Torrevieja funds €174,545 clean-up of rural paths

Today's essentials (4 key points)

• Alicante-Elche airport is set to exceed 1,700 flights in the final days of August, confirming a busy summer, according to TodoAlicante.
• A meteotsunami briefly pulled the sea back from the beaches of Torrevieja and Guardamar del Segura on Friday, according to Informacion.
• Residents of the Parque Chabàs in Dénia have announced legal action over sick birds, stagnant water and municipal neglect, La Marina Plaza reports.
• Benidorm Pride 2026 will run from 1 to 6 September with pool parties, a parade and a Main Stage After-Party, according to Life in Benidorm.

Today's essentials

Torrevieja funds €174,545 clean-up of rural paths. Torrevieja's local government has approved a €174,545 (before tax) contract to clean up waste illegally dumped on the rural paths, farm tracks and trails across the town's non-urban land, according to El Periódic.

Weather today

Today on the Costa Blanca. Open-Meteo forecasts a warm, overcast Friday 28 August across the Costa Blanca, muggy on the coast and a touch fresher inland, with only slim chances of rain.

In Alicante city, Open-Meteo expects a low of 24 and a high of 29 degrees under a grey sky, with a 23% chance of rain and light winds up to 9 km/h. It will feel humid rather than scorching, so a light layer for the evening is enough and there is no need to plan your day around the heat.

Inland around Ibi the air is cooler, from 19 up to 25 degrees, also overcast with an 18% chance of rain and slightly stronger gusts to 15 km/h. On the southern coast at Dénia, look for 25 to 28 degrees with a little light rain (13% probability) and a sea breeze reaching 19 km/h, good conditions for an early beach morning before any showers arrive.

Transport & traffic

• Alicante-Elche, a milestone that keeps paying off. AlicanteOut recalls that Alicante-Elche welcomed its twelve-millionth passenger back in 2016, a marker of how firmly the Costa Blanca had cemented itself as a tourist destination. That long-running growth is exactly why the airport keeps drawing new routes and why flights to and from northern Europe stay frequent and competitively priced through the year. For residents, it means getting home or bringing family over rarely depends on a single seasonal connection, and the strength of the tourism sector helps keep the whole region's economy ticking.
• More than 1,700 flights at the airport to close August. According to TodoAlicante, Alicante-Elche airport will pass 1,700 flights in the closing stretch of August, as operations climb to a summer peak. For anyone flying in or out this week, that density translates into fuller terminals and tighter turnarounds. Arrive with extra time, keep an eye on your gate, and expect car parks, taxi ranks and drop-off zones to be busier than usual while the peak holds; a delayed inbound aircraft can ripple into later departures when the schedule is this packed.

What's changing for you

• When the sea vanished from Torrevieja's beaches. The water briefly retreated from the beaches of Torrevieja and Guardamar del Segura on Friday, a striking sight caused by a meteotsunami, according to Informacion. A meteotsunami is a sudden but usually harmless shift in sea level driven by fast changes in atmospheric pressure, not by an earthquake. If you ever see the water pull back like this, stay off the newly exposed seabed: the sea comes back just as quickly as it withdrew, and a returning surge can catch you out.
• Legal action brewing over Dénia's Parque Chabàs. La Marina Plaza reports that residents of the Parque Chabàs in Dénia have announced legal action, blaming sick and dying birds, stagnant water and municipal neglect at the park's fountain. The neighbours say sparrows, blackbirds and turtledoves are falling ill from the contaminated fountain, and report repeated acts of vandalism. If you live nearby and use the park, it is worth photographing problems and filing reports with the Ayuntamiento, since the residents' group is building its case on exactly this kind of documented evidence.

Local news to know

• A gold treasure worth over €1.5 million at risk. Campaigners fear a collection of pieces whose gold content alone exceeds €1.5 million could be melted down, according to El Periódic and TodoAlicante.
• Dutch and Belgian buyers reshape the Marina Alta. As La Marina Plaza reports, buyers from the Netherlands and Belgium now lead foreign home purchases in the Marina Alta, with Moraira, Benissa and Benitatxell among the Spanish towns with the highest overseas demand.
• Where a boat from Alicante can take you. One of the perks of living on this coast is that several Mediterranean spots are reachable by boat straight from Alicante, AlicanteOut notes.
• Benidorm Pride 2026, six days of parties. Benidorm Pride 2026 will run from 1 to 6 September, packing in a Pool Party, the Ñ Divas Disco, a White Party, the parade and a Main Stage After-Party, according to Life in Benidorm.

Tonight and tomorrow, the Costa Blanca

• Benidorm's last big weekend of August. Life in Benidorm reports that Benidorm sees out August with a full programme from 28 to 30 August, headlined by the Benidorm Beach Festival at the Gran Hotel Bali. The weekend also brings closing summer-night parties around the resort; check each venue's schedule for exact start times and whether entry is free or ticketed before you head out.

See the full agenda, tonight and tomorrow