🇬🇧 Over the last weekend of September Altea holds its main fiestas, in honour of the Santíssim Crist del Sagrari and Sant Blai, and they are the largest thing that happens here all year. Eighteen filaes — the Moorish and Christian companies — take over the streets with parades, mock battles, brass bands and mascletaes. The fiestas are recognised as a Fiesta de Interés Turístico of the Valencian Community.
🇬🇧 On a weekend in July the old fishermen's quarter around the Carrer Sant Pere, between the port and the Platja de la Roda, holds its own fiestas for Sant Pere and the Verge del Carme, the patrons of fishermen. This is a neighbourhood affair rather than a town-wide one, and it survives from a time when far more families in Altea made their living at sea. The exact dates move each year, so check them before you build a day around it.