BENIDORM - During FITUR in Madrid , the largest tourism fair in Spain, there was even more attention to the man behind the success of Spain s most famous seaside place called Beni - York or Manhattan of Spain is mentioned . lugano benidorm © inspanje.nl Of insignificant fishing village to metropolis with numerous skyscrapers, which owes its existence to the millions of tourists who are coming on to enjoy the beaches and broaden the dynamic evening and night- life . Behind this transformation , which took place within a few decades , was more or less just one man, Pedro Zaragoza Orts , ex-mayor . During FITUR in Madrid last week was a film announced that shows how Zaragoza Orts in 1953 alone on a Vespa to Madrid went in 1953 to personally ask for admitting the hitherto banned bikinis as dictator Francisco Franco permission on the beaches of Benidorm . It was the time when Northern European pioneers and hippies Spain had discovered as a paradise for a holiday filled with sun , sea and sand . The movie Bikini : Una Historia Real Oscar Bernácer will be presented at the Film Festival of Malaga that upcoming begins on April 21. book In addition to the film , a book about Pedro Zaragoza Orts was also presented at the FITUR . Niño Pedro de la Rosa , a journalist for the Spanish newspaper El Mundo is the author of El que visionario Invento Benidorm (the visionary who invented Benidorm ) . He tells the story that actually began after the bikini expedition . The story of the town planning and expansion , which mainly Orts decided to go to the height and broad boulevards . Room on the ground A vision of the cityscape has now determined. With the tourists from northern Europe were also the first whiffs of freedom inside the country that was ruled by dictator Franco . Read more about how Pedro Zaragoza Orts Benidorm on the map put on MeerSpanje.nl .
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:02:43 +0000
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