From the 10th to the 16th of August Denia will be celebrating the Moors and Christians Festival (Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos), in honour of San Roque. This year the Moors are captained by the Filá Amazigh and the Christians by the Filá Mozárabes.
Highlights of this year´s festivities:
- Wednesday 11th of August: at 11.00 visit to the Residencia Santa Lucia.
These are probably the most renowned Carnivales in the Alicante Province. People travel from all over the area to enjoy these festivities.
The main attractions are of course, the costumes , the music and the general festivities. These will commence on Saturday the 13 of February 2010 in Pego at 23.00h in the “Pla de la Font” ( the square with the fountain). The orchestra “EUFORIA” will be the first to start the entertaining. After which the parade will continue to the Paseo de Michel where the orchestras, “MONTECARLO”and “VERTIGO” will be performing. There will also be DJs and huge, “Mobile-Discos,” to keep everyone dancing.

