English Doctor Benidorm DR Ann McArthur 96 585 51 83
Ambulance 96 585 56 45
Benidorm is the tourist centre par excellence of the Costa Blanca and along the Mediterranean,
with beaches classified among the finest in Europe - clean, broad and fully equipped with services
and bathed by clear, crystalline water .
This is a resort town that never stops, full of attractions, services and hotels for all tastes and budgets,
where satisfaction is the name of the game. Benidorm is famous for is fine climate throughout the year,
and offers countless opportunities for rest, relaxation, fun and entertainment, swimming, sunbathing,
and certainly lots of nightlife. It's a 24-hour-a-day scene that includes everything imaginable, and you
can also visit the Terra Mítica theme park. Benidorm is definitely a town accustomed to giving
everything it has to make visitors feel at home. Stretching along, from the small mount Canfali and the shelter of the marina as far as the the Cala, is the
Poniente beach of Benidorm situated on the Costa Blanca with its marvellous, crystal-clear water
and clean sand. Bathed by the sun from sunrise to sunset, this is considered to be one of the best beaches
in Europe with its excellent climate and cosmopolitan atmosphere.
January ......... enero February ........ febrero March ........... marzo April ........... abril May ............. mayo June ............ junio July ............ julio August .......... agosto September ....... septiembre October ......... octubre November ........ noviembre December ........ diciembre
spanish words and meanings - SHOPPING
water ........... agua milk ............ leche wine ............ vino beer ............ cerveza bread ........... pan eggs ............ huevos meat ............ carne fish ............ pescado fruit ........... fruta greens .......... verdura(s) sugar ........... azúcar salt ............ sal coffee .......... café tea ............. té supermarket ..... supermercado
Your Basic Phrasebook
Yes
Si
No
No
Please
Por favor
Thank you
Gracias
Good morning
Buenos días
Good afternoon
Buenas tardes
Good evening / night
Buenas noches
The Spanish like to differentiate between the above three. Morning is until 12 am. Afternoon is until about 7 pm. After that it is night time.
How are you
Que tal / como estás
My name is .....
Me llamo .....
What's your name
Como te llamas
Where is the beach
Donde está la playa
Where is the hotel .......
Donde está el hotel ......
You may realise now that donde está means 'where is'. You can now combine that with the following:
The bank
El banco
The nearest bar
El bar más cercano
The bus stop
La parada de autobús
Where can I buy bread
Donde puedo comprar pan
Where can I buy water
Donde puedo comprar agua
Obviously donde puedo comprar means 'where can I buy'. Practise this with the following:
Cigarettes
Tabaco
Ice cream
Helados
Beer
Cerveza
Something to smoke
(you must be joking!)
See below for many more groceries.
Shopping for Groceries
Apple Banana Beef Beer Bread Butter Cheese Chicken Chop Cream Eggs Fish Grapes Ham Ice Cream Lamb Lettuce Meat Milk Mushrooms Oil Olives Omelette Orange Peach Peas Pepper Pork Prawns Rice Salt Sandwich Sausages Sole Squid Strawberries Sugar Vegetable
A few groundrules to calm those first-evening nerves whilst ordering from a spanish menu:
Most spanish words are pronounced with the emphasis on the second last syllable. In italics above. The only exceptions have an accent to denote where the emphasis should be placed: see Rice = Arróz, pronounced - a-roth The Spanish love to roll their 'R's - you can practice this at home before going...brrrrrrrr! it's cold here.Don't be shy!! There are many residents who have been living in Spain for many years quite successfully with only a rather limited vocabulary. The Spanish are a very tolerant people. Most, if not all, in the popular resorts speak excellent English.But a little can go a very long way, and the warmest smiles you will receive when speaking Spanish to the locals, makes that little bit of pre-holiday effort all worthwhile.
There are so many options for eating out in Benidorm and absolutely every taste and budget is catered for. Whether you would like American style diners with burgers and ribs, Italian pastas and pizzas, great quality 3 course (Menu Del Dia) menus for less than 10 Euros, Spanish tapas and paellas, lobsters and seafood or good old fish and chips there is something for you in Benidorm. Great Food in Benidorm Even if your hotel is all-inclusive, make sure you get out and about and sample some of Benidorm's local restaurants. Below are some of the restaurants and bars with food that we recommend. Whether it's a full A-La-Carte menu, or a great quality English Breakfast you're after, you'll find it here.