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Food & Drink
Festa des Vermar 2026
Mallorca's wine-harvest festival in Binissalem — grape-treading, a famous grape fight and weeks of celebration.
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Fiestas de La Cala 2026 — Finestrat
Finestrat's beach village holds its own fiestas in mid-September, including a charity run — a weekend aimed as much at v
11Sep
Festivals & Fiestas
Fiesta del Charco 2026 — La Aldea de San Nicolás
Every 11 September the whole of La Aldea wades into a coastal lagoon to catch fish by hand, reviving a pre-Hispanic tech
11Sep
Family
Lloret Drone Festival 2026
Three hundred synchronised drones over Lloret bay on two September nights, with two completely different shows — one on
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Autumn on the Spanish coast 2026: what's actually on, September to December
The crowds go home in September and the calendar gets better, not worse. Human towers in Tarragona,
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Spain's hidden-gem summer fiestas 2026: the small local festivals worth travelling for
Past the famous fiestas everyone Googles, Spain keeps its best parties for itself: sardine feasts at
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Car hire at Alicante Airport: an honest guide for 2026
Thinking of hiring a car at Alicante–Elche (ALC)? Here's the honest, no-nonsense guide — when it's worth it, the small print that catches people
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Car hire at Málaga Airport: an honest guide for 2026
Thinking of hiring a car at Málaga (AGP)? Here's the honest, no-nonsense guide — when it's worth it, the small print that catches people out, and
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Car hire at Palma Airport: an honest guide for 2026
Thinking of hiring a car at Palma de Mallorca (PMI)? Here's the honest, no-nonsense guide — when it's worth it, the small print that catches peop
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Arte Urbano de Candelaria — Open-Air Street Art Exhibition
A free open-air street art display set up along the Rambla Los Menceyes promenade, on view from June through October 202
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Local Gem
English-friendly
Calando Cultura - The Canarian Openwork Lace Exhibition
A four-month exhibition celebrating Canarian openwork lace (calado), the craft for which Ingenio is famous. It recreates
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Markets
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English-friendly
Free
Empuriabrava Night Market
A summer-long evening market along the Empuriabrava seafront promenade, with craft, gift and food stalls running into th
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Entre Cantaros Flamenco Festival (4th edition)
A free open-air flamenco festival touring four picture-perfect villages of the Cabo de Gata area over the summer, with t
