The first summer villa of Benicàssim Historical milestone · Benicàssim, La Plana Alta, Castellón Image of Benicàssim, not of the place itself. In 1887 the beach's first bathing house was built and after it came the Modernista villas of well-off Valencian families, which gave the place the nickname of the Biarritz of the Levante. 1887 Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Benicàssim