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Benidorm Tourist Traps: 8 reviews and 5 photos

In the height of summer Benidorm is full of people selling things, from roses, to flashing earings, jewelery, photo keyrings, timeshare, even drugs!! You can't escape them, the trick is to know what to say to get rid of them and whats a rip off and whats not.

Unique Suggestions: Most of whats on sale is just abit of fun -like the roses and photo keyrings, so if you have some spare cash then theres no harm done. Its a good idea to haggle with the rose sellers -especially towards the end of the night, for example, if they say 2Euro for roses they will usually sell for 1Euro.
The majority of the jewelery is cheap nasty and overpriced and will probaly turn you skin green! If you decide to buy then definately haggle, at least half the price and go from there if you arent having any luck then just say no and walk away .
If you are not interested and want to be left alone, just say no thanks and keep walking, theres no need to get nasty as they're all just doing there jobs and they get plenty of abuse as it is. 'No gracias'- no thanks and 'no dinero' - no money, usually does the trick.

Fun Alternatives: Go to proper jewelry shops to be sure of quality.

Review Helpfulness: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Updated Sep 22, 2004
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