Road trip to Benidorm for Saint Patrick’s Day

Would you like to find out how to take a road trip to Saint Patrick's Day in Benidorm?

Immerse yourself in Saint Patrick's Day in one of Spain’s most cosmopolitan cities, Benidorm. Year after year, the city of skyscrapers celebrates Ireland’s national holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, with an exhilarating international street party, where people of diverse nationalities come together to move to the beat of the music.

Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with this #Roadtrip with friends in Benidorm

If you want to celebrate the feast day of Ireland’s Patron Saint of Ireland by doing something different, then Benidorm is your city. You can choose to rent a car for the trip to Benidorm for Saint Patrick's Day at Alicante Airport, if you arrive by plane, or you can rent your car at our Benidorm branch to enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day in complete freedom. Another option is to rent your car in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville or Valencia and enjoy a #Roadtrip with your friends to Benidorm, a city with very good travel connections by road.

The best options to reach Benidorm are the AP-7 and the N-332; if you are coming from Madrid you can reach the city by road on the A-3 and the A-31; from Barcelona you will have to take the AP7. If you are coming from Malaga or Seville, then take the A-92. Prepare for your trip and enjoy a drive along the Costa Blanca, one of Spain’s sunniest coasts.

How to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in Benidorm

This Saint Patrick's Day celebration, one of the most popular in Spain, is full of surprises. Pack your bags, and indulge yourself in Benidorm’s microclimate, with its 320 sunny days a year, where you can party well into the night in the city that never sleeps.

The Saint Patrick's Day Parade starts in the afternoon and runs along the seaside promenade and Avenida del Mediterraneo, two of Benidorm's most popular boulevards. Continue the party at the Irish pubs that you can find on Benidorm’s main avenues , such as Plaza Triangular, Calle Mallorca, Calle Lepanto or Calle Gerona and be Irish for a day. All the city's pubs join in on the festive atmosphere with good music, and the color green plays the leading role in the evening, in a traditional party where leprechaun costumes, Irish stew and black beer are abundant. Before you join the party, remember to park your car at a safe location. Welcome to Benidorm!

Plans for celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Benidorm

Head for the Rincón de Loix by way of the seaside promenade to get into the mood, and explore this district, which is full of Irish pubs. Stop by venues like Shamrock, The Bhodram and Scruffy Murphy’s to experience the atmosphere first-hand and enjoy their free concerts, gifts and everything else you need to have a great time on Saint Patrick's Day.

The city has an endless supply of leisure options, so take note of the concert schedules and happy hours of each bar to make it easier for you to plan and to get from one venue to the next. Get dressed up and surprise onlookers! You won’t be able to stop laughing!

If your Benidorm getaway continues beyond the Saint Patrick's Day party, we recommend that you spend a couple of days touring the Costa Blanca with your rental car and get to know the village of Altea, considered one of Spain’s most beautiful coastal towns, and Villajoyosa and its colorful houses on the Mediterranean coast, and then go trekking around the Peñón de Ifach in Calpe. The interior of Alicante, although less well-known, has no reason to envy to the beaches; travel in your rental car from Benidorm to spend a day in Guadalest and visit its peculiar castle perched on the mountainside or follow a hiking path through Sierra Bernia.

Organize your road trip to Benidorm for Saint Patrick's Day and rent a car to enjoy a new adventure with your friends on an unforgettable car trip around Benidorm.