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Sant Joan d'Alacant is a town just inland from Alicante's beaches, surrounded by the almond and olive groves of the Huerta. Once a scattering of country estates where Alicante's wealthier families summered, it has grown into a comfortable residential town that runs straight into the city, but keeps an old centre and a strong sense of its own traditions.
Those traditions come out at the Major Festivals of the Holy Christ of Peace and at the Hogueras de Sant Joan, the bonfire festival shared with Alicante, complete with a Fire Parade through the streets. The town also takes part in the Penyes pilgrimage to the Santa Faç. Here's what's on while you're here.
19Apr
A traditional morning pilgrimage walk organised by the local penyes (social clubs), setting off from the main square tow
30May
A small, atmospheric night-time fire parade that opens the town's bonfire season, ending at the parish church for the bl
20Jun
Sant Joan d'Alacant celebrates its patron-saint bonfire festival from 20 to 24 June, with parades, fireworks, street mus
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