Cheltenham Festival
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Has anyone on the forum been to Benidorm during the Festival? If so, would you recommend it?
The overall cost of going to Cheltenham is increasing every year and becoming too crowded so fancied a few days in the sun and something a bit different.
The overall cost of going to Cheltenham is increasing every year and becoming too crowded so fancied a few days in the sun and something a bit different.
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started going to benidorm for the festival for pretty much the same reasons,it is a brilliant week
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Paterson92
Going myself this year for same reason as you mentioned,normally about six of us go to cheltenham. |
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I went to Tenerife this year and it was cheaper to go there for a week than it is to go to the festival. Majority of pubs had the racing on etc so I'd imagine somewhere like Benidorm would be the same! Would recommend it but I did miss the buzz of being at the races so might alternate it every year.
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Cost of four club tickets 360, three nights accommodation within an hour of racecourse some decent 500, clothes for festival 600, pocket money 400, travel for week 150. Watching your ante post gamble go in....priceless
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Benidorm bob on cheltenham week
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Load of mates went to Benidorm for Cheltenham last year, and they're all going back again next year.
I got a villa in Tenerife with some mates for the week a couple years back, and that was ideal, too. |
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Winning Post Bar, right opposite White Star Bar take bets but pretty much all will have the racing on.
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Bumped into a load of geysers from derby a few years ago, in tenerife to see the champions league final. So basically they are watching it on the box in a pub in tenerife rather than derby . Whats the point of that ? Surely you go to tenerife to get away from going down the local to watch football ? Not geting it at all. Benidorm is a million miles away from p p
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How do you get on ? Last time i was there couldnt get on b f
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Do you boys not miss the atmosphere? I love the town after racing... Buzzing!!
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irishone,you dont use wifi to connect to betting sites and the buzz in town pretty much died for me when it went 4 days,it would have happened if it stayed 3 days but the younger crowd dont talk racing
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watch asa Elliotts guide to Benidorm on youtube he shows the winning Post bar where you can Punt
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Did the Benidorm thing 2 years ago,back at Chelters last year and wont miss the festival ever again.
Benidorm is a **** tip and full of gammon. |
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I know its far away but i prefer going to the Arctic Circle during the Festival week . Its proper quiet , no dikk-eds in sight and great 4g reception .
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went five yrs ago, marina hotel had a big screen up and the place was really busy, wouldnt do it again though as just didnt seem like cheltenham to me.
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There is a pub in Tenerife where there is a big good cup on the shelves behind the bar. Used to be called fosters think it's the Galway gal now, anyways there's a group of Brits go in there every year , Tuesday to Friday, you have to put your selections in the cup each day and at the end of the week the winningmost tipster gets their name on the trophy, now that I could do , once I get the bag, the wheelchair and the carer .....
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Just booked up for this year RH Corona Hotel, Its not everyones cup of tea i know can be a nightmare in high summer but its quiet enough in march.
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FFS Man why not just go to Cheltenham ?
No sun guarenteed Great banter good pi55 up proper racing |
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Went Majorca couple years ago, Palma Nova, superb, Winning Post there as well, all bars had it on.
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Like having a bath with yer socks on or a w4nk wearing an oven glove
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Have you peeled one off in a sock?
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not since this morning !
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Cheltenham is **** awful festival week, £6 a pint surrounded by too many feckin idiots that have no interest in racing, as opposed to benidorm when its usually around 18-20c and is £1 a pint and surrounded by feckin idiots with no interest in racing
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Irish, you must have a lot of odd socks!!
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Funny thing is .....
Theres a group of ex pat fellahs in A village just outside torrevieja spain Who come back to the U K ....to go to cheltenham every year ! |
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irishone
Will be trying benidorm this year just for something different, been going cheltenham last few years march/nov price going up each year we go. Going dublin festival again this year prices for tickets a lot better value than cheltenham. |
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Here at the moment no problem with the exchanges plenty of bars have the racing,the winning post has the lot yesterday the rugby ,the football and the racing ,racing tv,sky and sis the main screen with the volume on is for horse racing throughout the day,you can also get a bet in there,all round great you can even nip over the road between races and watch rod stewart,Levi’s or englebert.
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Levi’s = elvis
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There hotel other side to winning post
It has giant screen outside Called the marina it’s all geared up for Cheltenham Looks as good place to watching the racing |
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Bookies next the Gallowgate bar in the Rincon area, first Brit to have a Spanish bookies licence. Takes a decent bet.
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Fancy tenerife when im too fecking old to pi55 it up in the centaur
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What an horrendous place the centaur is .
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Easy drink in there mate, tried all the others, even top of the best mate is a queue and a half, guiness tent all right in places, members a fecking nightmare. It took a few years to suss it out by far the easiest to get a beer and when you see quinny, merson and scholesy in there having a beer its gotta be easy enough.
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23c today boys and girls, bacon and eggs, pint of estrella with the racing paper, Fiddlerontheroof in the opener win/place softer the better, good luck to you everyone.
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