Hogueras de San Juan 2026
Alicante's flagship fire festival — giant satirical monuments across the city, burned in the Cremà on the night of the 24th.
If you're on the Costa Blanca in late June, time your trip around the Hogueras de San Juan — Alicante's answer to Valencia's Fallas and one of Spain's great fire festivals. In the days around Midsummer, enormous satirical sculptures (the hogueras) appear at junctions all over the city, the streets fill with parades, brass bands and the barracas party tents, and daily mascletà firework volleys shake the main square.
What to expect. The build-up runs from around the 20th, with the city in full fiesta mode day and night. It all peaks on the night of the 24th with the Cremà, when the monuments are spectacularly set alight — followed, from the 25th, by several nights of fireworks competitions launched from Postiguet beach.
Practical bit. Everything is walkable in central Alicante, and the city gets packed, so park on the edge and walk in, or use the TRAM. The airport is a short hop away. Accommodation books up months ahead for these dates — sort it early. Late nights and fireworks make it lively rather than restful, but children love the spectacle.
It's free, it's all over the city, and it's the single best week to experience Alicante at full tilt.
Source: https://www.alicanteturismo.com