Det sker i Valencia, Spain året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Christmas and Reyes (5. dec. – 6. jan.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Tætpakket — Las Fallas, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Las Fallas

  1.–19. mar.Lys & ildTætpakketBook tidligt

  A daytime gunpowder concert in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every day from 1 March, then on the night of the 19th several hundred enormous sculptures are burned in the streets that built them. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar. – 6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligtLukninger

  Good Friday is a national holiday and every region adds Holy Thursday or Easter Monday. Spain travels in large numbers, so trains, flights and hotels book up at higher rates, and processions of some size close streets in almost every town. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Orange blossom

  20. mar. – 5. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The azahar comes out across the huerta and in the city's own street trees for a few weeks in spring, and on a warm evening the old town smells of it from one side to the other.

Tætpakket — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa (29. mar. – 6. apr.), Orange blossom (20. mar. – 5. maj (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Orange blossom (20. mar. – 5. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun. – 15. okt. · normalt

  Malvarrosa and the Patacona are city beaches ten minutes from the centre, warm from mid-June and still swimming in October, which is when the paella places on the sand are bearable.

Travlt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Feria de Julio

  1.–31. jul.Stor festival

  A month of concerts, fireworks over the old riverbed and the Batalla de Flores, in which carriages and the crowd throw several tonnes of marigolds at each other on the Paseo de la Alameda. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Residents' holiday month

  1.–31. aug.SkoleferieLukninger

  Valencianos go to the coast or the mountains and a good share of the neighbourhood restaurants shut for a fortnight. La Tomatina in Bunol, an hour inland, is on the last Wednesday of the month. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Rice harvest in the Albufera

  1. sep. – 10. okt. · normalt

  The paddies south of the city are cut through September, and the lagoon is drained and reflooded around it. The bird counts on the Albufera are at their best just after.

• Risiko

  Gota fria and DANA storms

  1. sep. – 15. nov.Oversvømmelsessæson

  Autumn is when a cut-off low over a warm Mediterranean can drop a season's rain on the coastal plain in hours. Rare in any given week, and the reason the city diverted its river. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Nou d'Octubre, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Nou d'Octubre

  9. okt.National helligdagLukninger

  The regional holiday: the Senyera comes down from the town hall balcony at noon and is walked to the cathedral, a mascleta goes off at two, and a Moors and Christians parade takes Calle de la Paz in the late afternoon. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Rice harvest in the Albufera (1. sep. – 10. okt. (normalt)), Gota fria and DANA storms (1. sep. – 15. nov.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Gota fria and DANA storms (1. sep. – 15. nov.)

Tætpakket — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Reyes

  5. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  Markets in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, an ice rink, and the Reyes cabalgata on 5 January. Warm enough at midday to sit outside, which is most of the point of a Spanish Christmas here. Kilde ↗