Wooden chalets, handmade gifts, Christmas sweets and free shows — every Christmas market on the coast, town by town, with dates and opening hours.
Season: 20 Nov 2026 – 6 Jan 2027
4 events in 3 towns
Paseo de Federico Soto, Alicante
Around 25 wooden stalls of handmade crafts, jewellery and leather goods, plus second-hand book stalls, along the Paseo de Federico Soto in the city centre — open mornings and evenings through to Three Kings. A short walk from the Rambla and the Christmas lights on the Explanada and Plaza de los Luceros.
Paseo de Federico Soto, Alicante
Alicante's traditional Christmas-week market on the Paseo de Federico Soto: stalls of cascaruja and porrate — roasted nuts, dried fruit and seeds — with turrón and Christmas sweets, for stocking up before Nochebuena. It runs for the last few days before Christmas, closing on Christmas Eve; dates confirmed nearer the time.
Plaza de SS.MM. Reyes de España, Benidorm
Benidorm's 'Christmas Square' on the Plaza de SS.MM. Reyes de España: wooden market chalets and fairground rides, Father Christmas's house, and free shows on the square — children's theatre, dance, magic and music — from early December to Three Kings.
Port promenade (Duanes de la Mar), Xàbia
Handmade gifts from local artisans on the seafront promenade at the port, set around the big Christmas tree, over the long December holiday weekend (the 6 and 8 December holidays). Run by the port's traders' association; this year's dates are confirmed nearer the time.
On the Costa Blanca, Alicante has two markets on the Paseo de Federico Soto — the craft market that runs to Three Kings and the traditional Christmas-week cascaruja market — while Benidorm turns the Plaza de SS.MM. Reyes de España into its 'Christmas Square' and Xàbia's port holds a craft fair over the December holiday weekend. Every market we know of is on this page, grouped by town.
Christmas markets on the Spanish coast are a little different from the northern-European kind. You'll find rows of wooden chalets, handmade gifts and decorations, but also nativity-scene (belén) figures, turrón, polvorones and other Christmas sweets, and very often a stage with free shows for the children. Most open with the town's lights switch-on in late November or early December and stay until the Three Kings on 5–6 January, though a few are weekend fairs or close before Christmas.
Two practical tips: many markets close in the middle of the day (a typical pattern is 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00), and the evenings, under the lights, are when they're at their best. Entry is always free. Dates for the new season are usually announced by the town halls in November, so we've listed each market with its expected dates and update them as they're confirmed.
Most open with the town's lights switch-on, between the last week of November and the first week of December, and run until 5 or 6 January. A few are shorter — weekend fairs, or markets that close just before Christmas — so check the dates on each listing above.
They vary by town. Many close in the middle of the day, with a typical pattern of 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00 or 22:00; some stay open all day. The hours we know are on each listing above.
Yes — entry to all of them is free. Shows on the market stages are usually free too; rides and ice rinks, where there are any, normally charge.
Handmade crafts, jewellery and gifts, Christmas decorations and figures for the nativity scene (belén), and seasonal sweets such as turrón, polvorones and mantecados. The larger ones add food stalls, children's activities and a stage.
List it free. Once it's checked it appears on this guide and on the town's What's On page.