Festivals in Torrevieja

Local festivals in Torrevieja

The Virgen del Carmen festivities express Torrevieja's historic relationship with the sea and fishing. The City Council and Fishermen's Guild organise events with associations, choirs, bands, residents and fishing families at the port, fish market, parish churches and Paseo Juan Aparicio.

Usual celebration

The celebration usually lasts for several days in July and culminates on the 16th, the feast of the Virgen del Carmen. The floral offering, Salve Marinera, paella competition, dawn musical procession, maritime cucaña and procession on land and at sea preserve a tradition that passes through the town centre and port.

Other cultural events

Carnival, the patronal festivities of the Immaculate Conception and the Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía complete the city's cultural calendar on separate dates.