Food festivals in Benidorm worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Benidorm worth planning a trip around, by month.
Benidorm's rice weeks fill restaurant menus with local rices, dry, creamy and soupy, made with bay fish, mountain meats and huerta pumpkin, ñora and spinach.
TipThe 2025 edition had 24 restaurants with menus from €25 to €60; the 2026 edition runs 16 to 25 October, each menu a starter, a rice, dessert and a drink.
Menjars del Nostre Poble closes Benidorm's food year with four days devoted to its most traditional, deep-rooted cooking; the second edition runs from 26 to 29 November 2026.
TipIt is the newest of the six Benidorm Gastronómico events, added in 2025 and run by the town hall with the ABRECA hospitality association.
TapaFest runs alongside the Benidorm Fest song contest each February: in 2026, 20 bars and restaurants sold tapas at €3.50, and voters entered a draw for final tickets.
TipThe fourth edition ran from 6 to 15 February 2026; it moves with the Benidorm Fest dates, which are announced each winter.
Benidorm's spoon-dish weeks open the year's food calendar: 16 restaurants served a set menu of starter, traditional stew, drink and dessert for €25 in the 2026 edition.
TipThe 2026 edition ran from 27 February to 8 March; the 2027 dates are not yet announced, so check the town hall's Benidorm Gastronómico page from January.
The Jornadas del Atún honour Benidorm's almadraba past with bluefin tuna dishes, tapas and menus in 15 restaurants, opened in 2026 by the ronqueo of a 280-kilo fish.
TipIn 2026 prices ran from €3 for the cheapest tuna tapa to €52 for the fullest menu; the next edition's dates are still to be announced.
Benidorm's tapas and pinchos contest, the seed of its food-week calendar, had 19 bars selling competition tapas at €3.50 in 2026, judged by a jury and a public vote.
TipIn 2026 La Fava won the jury prize and Taberna Andaluza the public vote; keep receipts, because votes are registered against a purchase ticket.
Benidorm's cocktail contest has bars pour two competition drinks each, one with alcohol at €9 and one without at €7, with a public vote; the 2026 edition had eight bars.
TipCamarote Club, La Terrasse and Malaspina were among the 2026 entrants; the 2026 edition ran from 11 to 20 September and next year's dates are not yet set.
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