THIS IS… WHAT YOU MUST PUT IN YOUR SUITCASE FOR BENICASSIM
SUNSCREEEEEN! Whenever we’re in the UK we stock up on Boots Soltan ‘once’ sun lotion, (one application lasts up to six hours etc… but we’re sure there must be other makes too, don’t quite understand why nothing similar has been brought out here yet!?) and its super handy for those long walks into town/to the beach/into the festival, especially if you’re in one of the campsites located further away from the site itself as the last thing you want is to to be burnt for the weekend. It’s from 2 to 5 when you’ve really got to watch those shoulders, noses and centre partings! ouch!
Beach Towel. Obvious reasons.
Bikini/Swimsuit!!
Hair bobbles and headscarves…. it’s hot!
Sunglasses! At all times!
NO high heels. No point!
Comfy shoes, like plimsolls and sandals
Wellies? Probably not, it barely rains ( knock wood ) and the probabilities of a Glastonbury-esque oh-dear-is-that-my-tent-floating-away situation are a million to one.
VERY IMPORTANT: If you’re camping, either jelly shoes or plastic flip flops for the showers and toilets. We’ve been in there, it’s not pretty.
GIRLS: On a more fashionable note, Kate Moss set the tone for festival fashion many years ago, and things haven’t really changed - you’re still going to look hot in mini denim shorts and a waistcoat, though the wellies are obviously unnecessary (see above) and the Belstaff raincoat too. The only thing that we would say is plan to wear as few layers as possible— you may end up wishing you rethought the long-sleeved kaftan or skinny jeans in one of the marquees when its 35 degrees in there, and a leather waistcoat would probably do a good job of helping you work up a sweat too.
