the confidence that any 'Freeedom' package holiday with Thomson is ATOL protected. ATOL is the government backed scheme, administered by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the UK.