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Dénia in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia.

A community of English raisin traders lived in Denia from 1800 until the time of the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.

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The ferry to Ibiza and Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands departs from Denia. Nearby is the popular resort town of Javea.

Several times a year, the town of Denia is full of festivities. The popular fiesta Fallas is celebrated each March. Huge paper mache statues, called fallas are set up throughout the town, and then set ablaze.

July brings the popular Bous a la Mar or Bulls at the Sea The highlight of this week long festival is watching bulls run down the main street Marques de Campo, only to be chased into the Mediterranean sea by those daring enough to enter a makeshift bull ring with them.