Cosa c'è in programma a Alicante (Costa Blanca) (Spagna) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings), Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

• Festival

  Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings)

  5 genNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Almond blossom inland

  25 gen – 28 feb · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 nov – 7 gen (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Almond blossom inland (25 gen – 28 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spagna

• Festività

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Semana Santa, Romeria de la Santa Faz

• Festival

  Romeria de la Santa Faz

  16 aprFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Romeria de la Santa Faz (16 apr)

Folla al massimo — Hogueras de San Juan, Summer holidays in Spagna

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 giu – 25 ott · di solito

  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 giuLuci e fuochiAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Summer holidays in Spagna, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (10 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Spanish August holidays, Summer holidays in Spagna

• Festività

  Spanish August holidays

  1–31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (10 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Summer holidays in Spagna, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Gota fria storms

  1 set – 15 nov · di solitoStagione delle alluvioni

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (10 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (10 giu – 25 ott (di solito)), Gota fria storms (1 set – 15 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

  22 nov – 7 gen · di solitoNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Gota fria storms (1 set – 15 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, Christmas holidays in Spagna

• Festival

  Venida de la Virgen in Elche

  28–29 dicFesta 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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 nov – 7 gen (di solito))