Balcón del Mediterráneo, Coastal viewpoint in Benidorm, Spain.

Balcón del Mediterráneo is a raised, white-painted viewing platform on a cliff between Levante and Poniente beaches. Its rectangular base carries a row of thin white columns and arches, and four small white towers with bright blue dome-like finials rise above it. Dark cylindrical cannons on black mounts stand on the balustraded walkway, behind a black post-and-chain fence, with black-and-white checkerboard paving in front.

The viewpoint occupies the site of the Castle of Benidorm, a defensive fortress built between the 14th and 17th centuries. In 1812, during the Peninsular War, English forces damaged the castle while attacking Napoleonic troops. The present platform, with its white columns, arches and cannons, recalls that military past.

The name refers to the view over the Mediterranean from the platform above the cliff between Levante and Poniente beaches. Visitors stop at the cannons and the blue-capped towers to photograph the bay and Benidorm Island offshore.

The viewpoint can be reached from Levante Beach directly, from Poniente Beach through Elche Park, or from the city center via Ruzafa Street. Arriving before sunset gives visitors better light and fewer crowds.

The white platform with its four blue-capped towers and row of cannons stands about one metre above sea level, on the coastal strip of Benidorm. The Puig Campana mountain rises 1,406 metres roughly 9 km inland to the north-west, and the island of Benidorm lies offshore to the south.