På gång i Valencia, Spain under året

Mest folk — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and Reyes (5 dec – 6 jan)

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Las Fallas, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Las Fallas

  1–19 marLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Orange blossom

  20 mar – 5 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

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

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 6 apr), Orange blossom (20 mar – 5 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Orange blossom (20 mar – 5 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

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

• 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Residents' holiday month

  1–31 augSkollovStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Natur

  Rice harvest in the Albufera

  1 sep – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

• Risk

  Gota fria and DANA storms

  1 sep – 15 novÖversvämningssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Nou d'Octubre, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Nou d'Octubre

  9 oktNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Rice harvest in the Albufera (1 sep – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Gota fria and DANA storms (1 sep – 15 nov)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

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

Mest folk — Christmas and Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Helg

  Christmas and Reyes

  5 dec – 6 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗