Qué hay en Alicante (Costa Blanca), España, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings), Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

• Festival

  Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings)

  5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  On the evening of 5 January the Three Kings land at the port and parade through the centre to the town hall, throwing sweets. Families stake out the Rambla early, and the 6th is a holiday with most shops shut. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Almond blossom inland

  25 Ene – 28 Feb · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Almond orchards in the Vall de Xalo and Vall de Guadalest, about an hour's drive north, flower from late January and peak into February; Alcalali runs guided walks and tastings. A cold or mild winter shifts the peak by weeks. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 Nov – 7 Ene (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Almond blossom inland (25 Ene – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays en España

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Madrid and the interior come to the coast for the week and the Costa Blanca season effectively starts here, several weeks before the sea is worth getting into. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Romeria de la Santa Faz

• Festival

  Romeria de la Santa Faz

  16 AbrFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  On the second Thursday after Easter a couple of hundred thousand people walk the eight kilometres out to the monastery from dawn, carrying rosemary. The road out is shut and the city is on its feet by seven. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Romeria de la Santa Faz (16 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Hogueras de San Juan, Summer holidays en España

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 25 Oct · normalmente

  One of the longest swimming windows on the Spanish mainland; the water at Postiguet is still fine well into October, when the beach is half empty.

• Festival

  Hogueras de San Juan

  20–25 JunLuces y fuegoMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Ninety-odd sculptures go up in the streets on 20 June and burn on the night of the 24th, with daily mascleta bangs in Plaza de los Luceros. The centre is closed to traffic and nobody sleeps much. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Spanish August holidays, Summer holidays en España

• Festivo

  Spanish August holidays

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Spain takes its holiday in the same month, and this is where a large part of Madrid takes it. Second homes fill, the beach road jams and the good restaurants need booking. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Gota fria storms

  1 Sep – 15 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  Autumn on this coast delivers its rain in a day or two rather than in showers, and the ramblas that are dry all year are the reason those days close roads. Watch the AEMET warnings rather than the forecast icon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente)), Gota fria storms (1 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

  22 Nov – 7 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  The city's Christmas programme centres on a monumental nativity scene in Plaza del Ayuntamiento, listed by Guinness, with the square closed to traffic, a fairground and lit streets until Epiphany. It opens in late November. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Gota fria storms (1 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, Christmas holidays en España

• Festival

  Venida de la Virgen in Elche

  28–29 DicFiesta religiosa

  A day trip to Elche, half an hour by train: at dawn on the 28th a pilgrimage walks in from Tamarit beach to reenact the Virgin's arrival by sea in 1370, and on the 29th children dressed as angels escort her image to the basilica. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 Nov – 7 Ene (normalmente))