Hva som skjer i Valencia, Spain gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas and Reyes (5. des – 6. jan)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — Las Fallas, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Las Fallas

  1.–19. marLys og ildMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  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. mai · vanligvisVillblomster og 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.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 6. apr), Orange blossom (20. mar – 5. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Orange blossom (20. mar – 5. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Spain, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun – 15. okt · vanligvis

  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.

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

• Festival

  Feria de Julio

  1.–31. julStor 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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

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

• Sesong

  Residents' holiday month

  1.–31. augSkoleferieStengninger

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

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

• Natur

  Rice harvest in the Albufera

  1. sep – 10. okt · vanligvis

  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.

• Fare

  Gota fria and DANA storms

  1. sep – 15. novFlomsesong

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Nou d'Octubre, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Nou d'Octubre

  9. oktNasjonaldagStengninger

  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 ↗

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

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

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

Toppsesong — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Reyes

  5. des – 6. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  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 ↗