The
coast
Only 1 km away from the town is the coast
with 6 km of beach. Moncofa’s main beaches
are El Grau and Masbó. Thanks to the
quality of the water, it receives every year
Europe’s clean seas distinguishing blue
flag. In the summer the population grows
with the visitors searching for calm walks
on the promenade and the lively pubs, bars
on the beach and discos, besides the widest
choice of the shopping and service centres.
This coast is appropriate for many water
sports, such as sailing, surfing, or scuba
diving. Fishing with “lanzadera”
and “rall” are especially popular
in the mouth of river Belcaire, in the area
better known as Canyars.
From San
Antonio to San Antonio
The calendar of festivities starts each
January 17 with the San Antonio bonfires
and animal blessing. In Easter there are
solemn processions and on Easter Sunday
a unique event takes place: the representation
in verse, of Jesus’s Encounter in
the Orchard, put on by the town’s
citizens. Calle Mayor is fully decorated
with a carpet of rose petals shaped into
religious images.
From the
land to the sea
The produce that grows in the fields of
Moncofa is the main ingredient of the town’s
traditional stews and sweets. Vegetables
in general (cabbage, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes,
beans, etc) are the base of different types
of paellas (“a banda” rice,
black rice and rice with cabbage, “arrosejat”).
Among its fish dishes are “suquet”
and the famous and delicious “fideuà”.
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