These traditional open-air markets are held throughout the year in many towns around the Costa Blanca.

Find travelling stands with seasonal fruit and vegetables, typical food products of the area, clothes, shoes, accessories, decoration, home, crafts, flowers and plants.

Opening hours

• They usually open early and remain open to the public until just after midday (around 1pm).

Calendar

Monday

• Agres, Callosa d’En Sarrià (Plaza del Convento), Denia, Elche (Mercado Central, Plaza Barcelona and Plaza Madrid), Ibi, Monóvar, La Nucía, Parcent, Penáguila, Santa Pola (Viguetas) and Sax.

 
Tuesday

• Altea, Agost, Alcoy (San Mateo), Beniarbeig, Benigembla, Benimantell, Callosa d’En Sarrià (Plaza de España), Castalla, Elche (Arenales), Elda (San Francisco and Virgen de la Cabeza), Jalón, Jijona, Orihuela, Pilar de La Horadada (Mil Palmeras), Planes, Els Poblets, Salinas and Torrevieja (La Mata).

 
Wednesday

• Albatera (San Isidro), Alcoy (Norte and San Roque), Alfafara, Alfaz del Pi, Algorfa, Alquería de Aznar, Banyeres de Mariola, Beneixama, Beniarrés, Benidorm (Foietes, Rincón de Loix), Benilloba, Benitatxell, Biar, Callosa de Segura, El Campello (Muchavista), Elche (Bernabé del Campo), Gaianes, Guardamar del Segura, Hondón de Las Nieves, Muchamiel, Novelda, Ondara, Orba, Penáguila, Petrer (La Frontera), Pilar de La Horadada, Polop de La Marina, Ráfol de Almunia, San Isidro, San Miguel de Salinas, Teulada and Torremanzanas.

 
Thursday

• Agost, Albatera, Algueña, Alicante (Babel, Benalúa, Campoamor and Carolinas), Benidoleig, Bigastro, Cocentaina, Denia (La Xara), Elche (Altet and Torrellano), Hondón de Los Frailes, Jávea, Pego, Planes, Relleu, Rojales, Santa Pola (Gran Alacant), Vall de Laguar, Villajoyosa and Villena.

 
Friday

• Alcalalí, Alcoy (San Mateo), Alfaz del Pi, Banyeres de Mariola, Benejúzar, Beniarrés, Benilloba, Benimantell, Crevillente, Elche (Arenales), Finestrat, Gata de Gorgos, Jacarilla, Monforte del Cid, Los Montesinos, Moraira, Muro de Alcoy (La Mistera), Onil, Orihuela, Petrel (La Frontera), Pilar de la Horadada, Rafal, Salinas, Sella, Senija, Teulada (beach), Tibi, Torrevieja and El Verger.

 
Saturday

• Alfaz del Pi (El Albir), Alicante (Babel, Benalúa, Campoamor and Carolinas), Almoradí, Alquería de Aznar, Banyeres de Mariola, Benigembla, Benissa, Calpe, Castalla, Castell de Castells, Catral, Elche (Central Market, Plaza Barcelona and Plaza Madrid), Elda (San Francisco and Virgen de la Cabeza), Facheca, Gaianes, Hondón de las Nieves, Novelda, Pinoso, Planes, Pedreguer, Relleu, Salinas, Santa Pola (Maestro Quislant and Viguetas), San Juan de Alicante and San Vicente del Raspeig.

 
Sunday

• Aigües de Busot, Alcoy (Batoi), Alfafara, Algueña, Benidorm (Rincón de Loix), Busot, El Campello (Muchavista), Cox, Penáguila and Santa Pola (in summer).

 
Every day

• Alicante (Cemetery and Paseo de Gadea) and Elche (Old Municipal Cemetery, Reina Victoria, Plaza de la Merced, Paseo Estación and Gran Teatro).

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Aquapark Flamingo is a small water park in the urbanization La Siesta part of Torrevieja, Alicante.

The is a great family park, specially for families with children aged between 2 and 10 years. Aquapark Flamingo is rated as one of the best water parks in Spain.

It has a variety of swimming pools, slides and jacuzzis making it perfect for relaxing while the kids are under control.

Other amenities such as restaurants, a picnic area, lockers, changing rooms, parking and free lounger service round off the park’s offer.

Remember to take cash though as this small water park does not have a card payment service, although there is an ATM nearby.
 
The park will be open from 1 June to 31 August, 2023.
 

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Mundomar Benidorm is one of the most popular fauna and flora parks in Spain and Europe.

This park strives to protect the environment, respecting nature and park’s animals.

The park occupies over 60 000 square metres and is home to more than 30 different species of mammals, birds and reptiles, including flamingos, storks, turtles, owls, bats, capuchin monkeys, lemurs, toucans, seals, sea lions, suricates, penguins and dolphins.

Mundomar Benidorm offers daily shows with parrots, sea lions, seals and, of course, dolphins. Visitors can also closely observe certain animals and even interact with them.

The park has a restaurant, picnic area, gift shop and, for the little ones, a children’s playground with a great variety of swings and attractions.

The park will be open from 23 March to  3 November, 2024.

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This park, located between Elche and Santa Pola, is an animal conservation centre and part of a European network of parks that actively work to help protect endangered species.

Río Safari Elche is located in a unique environment of over 4 500 palm trees. The park is organised in different areas: African Savannah, Reptile cave, Chimpanzee Island, Orangutan Sanctuary, Australian Environment, Lion Kingdom, Aviary and Educational Farm.

It houses over 100 different animal species, including white and brown lions, bengal tigers, orangutans, chimpanzees, giraffes and sea lions.

Río Safari Elche offers children a playful yet educational environment. The entrance fee includes a walking tour, a guided visit by train through some animal enclosures and access to three exhibitions: birds of the world, curiozoo and sea lions.

The park also offers vistors the chance to interact with animals with activities such as swimming with sea lions, visiting lemurs or feeding orangutans and chimpanzees.

The park has a restaurant with a ball park, a hamburger bar, picnic areas, photo and souvenir shop, children’s area, a go-kart circuit and trampolines. In the summertime visitors can also enjoy the park’s ‘Splash Park’; a lovely water park with swimming pools and slides.

Open every day of the year.

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Aitana Safari is an animal reserve, open to the public, in Penáguila (Alicante).

The reserve occupies over 1 500 000 m² and some of the most emblematic animals from the five continents such as lions, tigers, lynx, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, bison or llamas roam its terrain.

Visit the park as if in an authentic African safari, by car, observing the animals close up in their natural habitats. A fun way to learn more about them and take great photos.

Visitors may choose between group guided tours, free tours, private tours and VIP excursions.

To wrap up the experience the park has an authentic African restaurant, a great place to rest and recharge batteries after the day’s adventures.

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Terra Natura Benidorm is a new generation zoo in Benidorm (Alicante).

The park has been designed to offer a complete zoo-immersion, a new concept in habitat design that allows visitors to safely observe animals through barriers invisible to the human eye.

Terra Natura Benidorm occupies around 320 000 square metres, and is home to over 1 500 animals from 200 different species. The park is in turn divided into four areas: Europe, Pangea, America and Asia.

Species that stand out are hunting birds such as falcons, eagles or owls, exotic birds such as flamingos, toucans or macaws, poisonous creatures such as tarantulas, scorpions or reptiles and mammals such as monkeys, llamas, jaguars, ocelots, tigers, lions, rhinoceroses or elephants.

Terra Natura Benidorm is not just an animal park, its a lot more than that, offering not only the opportunity to see different specimens but also peculiarities of their habitat, vegetation and of each species.

Its varied educational and outdoor activities make it an idyllic place for families to enjoy nature and for young ones to learn whilst having fun.

Additional facilities such as parking areas, lockers, changing rooms, gift shops, picnic areas, kiosks, restaurants and a multi-adventure area with suspension bridges, zip lines, swings and barrels guarantee a lovely day out for all.

Open to the public over 300 days a year, with opening and closing times that vary over the course of the year.

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Enjoy a lovely evening in this family-orientated 24 000 m2 amusement park in Santa Pola (Alicante) located just in front of Santa Pola’s salina (salty marsh area).

With some 30 attractions such as the ‘Extreme’ (pendulum that turns and swings), ‘Montaña rusa’ (a small roller coaster), ‘Caída libre’ (free fall for fun and good views), ‘Casa de la risa’ (translated as ‘house of laughter’), ‘Pasaje maldito’ (or ‘dammed walk’, an attraction for the brave), ‘Jumping’ (trampolines with an extra ‘umph’ and harnesses), ‘Camas elasticas’ (classic trampolines), karts (small racing track) and quads (closed circuit).

The park’s offer is complemented by various snack bars that sell a variety of hamburgers, kebabs and pizzas not to mention free WiFi connection and parking.

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This themed and educational-orientated park in Callosa d’en Sarrià (Alicante) offers the whole family a fun and educational day out.

What’s more it’s located in a beautiful natural environment, close to the Algar fountains, just 8 km from Altea and 17 km from Benidorm.

In DinoPark Algar visitors see dozens of life-size reproductions of dinosaurs, some move and make noises too, or visit amazing attractions such as ‘Paleontological Patio’ (sands with buried remains), ‘3D Cinema’ (view three-dimensional films), ‘Journey to the Earth’s past’ (real artefacts from remote times), ‘Argentinosaurus’ (a 30m robot dinosaur) and ‘Wollemia Nobilis’ (prehistoric living plant).

The park also offers a botanical cactus garden, play areas, parking, a picnic area and its ‘Dino Café’, perfect to take a bite and have a drink.

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This amazing theme park in Benidorm that recreates ancient civilisations has thrills, rides and attractions for the whole family.

Terra Mítica (Mythical land) is divided into five themed areas: Egyptian culture, ancient Greece, Rome followed by Iberia and the Islands, these last two in an independent water area open in the summer called ‘Iberia Park’.

Visitors can really immerse into these different cultures thanks to the care to detail with replicas of famous monuments.

The park has a 33 rides/attractions such as ‘Titanide’ (inverted roller coaster), ‘The Phoenix Flight’ (a 54m free fall), ‘Synkope’ (giant pendulum), ‘La Furia de Tritón’ (vertigo experience with 2 refreshing splashes), ‘Cataratas del Nilo’ (water roller coaster), ‘Inferno’ (four-dimensional roller coaster) and ‘Laberinto del Minotauro’ (laser light guns in a labyrinth).

The park also offers daily shows including gladiators, dancers, acrobats as well as a selection of shops, bars, cafeterias and restaurants for all tastes.

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Aqua Natura Benidorm, the latest edition and most modern water park in Benidorm (Alicante), is next to Terra Natura Benidorm

Its design offers a visual field that allows parents to rest and relax while children play and have fun in the water.

The park has unique attractions such as the “Kamikace” (a plummeting dive for the more daring), “La Cresta” (a completely enclosed roller coaster-slide), “Aqua Snake” (a zigzag-shaped slide), “Speed Hole” (a fast tubular slide), “Rio Aventura” (a very wide U-shaped slide), “Black Hole” (a long descent at high speed), “Zigzag-Giant slide” (a slide that descends between curves), “Multipista” (a vertiginous descent with 4 tracks in parallel), “Niagara” (a slide of rapid fall), “Zorba Beach” (an impressive central pool of 5,000 square meters) and a wave pool with geysers and waterfalls.

There is an exclusive children’s water area with two irregular shaped pools with slides and a water castle with corridors, hiding places and interactive water games for children to soak up the fun.

The park also has beach bars, picnic areas, lockers, changing rooms and rubber rings and hammocks for rent.

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