Travel Light!
by Wendy-H
The accent in Denia is "Smart Casual"
No need to overdo it. Very casual during the day. If going into town in the eveining-smart casual is the norm.
During high summer it is very hot and you will wear very little. You can get everything you need here. Pharmacies are easy to find and stock everything.
Nice food-rubbish service!
by Wendy-H about Naranja bar
eaten about 3 times at this place which is right on beach about 4kms out of Denia in Las marinas area.
Good food, Paella excellent but oh dear the service. Time before last i had to ask 3 times for bill and in end i just left what i thought on table and walked off.
Last visit, we chose to sit outside, table not set, only inside ones set but we preferred outside.
Anyway food came but no cutlery set so we asked waiter who nodded, then promptly went off to serve ice creams to somebody! waited a bit then went inside and picked some cutlery off a table ourselves!
Anyway worth going, just dont expect good table service but food quite good. Paella mixta
Fiestas and holidays in Spain.
by rachel_sun
Spain has a huge number of festivals and fiestas on each year.The best known is probably the San Fermin, the running of the bulls in Iruna(Pamplona),,July 6-14.Holy Week or Semana Santa(week before easter) is celecrated by wonderful processions in lots of towns.It is very big in Sevilla.Valencia has a great festival called Las Fallas De San Jose (March 12-19).
During San Isidro( 2 weeks from May 15) there are many operas, concerts and ballets performed in Madrid.
Festivals-Northwest Spain- Feast of St James. July 25th.Santiago de Compostela.This is a huge festival with a breath taking fireworks display and a mock burning of the cathedral facade.
Northeast Spain- Fiesta de San Fermines. July 6-14 is the running of the bulls in Iruna.
Fieasta de San Mateo is in September 21st and is the Logrono Grape Festival,
Eastern Spain is The Las Fallas de San Jose,,,Valencia March 12-19 a great range of fireworks and music.
Castilla-La Mancha&Extremadura...Womad(World of Music and Dance)...Begining of May and it includes international bands ranging from reggae to indian.
Andalucia and Murcia...Carnival in Cadiz is one month before easter.,,,,, Feria del Caballo(horse fair) April or May ,Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz.One of Andalucias biggest festivals and will get very busy.
Costa Blanca also has a huge selection of fiestas thought out the year of the Christians and the Moors.
Spanish hols-
Spain has national, regional and local holidays.Its hard to keep track of all of them as each town has its own saints day and has fiestas at different times etc.Here are the main ones but most places have at least 6 or seven others too.
January 1& 6(Epiphany)
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
May 1(May Day)
October 12(National Day)
November 1 (All Saints Day)
December 6(Constitution)
8(Conception)
25 (Christmas)