Keen on a bargain Spanish break? Be careful where you book! Inside two of Spain's cheapest seaside destinations, one slammed as a 'horrific council estate with sun'... the other praised as an 'amazing city'

Keen on a bargain Spanish break? Be careful where you book! Inside two of Spain's cheapest seaside destinations, one slammed as a 'horrific council estate with sun'...

the other praised as an 'amazing city' Spain's Torrevieja and Cartagena offer three to four-star hotel stays for under £80 a night The destinations both featured in a recent Which? traveller survey of 28 Spanish seaside towns Torrevieja scored 60 per cent and Cartagena trounced it with an overall score of 80 per cent Would YOU visit either city? Vote in our poll below...

READ MORE: Couple driven out of 5-star resort five days early, claiming it had 'foul' sewage smell By Sophie Foster, Deputy Travel Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:11, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 11:40, 4 June 2024 e-mail 8 shares 1 View comments In the market for a bargain-basement seaside holiday in Spain ? Two of the country's cheapest coastal tourist towns offer three to four-star hotel stays for under £80 a night. But it's a tale of two cities. The cheapest, Torrevieja, has been slammed as a 'horrific council estate with sun' with '"Del Boy" street vendors', and the other, Cartagena, praised as 'amazing'.

The destinations both featured in a recent Which? traveller survey of 28 Spanish seaside towns, with Torrevieja scoring 60 per cent and Cartagena trouncing it with an overall score of 80 per cent. For the study, as well as issuing overall scores, the consumer champion invited those polled to score the Spanish seaside towns on 11 criteria .