Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Valencia, Spanje

Topdrukte — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays in Spanje

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas and Reyes (5 dec – 6 jan)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Las Fallas, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Las Fallas

  1–19 mrtLicht & vuurDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  29 mrt – 6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Orange blossom

  20 mrt – 5 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spanje

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (29 mrt – 6 apr), Orange blossom (20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Orange blossom (20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Spanje, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 15 okt · meestal

  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.

Druk — Summer holidays in Spanje, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Feria de Julio

  1–31 julGroot 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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Spanje, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Residents' holiday month

  1–31 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Spanje, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Rice harvest in the Albufera

  1 sep – 10 okt · meestal

  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.

• Risico

  Gota fria and DANA storms

  1 sep – 15 novOverstromingsseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Nou d'Octubre, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Nou d'Octubre

  9 oktNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (meestal)), Rice harvest in the Albufera (1 sep – 10 okt (meestal)), Gota fria and DANA storms (1 sep – 15 nov)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gota fria and DANA storms (1 sep – 15 nov)

Topdrukte — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays in Spanje

• Feestdag

  Christmas and Reyes

  5 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗