ideal place to stay is the cylpso hotel area of benidorm not to close to the mad night life but ideal to walk to as its straght up the road from there and the beach is about 3/4oo m away. ideal location

ps this hotel is excellent tooo.

sounds like the rincon area will be to busy and noisy for you , cala finestrat is a bus ride out of benidorm it has its own little bay and nice bars and resturants , great little place , old town is more spanish places to eat and drink , i would suggest the aveneida apartments which are between old and new , bars cafes shops all around , very near the beach , great location ,

try primavera dos apartments they close to everything but no boom boom

To be honest i actually WOULD reccomend the Rincon area really. Partucularily up around Hotel Regente, or Melia, Flamingo Oasis, because these are good hotels with plenty in the immediate area, not too far from everything, but nice and quite at night! Providing you avoid the Square area you should be fine anywhere. Finistrat and La Cala would be too far out for you. Hotel in and around the Old Town would also be ok for you, still only 15 min walk from the Levante nightlife.

Best Regards - Taggy

Marsol - we are people who love the Costa del Sol but have been to Benidorm twice now in the past 3 years. You will find it very different from Benalmadena.

We always go in March and have stayed in the Rincon area. We have been to the Mediterraneo (all inclusive) and the Regente. Both of them were very good hotels. As others have said, they are at the top end of the road out of Benidorm but within easy access of all amenities. The central area of Benidorm is very much like 24 hours sqaure in Benalmadena; so you will know how loud it can get!

We travel with a young teenager and both these hotels have good facilities. If we were to return to Benidorm, we would certainly return to either of these two hotels. Any questions, feel free to pm me.

Thank you all so much for all your help, Think we may go for The Old Town.
Cheers to all, Gina.

the old town is very nosiy in fiesta week as this is where most of the activitys take place.

I agree with Taggy!, I'd go for the Rincon/Levante end.

well if its just a flat atps your looking for then it has to be Rincon/Levante end the old town is too cramped with most flats over looking the street or above bars.