The week in Guardamar: shopping, culture and rain warnings

This week, Guardamar del Segura is combining new support for local businesses and cultural events with warnings of rain and storms along the coast. There are also changes to municipal recruitment and measures relating to local services and planning.

Guardamar opens applications for shops to join Bono Consumo 2026. The scheme has a budget of €271,676 and will offer vouchers funded at 50%, with a maximum grant of €150 per consumer. The initiative aims to boost spending at local businesses.

The 15th Ruta de Tapas con Historia will be dedicated to Jaume II. Participating restaurants will prepare tapas inspired by the monarch’s visit to Guardamar in 1296.

«Anónimos» brings contemporary dance and circus to Guardamar. The Rauxa Cía performance will take place on 17 October at 19:00 at the Escola de Música. Tickets cost five euros and are on sale through Agenda Guardamar.

«Memoria de Arena» offers a route on Fridays in October. The walk starts at the castle, crosses Alfonso XIII park and continues to La Fonteta and the Rábita Califal. It lasts approximately two hours.

AEMET issues yellow warnings for rain, thunderstorms and coastal conditions. The warnings affect the southern coast of Alicante, including Guardamar del Segura, from Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 October. The rain and thunderstorm warnings begin at 12:00 on Saturday and 00:00 on Sunday; the coastal warning is forecast to start at 18:00 on Sunday.

Guardamar must adapt its municipal planning to seismic risk before 2030. The town is among those with a projected seismic intensity of VIII or higher over a 475-year return period.

The municipality moves the Tècnic Mitjà de Contractació exam to 1 December. The internal promotion exam had been scheduled for 30 November. The Town Hall is keeping the other conditions of the recruitment process unchanged.