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The "Costa Tropical" Celebrations & Local Parties

Almuñécar traditional festivals are colorful and varied, such as carnivals, with the traditional burial of the sardine. Other parties of interests are:

Feast in honor of the Virgen de la Antigua. August 9-15.

In this event the neighbors commemorate the victory of Lope de Valenzuela over The Moorish Aben Aboo, which took place in 1569, while they thank for the miraculous intercession of their patron. The procession takes place at night and arrives to the beach "Puerta del Mar". Many decorated boats accompany the Virgin in this journey that ends with an extraordinary fireworks display in the "Peñones del Santo".

Jazz en la Costa (Jazz on the Coast) Festival. July

This festival, which has been held for more than two decades, is the most important event of this kind in the Andalusian coast. Jazz on the Coast, which is an extension of another festival which takes place in Granada in November, is one of the international meetings of European jazz veterans.

Jazz en la Costa website

Feasts of San José in La Herradura, week of March 19.

There are various cultural and sporting events as well as a fair during the day where you can taste the typical cuisine of the Costa Tropical.

Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Feasts of the neighborhood of seafarers, July 16.

During this festivity wanders the image of the Virgen del Carmen on the Paseo de San Cristóbal and reaches in its itinerary the Rincón de la China performing dances to the music of the "Girls of the Brotherhood". Once the virgin arrives at the Rincón de la China, a Mass is celebrated outdoors with massive support and in the end of it, if time permits, the procession continues by ship up to the rock of San Cristóbal.

More information in: www.turgranada.es