A man's hilarious video account of the unglamorous accommodation he found for himself in British tourist mecca Benidorm has been viewed thousands of times online.
His experience in a dingy Costa Blanca apartment that promises families, “sun terraces, a rooftop pool, gym, hot tub and sauna,” consisted of broken blinds, cramped rooms and interior balconies reminiscent of one of the lesser healthy prisons of Europe.
The TikToker had booked himself into the hotel, Apartamentos Avenida, which he called 'HMP Benidorm'.
For a one-bedroom apartment it costs around £50 per night in winter and rises to £116 in August, when families flock in for their summer holidays. It is advertised on Booking.com as 'great for families with small children' and 'comfortable'.
In the video, he showed the entrance, with parallel white interior balconies with metal bars covering the rooms, reminiscent of a prison wing.
He filmed guests standing on the interior balconies and jokingly asking “what are you in jail for?”
One man replied 'because he was using a Fire Stick and watching football.'
The influencer, who calls himself Grumet and has 316,000 followers, jokingly sighed: “The system is a joke.”
The video also included his dimly lit room, which he called a “cell,” with broken blinds, a “47-year-old” landline and no view of the “old city.”
He also claimed that he had a panic alarm in his room, which he set off to set off an apparent alarm throughout the building. It is unclear whether the alarm was real.
The popular TikTok account, which often features the antics of 'Dazza', above, offers unusual highlights from life in Benidorm
The entrance, with parallel white interior balconies with metal bars in front of the rooms, is reminiscent of a prison wing
The accommodation nicknamed HMP Benidorm in the video (pictured) is described as 'comfortable' and 'fantastic for families with small children'
The influencer who goes by the name Grumet filmed guests standing on interior balconies jokingly asking, “What are you in jail for?”
The TikToker joked that the accommodation bore more than a passing resemblance to a prison. Pictured: HMP Wandsworth
Grumet said: 'I wouldn't stay here again. I haven't been to prison, but I have seen TV shows and this was no different.
'The landing was the most striking. As soon as I saw it, I said this is not an apartment, but a prison.
'I nicknamed it HMP Benidorm.
'I mean, it's not a bad place to stay if you have a room with a view of Benidorm's old town; it would be ideal.
“But ours was so bad. We literally see a prison wall.'
The bedrooms in 'HMS Benidorm' appear clean and spacious when advertised online (pictured), but in Grumet's viral TikTok video they appear dirty and cramped
The “panic alarm” Grumet set off set off warning alarms throughout the building
The “47 year old” landline in the hotel room, which was dimly lit and described by Grumet as a “cell”
His TikTok page, which shows the ups and downs of life in Benidorm (pictured), has 316,000 followers
British tourists' long-standing love affair with the Costa Blanca hotspot was the subject of hit ITV show Benidorm (pictured)
The video, posted on his TikTok page @benidorm_grumet, has 2.1 million views and 159,000 likes.
One social media user said: 'Sounds like a prison even.'
Another person joked: “My grandpa was locked up there for a TV license.”
