Jávea guides
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Jávea Old Town (El Pueblo): the authentic core
El Pueblo is Jávea’s historic inland core — tosca-stone streets, the fortress-church of San Bart…
Jávea's fiestas & festivals — a year of gunpowder
Jávea measures its year in gunpowder: from Sant Sebastià in January through the beach bonfires o…
History & culture: how Xàbia became Jávea
Iberians on the Montgó, Romans in the bay, a walled medieval town carved from golden tosca stone…
Jávea in summer: the town at full throttle
From late June to the end of August, Jávea's population multiplies and the town runs a completel…
Christmas and New Year in Jávea: a Mediterranean midwinter
Christmas in Jávea means lights strung through three towns, a swim before lunch if you fancy it,…
Easter and Semana Santa in Jávea: drums in the old town
For one week in spring, Jávea's tosca-stone old town becomes a stage for candlelit processions,…
Sant Joan in Jávea: the night the beach catches fire
On the shortest night of the year, Jávea lights bonfires, jumps seven waves at midnight and stay…
Jávea in July: the town finds its full voice
July is when Jávea stops rehearsing and opens properly — every terrace staffed, every beach warm…
Jávea in August: the town at full capacity
August is Jávea turned up as far as it goes — the hottest weather, the fullest beaches and, from…
Jávea in September: the crowd leaves, the sea doesn't cool
September is the month locals quietly recommend to anyone who asks — August's warmth and easy sw…
Things to do in Jávea when it rains
An honest guide to Jávea's short list of wet-weather options — the covered Mercat, the town muse…
How well do you know Jávea? The local knowledge quiz
Twenty-five questions on Jávea's history, geography, fiestas, beaches and everyday life — self-s…
Getting married in Jávea: the destination wedding guide
Couples pick this coast for reasons that photograph well and hold up in person: cliff light, cov…
Valencia in a Day from Jávea
Spain's third city, close enough for a genuine day trip — the City of Arts and Sciences, the old…
Alicante in a Day from Jávea
The smaller, saltier city fix — Santa Bárbara castle above the marina, the wave-patterned Explan…
Altea & Albir: A Day on the Blue-Domed Coast
Altea's whitewashed old town and blue-domed church, paired with Albir's flat lighthouse walk a s…
Moros y Cristianos — Jávea's beach battle in July
Mid-July turns the Arenal into a stage: a mock Moorish landing on the sand at dawn, then night a…
Mare de Déu de Loreto — Jávea's port bids summer goodbye
From late August to 8 September the port turns out for its patroness: fishing boats carry the Vi…
Jesús Nazareno — the old town's own fiesta
Late April into early May, the old town turns out for Jesús Nazareno — the image locally credite…
Fallas near Jávea — why the real spectacle is in Dénia
Jávea keeps a small old-town Fallas commission of its own in March, satirical monuments and all…
Xàbia Jazz — a summer festival in the old town's squares
For a few nights each July, the old town swaps café chatter for live jazz — free or low-cost ope…
Riu-raus and the raisin trade that built Xàbia
For much of the nineteenth century Jávea's fortune was dried grapes: muscatel raisins shipped to…
The Soler Blasco Museum — Jávea's history under one roof
A seventeenth-century old-town mansion holds Jávea's own museum: Iberian gold, Roman finds from…
Xàbia or Jávea? The town's two names, explained
Xàbia in Valencian, Jávea in Castilian — both official, both correct, and both worth knowing how…
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