Benidorm is the British holiday mecca with nearly 900,000 UK travellers visiting the city in 2024. But with such a popular destination comes – besides overcrowding – a large choice of places to stay. When typing the word “Benidorm” into Booking.com, 2,631 places pop up. A British local to the city and content creator who calls himself the “Queen/Duke of Benidorm” revealed the three worst hotels in the town visitors should avoid at all cost.

In a TikTok video, he said: “A lot of people ask me day in and day out what are the worst hotels. Well I’m gonna give you the top three in my opinion worst hotels, so don’t come down my throat for it, but these hotels come back time and time again as not the best.”

The TikToker continued: “Number one has to be the Dynastic. Now last year, Dynastic had a lot of problems with bed bugs, a lot of complaints about the food and the pool area. That being said, it’s had a lot of renovations this year, so if you are going, don’t be too sad about it, it might actually improve.”

Complaints about bed bugs are not new – some date back to 2023 and the most recent one we found was from three months ago. In the comments under the video, however, many users said they stayed in the hotel and had no issues.

The video then continued to mention the second worst hotel – the Sol Pelicanos. Most people know the hotel from the Benidorm Series, a 2007 sitcom with British holidaymakers in the sunny destination. But the influencer went on to say the hotel is “very outdated” and the food is “very average”. However, he added that the hotel is getting updated, including the rooms and the pool area.

Lastly, the creator mentioned the Magic Villa hotel in the “muggers’ alley”, a well-known hotspot for robbers. “This hotel always comes up as one of the worst hotels,” he said. “It stinks in there, the pool area is apparently quite nice, but in terms of location, right on muggers’ alley, it’s not a very safe hotel to be in, especially if you’re with a family or if you like to go out.”

He added that the food is “not very good” and the hotel is “very basic”. On Tripadvisor, the hotel has mixed reviews, with an overall score of 3.9. Paradoxically, its location has the highest ranking.