The province of Alicante is a preferred sun and beach tourist destination on the Levantine coast. Locations such as Benidorm, Denia, Torrevieja, Calpe, Santa Pola, or Jávea are visited each summer by hundreds of thousands of people seeking relaxation and enjoyment of their beaches.
But in addition to the beaches, people greatly enjoy pools, and that’s where water parks come in. The most well-known of all is Aqualandia, in Benidorm, which is the oldest water park in Alicante. Besides this one, there are other options. Would you like to know about them?
Oh, and let’s not forget, the province has managed to diversify its tourism offerings. It’s not just a succession of kilometers of coastline with fully-serviced beaches, but it also has inland tourism as another great boost. But today we’re focusing on water parks.
Aqualandia Benidorm
Aqualandia Benidorm was the first facility of its kind built in Spain and currently remains one of the largest in the world and the largest on this list of water parks in Alicante. It opened its doors in 1985. In Europe, it retained this privilege until the opening of Siam Park in Costa Adeje, Tenerife.
Aqualandia in Alicante is the water park that offers the highest slides on the entire continent. It’s located on the outskirts of Benidorm, just 20 minutes from our Camping Armanello facilities and in the vicinity of the Serra Gelada natural park.
The complex spans 150,000 square meters and includes numerous water attractions, green areas, and complementary services. The most notable bathing areas are pools, slides, and children’s play areas where millions of liters of water circulate.
One of the most visited spaces is VertiGo!, a capsule slide that has a 33-meter drop that is completed in just 3 seconds.
The soft tracks form another attraction highly desired by bathers, as it offers the opportunity to race and feel the speed while descending the track. On the Splash slides, you’ll feel all the frenzy of sliding into the water from dozens of meters high.
Beyond the attractions that allow you to release a lot of adrenaline, other spaces that ensure a lot of enjoyment are Geyser, Amazonas, Cyclon, the rapids, or the Adventureland park, the latter primarily intended for children and families. Along with all this, there are play areas with water guns, ball pools, children’s maze, and a wave pool.
Aqualandia Benidorm, in its interest to attract visitors, offers three routes from its website to make the most of the park.
- The Family itinerary is designed to ensure enjoyment and entertainment for adults and children.
- The Friends route includes relaxing and radical attractions, which guarantees a good time.
- Finally, for the bravest, there’s the Extreme route, with a review of the most dangerously fun scenarios.
Beyond the attractions, the park offers a souvenir shop, picnic areas, various restaurants, sun lounger and locker rentals, floats, ATMs, and everything you might need for a day of water tourism.
Aquapark Rojales
The second oldest water park in Alicante and Spain is Aquapark Rojales, in the Ciudad Quesada urbanization. This recreational bathing complex was inaugurated in the summer of 1986. It’s smaller than Aqualandia, only 21,000 square meters, but it offers sufficient services and attractions to guarantee relaxation and fun.
Its facilities include rest areas, restaurant, lockers, cafeteria, exclusive parking for customers, changing rooms and toilets, and a shop with bath products.
The total number of attractions is smaller, only seven, but sufficient to form a water park that receives thousands of visitors each year. Among them, Zig – Zag, Amazonia, Kamikaze, Children’s Lake, and Magic Carpet stand out.
Aquapark Flamingo
The smallest of the water parks in Alicante is Aquapark Flamingo, in Torrevieja. Its facilities are open from the end of May until September, from 11 AM to 7 PM. It’s ideal for visiting with children. Its attractions include pools, various slides, and a solarium area with a more tranquil pool.
The services are similar to those of other complexes of the same style in the province, with free parking, refreshment and ice cream stands, free sunbed areas, changing rooms, showers, lockers.
One of the most notable aspects of Aquapark Flamingo is its prices, which are very economical for all audiences. Additionally, children under four years old enter for free.
Aqua Natura Benidorm
In the Terra Natura amusement park, also in Benidorm, Aqua Natura is located. It is the most family-friendly of the water parks in Alicante. This complex is just 15 minutes away from Camping Armanello. Its facilities remain open between May and October. The complex is built as a complement to Terra Natura and has a very family-oriented character.
The attractions number in the dozens and are well differentiated between those for children and adults. There’s no shortage of slides, multi-lane tracks, zigzags, wave pools, and water drops from great heights, there are even VIP attractions. At the same time, the typical services of these facilities are also present, such as restaurants and picnic areas.
Aquopolis Torrevieja
The last of the water leisure parks in Alicante is Aquopolis Torrevieja. It is one of the largest in the province, offering more than 15 attractions suitable for all audiences. Among them, Speed, Kamikaze, Zigzag, or the soft slides stand out, not to mention the wave pools.
The little ones will enjoy its facilities with a complete children’s area and a minipark to have fun with water. It also includes a massage area within a large landscaped zone.
Aquopolis also has several bars and restaurants and services typical of these complexes: shop, sunbed rental, Balinese beds, lockers and safety deposit boxes, and the Speedy Pass, a system to reduce waiting time in queues.
Aqualandia is the main water park in Alicante, but it’s not the only one. The province is flooded with spaces of this type where water and fun are the main protagonists. Going to one of these facilities is a guarantee of enjoyment and family entertainment.
