When planning summer holidays there are many elements that we typically consider. Climate, geographic location, leisure options, and price are often the details to which we pay the most attention. However, there is an aspect that, even if it’s not really something we think about, is still of enormous importance when choosing a holiday destination. We’re talking about popular festivals.
Discover a destination through its celebrations and traditions
Beyond the rest and leisure we always seek when going on holiday, we still want to mix with the people from the place we’re visiting. This is precisely what allows you to discover the popular festivals of a town and participate in them.
Thus, there’s nothing better to fully soak up the culture of a new place than to truly participate in its oldest and most deeply-rooted festivals.
These are the most popular summer festivals in Benidorm
This is also applicable, obviously, to Benidorm. Specifically, an interesting aspect of this town is the fact that it’s a coastal city, so its traditions are closely linked to the arrival of summer, the sea and fishing.
From this point of view, we’re going to present you here some of the most popular summer celebrations in Benidorm.
San Juan
It’s a festival the people of Benidorm use to welcome summer. Thus, the night of June 23 is truly magical, when there are 3 large Bonfires that culminate with the “cremà” at the stroke of midnight on the 24th. In the same way, traditions such as bathing just at twelve o’clock or jumping small bonfires on the beach are observed.
El Carmen
Popular festivals for the patron saint of Benidorm, celebrated in summer and during which offerings, processions and many other cultural activities of great interest.
Verbenas at the Benidorm Castle
To hold a fundraiser for the organisation of Benidorm’s patron saint festivities (which are in November), throughout July and August the Festival Committee organises various and fun festivals in the town’s Castle.
You can enjoy drinks, sandwiches and tapas at affordable prices, music of many kinds and activities of all kinds. Without a doubt, going to the Mediterranean coast on cool summer Saturday nights to enjoy celebrations like these will be a unique experience.
Other festivals that you can enjoy in nearby towns
Beyond the celebrations of the town of Benidorm, the fact is that, in the surroundings, there are other towns and cities whose celebrations you can also enjoy in summer.
For example, in Calpe the patron saint festivities are held during the last week of July and the first week of August. Offerings, fireworks, festivals and many other cultural and recreational events of enormous interest are held. So you can’t go wrong dropping by on these dates.
In Jávea, what they call the International Festival takes place on 16 July. It’s a really popular and widespread festival in which all the inhabitants of the place participate, thus being a fun, entertaining and enjoyable day.
In Dénia, for its part, the main festivals are during the middle 20 days of July and, in addition, they celebrate Moors and Christians during the first week of August. This makes it a destination to consider when you are in Benidorm and want to visit nearby towns.
In these places that we’ve just mentioned, by the way, the bonfires of San Juan and the Carmen festivities also take place.
In conclusion, when planning your own summer holidays, we advise you to take into account whether or not there are traditional festivals and popular celebrations. You can discover the people and traditions of the place at them. In the case of Benidorm, you can’t miss celebrations such as San Juan or El Carmen, go ahead and organise your own holidays right away!