COSTA Blanca is a 200-kilometer stretch along the Mediterranean coast of Spain. And since Spain is a predominantly Catholic country, it celebrates a public holiday every November 1 which is All Saints Day. During this day all over Costa Blanca, the natives troop to the cemeteries where they honor their dead loves ones by placing flowers such as chrysanthemums to the foot of the tombs.
They also lay the most favorite food of their deceased loved ones so it’s not surprising to see arroz caldo or turron placed on top of the graves at this time of the year. There is another religious celebration in Costa Blanca during Halloween aside from Todos los Santos or All Saints Day. It’s the culmination of Rosary Month every October 31.
During this particular celebration, balloons shaped like rosaries are flown all over the Mediterranean coastline. To those who are lucky enough to retrieve these merged balloons, they will receive special prizes in the form of novelty items like a golf club treat or a dinner for two or even a night’s stay for two at one of the posh luxury beach resorts here.
Speaking of resorts here in Costa Blanca, you’re in luck because the resorts here are all accredited blue flag accreditation. It means that they are taken care of in a very utmost manner. It also means that their locations are spic-and-span and tidy and tap water can be drunk. Beach resort managements here in Costa Blanca are so strict when it comes to environmental practices such as littering. When it comes to their paved parking areas, they will warn you not to park your rented off-road vehicles since mud from the tire tracks may distort the pavement.
Other specialties of Costa Blanca beach resorts are the presence of nurseries. It is there where you place your toddler or infant in order not to disturb your second honeymoon. These nurseries are equipped with highly-trained infant psychologists. Nurseries in beach resorts around the Iberian Peninsula such as Costa Blanca have been popular following the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.
Also, these beaches around Costa Blanca are equipped with lifeguards. But a warning to honeymooners out there – these lifeguards do not usually patrol the remote beaches around their jurisdiction so make sure not to stray yourselves farther out. Anyway, Costa Blanca also has its share of nudist beaches but they are usually deserted during Halloween season since the temperatures here tend to go down already in 7 degrees Celsius or so.
The temperate Mediterranean climate makes it an atmosphere for kids to party during Halloween. Just like what they do in the rest of the Western world including the United States across the Atlantic, they also have their treat-or-trick thing here in Costa Blanca. These kids usually knock at the doors of visiting foreigners in their vacation homes and ask for candies so make sure to have a stockpile of them during Halloween. In fact, the next day – All Saints Day – is jokingly called as The Day We Fell Sick from Eating Chocolate.