San Vicente del Raspeig

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Come enjoy a holiday in Sant Vicent del Raspeig, the home of the University of Alicante, and discover a town with a long tradition of curious and popular celebrations.

Discover Sant Vicent del Raspeig, a university town close to Alicante where the defining feature might be just how friendly the locals are. The place name comes from Saint Vincent Ferrer, who stayed there in the beginning of the 15th century in the El Raspeig area, which is how the town was known until the beginning of the 19th century.

Thanks to our wide range of cheap trips to Sant Vicent del Raspeig, you’ll be able to learn about a town that has managed to both maintain its traditions while also evolving to become a modern city with all the modern amenities. It has a multitude of unique buildings to visit, such as the old Town Hall, which dates back to the 19th century and is modernist in style, or the church of Sant Vicent Ferrer, neoclassical in style. You’ll also want to make sure you don’t miss the Vertical Gardens, the tallest garden in Spain.

All this and more await if you book one of our package deals to Sant Vicent del Raspeig. To really get the most out of your visit, you’ll want to check the town’s calendar of celebrations and fiestas. The patron saint festivities are celebrated on the Monday immediately after Easter Sunday, together with the Moors and Christians celebration, which commemorates the Reconquest by the Crown of Aragon. If you decide to visit the town in July, you can also enjoy the Fogueres de Sant Vicent, a festival similar to the Falles of Valencia or the Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante. Both festivities have been declared of Provincial Tourist Interest.

When you check out our deals for trips to Sant Vicent del Raspeig, you should remember that the town is very close to Alicante airport. The public transport network is very extensive. There’s an intercity bus service that connects the town with nearby cities such as Alicante and Alcoi, the local train network of Murcia and Alicante, and a tram line. Once there, Sant Vicent also has an extensive taxi service so that nothing stops you from going where you want, when you want on your holidays.

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