Parking in Benidorm

Most visitors do not need a car in town. Inside Benidorm, the urban bus, TRAM and taxis cover most journeys; our getting around Benidorm guide has fares and routes.

If you do drive, plan for the camera-enforced low-emission zone and the shortage of free spaces near the beaches. A car helps most for Guadalest, the Algar waterfalls and Calpe. Collecting a hire car at Alicante airport? Ask your hotel first whether it is inside the zone and registers guest cars.

The ZBE has been fully enforced since 1 July 2025, after a six-month information phase. It covers about 74 hectares in three parts: the centre and Old Town, the Levante seafront and the Poniente seafront.

Number-plate cameras watch 24 access points: 11 entries, 8 exits and 5 combined entry-exit points. Foreign-registered vehicles follow the same rules as Spanish ones.

Do not assume an environmental sticker gets you in. An early council leaflet said cars with C, ECO or Zero labels could enter, but the council's June 2025 guidance said any vehicle entering needs the relevant permit whatever its label, except registered residents in the centre. Labels cannot be issued to foreign-plated cars anyway, so register before you drive in.

Visitors apply online at zbe.benidorm.org. Register with the person icon at the top right, open Solicitudes, choose Solicitar permiso and then Permiso especial, and track the request under Mis permisos. The Local's guide for drivers from abroad says to register with your ID and vehicle details and choose the visitor permit.

Many hotels inside the zone register guests for you. Port Hotels, for example, asks for your name, booking number and plate with the booking confirmation, and guests without a permit can ask at reception.

If you are only parking, you need do nothing: the council says public car parks inside the zone report your plate to the system.

Entering without authorisation costs €200, cut to €100 if you pay within the voluntary period. In August 2026 the council said most fines were issued at the Calle Pérez Llorca and Calle Esperanto entrances.

Benidorm's blue zone (zona azul) is pay-and-display street parking with a two-hour maximum. A September 2026 parking guide gives these hours; check the meter for the current price.

The most central public car park is l'Aigüera, under the town hall beside the Old Town and l'Aigüera park. The council's price sheet gives €0.0317 a minute (about €1.90 an hour) with a €38 daily maximum, and a lower hotel-guest rate when your hotel sends your plate and dates to the car park office.

Local guides also name Parking Benidorm Centro on Avenida de Europa, handy for Levante, and car parks at the Mercado, Tomás Ortuño, Ruzafa and Rincón de Loix; check prices at the barrier.

Benidorm's free car parks sit around the edge of the centre. The council's map shows about 33 free municipal car parks with roughly 7,000 spaces, though some are resident-only at times.

Motorhomes should avoid the centre, where underground car parks rarely take the height. The Terra Natura motorhome area, about 4 km from Benidorm, has about 40 places with overnight stays, water, showers, electricity and waste disposal.

Under a Spanish traffic authority instruction in force from 1 October 2026, sleeping in a correctly parked motorhome is not an offence, but putting out awnings, tables, chairs or levelling chocks counts as camping. Municipal fines for unauthorised camping are typically about €200, and camping on the beach is banned outright.