Swarms of Brits will descend on Benidorm this summer for sun, sea and super cheap beer – but there’s one thing they need to watch out for. Michelle Baker has lived there over 40 years and raised a family in the tourist hotspot after marrying a Spaniard. She said it has never been a better time for Brits in Beni after they went from .
That's in stark contrast to the where foreigners . But despite the feel good factor on the ground, she said there was one crime travellers needed to be wary of. Speaking to the Daily Star, Michelle said: “Their biggest worry when coming to Benidorm is watching their phones.
“There is more phone thefts than anything else. People just leave their phones on the table and people will walk past and steal it. “But there is no violent crime and it puts it into perspective.
If that is the biggest problem that your phone is going to be nicked, do you know what I mean? It is very safe territory and most of these phones are nicked because it is a busy place full of opportunists.” Michelle spoke to us the day after she got back from a family trip to New York – saying she was less worried about her personal belongings in the US. “I felt safer in New York,” she told us.
“I don’t feel unsafe in Benidorm, it is only the petty crime things and opportunists who will walk past and nick your phone off the table. “People just walk past and take it off - simple as that. That is the biggest crime at the moment you hear of and people say 'I’ve .
