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January Epiphany Parade – Taking place in Alicante , this is a post-Christmas holiday event. February Carnival – The mardi gras of Spain takes place in Alicante . March During the week of Easter there are numerous celebrations all throughout the area. Fire Festival – This is an amazing event featuring various fire performances. See http://www.fallas.com April Moors and Christians celebration in Alicante . See http://www.abdet.com/history-culture/ May Cinco de Mayo – This Spanish holiday at the beginning of the month is marked with feasting and flower parades. May Fair – Held in Torrevieja to celebrate the spring. See http://www.webtorrevieja.com/mun/tur June Bonfires of San Juan – Alicante is ablaze with hundreds of bonfires, an event not to be missed. July Fisherman’s Fiesta http://www.webtorrevieja.com/mun/turi August Summer Festivals – They take place all summer long, all throughout the region, and are comprised of various different types of activities. August is the month when the biggest events take place and the season comes to a close. November Spanish Theatre Fair December International Puppet Festival – Fun for all ages, the city of Alicante comes to life with puppet shows in various locations http://www.costablanca.org/eng/fiestas_cultura/teatro_listae.asp Read more details on Costa Blanca Alicante Location of Alicante - Costa Blanca Alicante - Costa Blanca is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Land of Valencia. Alicante is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east. The capital is the city of Alicante. Costa Blanca refers to the over 200 kilometres of coastline belonging to the Province of Alicante. The climate in Alicante is Mediterranean, with tempered winters and dry hot summers. The average temperature is 18°C (65°F) with scarce torrential rainfalls (355 mm a year). Frost and snow are unknown in the coastal areas. The Costa Blanca enjoys more than 2,800 hours of sunshine throughout the year! Best Time to Travel to Alicante - Costa Blanca. Spain You may prefer not to visit Alicante and its surrounding towns over summer (June-August), because millions of other people will. During the summer peak tourist season, prices are higher, accommodation is hard to find without a reservation, and the sun is at its hottest; the temperature rarely falling below 30°C (86°F). Advice like that may miss the point though: you might want to go in summer precisely because this means the biggest holiday crowds, wildest parties and hottest sun of your life. Let's just say if you're looking for something quiet this year, summer in Alicante might not be for you. It's certainly worth visiting Alicante at other times of the year. The sun shines all through autumn and spring, and most of winter. There are some heavy rains in spring (March-May) and autumn, (September-November), but these don't happen very often, and the sun quickly evaporates what hasn't been sluiced underground. Winters are mild, with the average temperature hovering at around 18°C (64°F). Attractions in Alicante - Costa Blanca Lying on the Eastern coast of Spain, Alicante has it all: parties, discos, festivals, castles - and if that isn't enough - hot sun, white sand beaches and a turquoise sea. Of course, something so good can't stay hidden for ever, and Alicante and the towns along the Costa Blanca (White Coast) are now among Europe's most heavily visited regions. There are many attractions alongside the Costa Blanca, some of them specially for tourists like the entertainment park Terra Mitica at Benidorm or the bays of Altea and Calpe. Others are smaller towns and villages like Villajoyosa just south of Benidorm, famous for its old town and its chocolate. Its beaches along with its tiny villages give the Costa Blanca its unique attraction. In the north the Costa Blanca starts with Denia and Javea two wonderful towns at the bottom of a mountain. In the south the Costa Blanca goes down to Guardamar and Torrevieja. With such wonderful cities like the Elche, the palm tree capital of the world. Events in Alicante - Costa Blanca Spanish towns are famous for their festivals, often a mixture of solemn religious observance and rambunctious street party. In late April the Muslims and Christians Festival commemorates the reconquitsa (reconquest), or defeat and expulsion of the Moors from Alicante in the 13th century. Hundreds of locals turn out for the parade wearing splendid period costume. Alicante's key festival, however, is the fabulous Festival de Sant Joan, a week-long affair in late June. Drinking and dancing stop only for an outrageous street procession of floats bearing forgueres, huge, grotesque satirical figures made of wood and paper mache. The festival climaxes on the night of 24 June with a monstrous palmera, or fireworks display, a raucous ceremonial burning of all the floats and their brightly coloured passengers, a public hose-down of the forgueres and the crowd by the fire department, and then, incredibly, even more drinking and dancing. Only a week later, before you can even pick yourself off the floor, it's time for the Feast of San Pedro at the start of July, with more processions, more effigies, more fireworks, and more drinking and dancing in and around makeshift wooden party enclosures known as barracas. The rest of the year is more subdued. September sees the annual theatre festival, Alicante e Esena and the Alicante International Music Festival. In December puppets from all over the world gather for the International Puppet Festival and are thankful to leave town without being attached to fireworks or put in parades and then burnt. Food in Alicante - Costa Blanca, Spain The rice constitutes one of the great chapters in the culinary history of this region. You can cook it in more than 300 different manner of ways and styles: arroz a la marinera (fisherman's rice), arroz al horno (oven-baked rice), arroz amb fesols i naps (with beans and turnips), arroz con costra (topped with a crust of omelette) Other variations allow for the rice to be flavoured with squid ('calamar') and tunny fish, chicken and fillet of pork, chipirones (baby squid) and garlic shoots, or tunny fish and gambas (shrimps). At the seaside, shellfish and salt-dried fish are on the menus of every restaurant. The day's choice might include gilthead dorada), bass baked in salt lubina a la sal, seafood with a squeeze of lemon, or some delicious sea-fresh red mullet salmonete and whiting pescadilla. Undoubtedly the most famous desert of Alicante is turron, which a type of nougat made using honey & almonds. This is typically eaten around Christmas time, but available all year round. The genuine brands are those from the town of Jijona (very sweet & soft) and of Alicante (hard & crunchy). During the summer, iced drinks made of lemon, coffee and barley as well as horchata a drink made with tiger nut milk or almond milk are the most typical. 
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