BENIDORM, COSTA BLANCA
The Sol Pelicanos Ocas is just a 5 minute walk away from Benidorm's Llevant Beach.
With five pools and three jacuzzis, as well as a swim up pool bar in July and August, poolside is the place to be.
Sol Pelicanos Ocas is well known as the famous Solana Hotel in the British comedy TV show Benidorm.
Coach transfer time from Alicante Airport is 90 minutes
The 3-star Sol Pelicanos Ocas Hotel, famously known as the Solana Hotel in the hit TV comedy series Benidorm, is made up of two buildings, the Pelicanos building and the Ocas building, offering double rooms, family rooms and interconnecting rooms for larger groups, and is an ideal place to enjoy a holiday in Benidorm in2025/2026.
With five pools, including the iconic pool from the TV programme, there's plenty of space to be chilling in the sunshine, and whether you're looking at room only, half board or all inclusive, you've got buffet restaurants and a snack bar to keep you full.
What's more, you're on Benidorm's doorstep, with plenty of shops, bars and restaurants in the local area as well as Llevant Beach being just a 5 minute walk away.
All the top tour operators and travel agents, including easyJet Holidays, TUI, On The Beach and Jet2holidays, offer some fantastic holiday deals to the Sol Pelicanos/Ocas hotel, ideal no matter where abouts in the country you are flying from.
If you've ever watched the comedy TV series 'Benidorm', you'll recognise that Benidorm's Solana Hotel in real life is the Sol Pelicanos Ocas Hotel. The Benidorm TV show made this hotel famous but the lagoon pool and the outside of the hotel are as far as the similarities go. Now part of the Melia brand, the Sol Pelicanos/Ocas in Benidorm is a far cry from the grotty rooms you might be used to seeing on the TV, having had a modern refurbishment a number of years ago. You can also visit Neptunes Bar (not actually part of the hotel) across the road from the Sol Pelicanos. It's worth noting that in a number of TripAdvisor reviews, the hotel gets a lot of people coming in from outside the hotel to grab a snap for Instagram.
Although officially a three star hotel, the Sol Pelicanos Ocas reviews as of 2025 rate the hotel four out of five by guests reviewing on TripAdvisor. Most positive comments are about the cleanliness of the hotel and really friendly and courteous staff which is no surprise considering this is a Melia hotel. A couple of the negative comments did mention the food being a bit basic and boring, however, the main restaurants offer buffet style dining so you've got lots of options to choose from. The other comment was around the fact that the swim up pool bar is only open during July and August.