Benidorm's swankiest hotel - it was actually Spain's tallest building for some years - is the Gran Hotel Bali.

Not much confidence in the local brand when you name the place after a tropical island the other side of the globe. It's kind of the 'here's what you could have won' consolation prize approach to naming.

Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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