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Several thousand people celebrate Benidorm Pride with a massive parade

 

 

• Mayor Toni Pérez and Tourism Minister Nuria Montes join the city's Pride celebrations
• Twenty floats take part in the most popular 'Parade' in living memory  

Several thousand people filled the streets and avenues along which the Benidorm Pride parade took place on Saturday, the largest ever seen. From the start on Ametlla de Mar avenue to the arrival at the Julio Iglesias auditorium, thousands of people followed the fun, lively and multicoloured 'parade' organised for the occasion. 

It was the central event of Benidorm Pride, a week-long celebration organised by the LGBTIQ+ community that marks the culmination of the most important Pride weeks in Europe. Mayor Toni Pérez, together with the Minister of Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, Nuria Montes, joined this protest parade, which they followed from various points along the route together with other members of the municipal executive, and from one of the institutional floats that participated in it. 

Rainbow flags, costumes, floats, trucks and lots of people walking and dancing have shown the most diverse and welcoming side of Benidorm, a European benchmark for LGBTIQ+ tourism. 

In fact, the organisation, the City Council and Visit Benidorm have estimated that more than 20,000 people have come to the city specifically to experience these days of celebration and protest, mostly from the United Kingdom, as could be seen throughout the route, but also from other parts of Spain and Europe. 

The parade started from the confluence of Ametlla de Mar and Paseo de Levante and ran along the beachfront to Avenida Europa, where it turned to take Avenida del Mediterráneo towards Plaza de la Hispanidad, Avenida de l'Aigüera, until reaching the Julio Iglesias Amphitheatre, where the party continued. After a week of celebrations and various activities, Benidorm Pride comes to an end tomorrow, Sunday, with the 'Closing Party' at the Óscar Esplá amphitheatre.