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For such a small village Hondón knows how to party and has put on some truly fantastic fiestas. Some Fiestas are a ‘tour’ that do the rounds of villages in the area BUT MOSTLY Hondon people get truly involved in the Fietsa Spirit. My personal Favourite has been the Hondon Medieval Night / Correfocs … where the whole village is transformed into ‘olde world’ with street entertainers and stalls + a big firework finale. It takes place usually in July or August. It’s worth seeing !

Hondon has many annual festival (big ones over 2 weeks August), some honoring the Virgin of the Snows (religious icon). On August 5 on odd years, Hondón de las Nieves or Aspe organise this festival which has proven to have popular support by the locals of both Aspe and Hondon. People march from all the local village to be entertained with cultural events giving the first fortnight of August a real festivity of color, food, music and dance. We love it !!

You can usually get a program of festivals from the village town hall (Ayuntamiento).

There are also many Cultural Days, which show theater, music, dance, cuisine and sports in late spring or early summer. Hondón de las Nieves also has a Municipal Sports Center which has a public swimming pool, tennis courts, fronton, paddle courts, a soccer field and a restaurant. All this, plus recreation areas, scenic beauty and other holidays, provide visitors a wide range of possibilities for leisure.

Fiesta Time Again !!! What a great summer this is turning out to be. If you look you shall find many local festivals in or near the Hondon Valley.

Nit de L’Alba

One of the biggest festivals nearby is the Nit de L’Alba in Elche, near Alicante, Costa Blanca. Elche (city of the palms) is a lovely place to visit anyway. But go to this AWESOME FIREWORK DISPLAY (which has some historical and religious significance).

WOW! It was an unbelievable and relentless display with 100’000′s of aerial fireworks and FREE !!! All part of their Fiesta calendar. The whole city was buzzing (and banging ! ) … must have cost a fortune.

It’s impossible to describe the experience really SEE THE VIDEO HERE – but this is no ordinary firework night, more a war-zone, , hell on earth, exciting, scary! You cowered at the sheer volume of bangs and noise, the power and spectacle of this event is jaw-dropping.

You had to be there to understand … and it was still going strong into the early hours!

But forget Health and Safety, You’ll see things that would NEVER happen in the UK, kids as young as 5 have mini-crackers and bangers, dads who should know better acting like teenagers. Afterwards the Fire Fight starts known as “Guerrilla Carretillas” who have ‘organised’ firework combat (they even have the gear) !!!!

Well recommended for next year. I’ll be there hopefully !