Hva som skjer i Alicante (Costa Blanca), Spain gjennom året

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

• Festival

  Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings)

  5. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Almond blossom inland

  25. jan – 28. feb · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Almond blossom inland (25. jan – 28. feb (vanligvis))

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

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Romeria de la Santa Faz

• Festival

  Romeria de la Santa Faz

  16. aprReligiøs høytidMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Romeria de la Santa Faz (16. apr)

Toppsesong — Hogueras de San Juan, Summer holidays i Spain

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun – 25. okt · vanligvis

  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. junLys og ildMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 25. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spanish August holidays, Summer holidays i Spain

• Helligdag

  Spanish August holidays

  1.–31. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 25. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Gota fria storms

  1. sep – 15. nov · vanligvisFlomsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 25. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 25. okt (vanligvis)), Gota fria storms (1. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

  22. nov – 7. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Gota fria storms (1. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Venida de la Virgen in Elche

  28.–29. desReligiøs høytid

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))