Article continues below The town in question is Benidorm, nestled on Spain's eastern coast ... Three of them have even earned the prestigious Blue Flag award for their commitment to environmental ...

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FRANCO’S legacy may have been dismantled with his high-profile exhumation last October, but in Benidorm a 52-year battle with the remnants of his dictatorship is still raging. The case concerns ...