På gång i Alicante (Costa Blanca), Spain under året

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

• Festival

  Cabalgata de Reyes (Three Kings)

  5 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Almond blossom inland

  25 jan – 28 feb · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 nov – 7 jan (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Almond blossom inland (25 jan – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Romeria de la Santa Faz

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  Romeria de la Santa Faz

  16 aprReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Romeria de la Santa Faz (16 apr)

Mest folk — Hogueras de San Juan, Summer holidays i Spain

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 25 okt · vanligtvis

  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 junLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Spanish August holidays, Summer holidays i Spain

• Helg

  Spanish August holidays

  1–31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Gota fria storms

  1 sep – 15 nov · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis)), Gota fria storms (1 sep – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen

  22 nov – 7 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Gota fria storms (1 sep – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

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

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  Venida de la Virgen in Elche

  28–29 decReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Navidad Gigante and the giant Belen (22 nov – 7 jan (vanligtvis))