What's on in la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa

La Vila Joiosa, or Villajoyosa, is a working fishing port on the Costa Blanca, famous for the row of brightly painted houses along its seafront — said to have been colour-coded so returning fishermen could pick out their homes from the sea. It's also Spain's chocolate town, home to the old Valor factory, and it keeps a real Spanish working life behind the beach.

The big event is the Moors and Christians festival, one of the most spectacular on the coast, built around El Desembarco — a night-time mock landing of boats on the beach re-enacting a Moorish raid — while the Tribalia Dance Academy show adds a local end-of-year flourish. Here's what's on while you're here.