cratered: El boom rocks Benidorm. Turistas by the jetload from London, Paris, and Frankfurt join holidaying Spaniards seeking “perfect MEditerranean blues” of sea and sky. A fishing village twenty years ago, Benidorm now calls itself the capital of the Costa Blanca; it boasts 150 major hotels. National Geographic, March 1978

cratered:

El boom rocks Benidorm. Turistas by the jetload from London, Paris, and Frankfurt join holidaying Spaniards seeking “perfect MEditerranean blues” of sea and sky. A fishing village twenty years ago, Benidorm now calls itself the capital of the Costa Blanca; it boasts 150 major hotels. National Geographic, March 1978