A BRITISH tourist claims her dream trip to Benidorm was ruined because there were "too many Spaniards".

Fuming Freda Jackson, 81, said she was left in tears at the end of the two-week holiday to the tourist hotspot as it was teeming with "rude" Spanish natives.

3 Freda Jackson claims her Benidorm holiday was ruined by 'rude' Spaniards Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

The OAP, who suffers from mobility issues, had saved up her pension for the £1,133 Thomas Cook trip with her 61-year-old pal at the Poseidon Playa resort.

But she is now demanding a full refund from the tour operator after the holiday in May was "ruined".

Freda, from Blackburn, Lancs, said: "The hotel was full of Spanish holidaymakers and they really got on our nerves because they were just so rude.

"One evening a Spanish guy nearly knocked me flying and he just walked off without even apologising.

3 The Poseidon Playa resort where Freda stayed Credit: Alamy

"The entertainment in the hotel was all focused and catered for the Spanish - why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?"

Freda and her friend had travelled 1,500 miles from Manchester Airport to Alicante on May 10 after the dates of their flight were changed.

The grandmother-of-six, who has previously visited Greece, Turkey, Portugal and Tenerife, claims Thomas Cook "mis-sold" her dream trip.

3 Freda has demanded a full refund from Thomas Cook Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

She fumed: "I have never complained about a holiday before - but this one was a disaster from start to finish.

"My friend and I paid for it from our pensions and it was a struggle trying to fund it over 12 months and the holiday was totally ruined - I cried after.

"We wanted to go somewhere on flat ground and not in the hills because we have mobility issues.

"To top it off once we got to reception they told us we had been put on the 14th floor, thankfully we were moved to the second floor, and that it was 42 steps down to the hotel's swimming pool."

Freda complained to Thomas Cook when she returned and was initially offered a £75 holiday voucher as compensation, which was later upped to £566 to be split between the gran and her friend.

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The holiday operator has apologised to the pair but claims the money offered is because the last minute change of flight - not because the hotel was overrun by Spanish holidaymakers.

A spokesperson said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience this caused and are investigating to make sure it doesn't happen again.

"We have offered Ms Jackson and her travel companion a gesture of goodwill to try and put things right which we hope she will accept."

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