Holiday Rentals with Pool in Benidorm

Pool Experiences in Benidorm

Benidorm is unlike anywhere else on the Costa Blanca. Its dramatic skyline of high-rise towers, flanked by two sweeping sandy beaches and backed by rugged mountains, creates a setting where a pool is as much about the view as the swim. The city's famous vertical architecture means that many of its most memorable pool experiences happen not at ground level but on rooftops, dozens of storeys above the Mediterranean.

Rooftop pools on high-rise apartments are Benidorm's signature pool experience. Modern developments along the Poniente and Levante beachfronts increasingly feature rooftop infinity pools where the water appears to merge with the sea on the horizon. Swimming twenty or thirty floors above the city while watching the sun set behind the Sierra Helada headland is an experience that no ground-level pool can replicate. These rooftop areas typically include sun loungers, glass-walled terraces for wind protection, and sometimes jacuzzis or wet bars.

Private villa pools in the hills offer a completely different character. The hillside areas surrounding Benidorm — including the slopes towards La Nucia, Finestrat and the Terra Mitica side of the city — are dotted with detached villas sitting on elevated plots with commanding views down to the coast. These properties feature private pools ranging from eight to twelve metres in length, surrounded by Mediterranean gardens of bougainvillea, olive trees and palm-shaded terraces. The pools here are exclusively yours, and the elevated position ensures a constant breeze that makes even the hottest August afternoons comfortable.

Community pools in apartment complexes form the backbone of Benidorm's pool offering. Virtually every residential complex in the city has at least one communal pool, and many have two or three — a main pool for adults, a shallow children's pool, and occasionally a heated indoor pool for year-round use. These pools are professionally maintained, cleaned daily, and surrounded by generous sun terraces with loungers and parasols. Larger complexes near Playa de Poniente often feature landscaped pool gardens that rival resort hotels.

The pool-plus-beach combination is central to the Benidorm lifestyle. A typical day might start with a morning swim in your apartment's rooftop pool as the city wakes up below, followed by a few hours on Levante beach, lunch at one of the chiringuitos along the promenade, and an afternoon return to the pool for a siesta-time dip. By evening, the pool terrace becomes the perfect spot for pre-dinner drinks as the lights of Benidorm's skyline begin to glitter. It is a rhythm that guests quickly fall into and rarely want to leave.

The Pool and Beach Combo