{"id":3561,"date":"2026-08-19T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:37:40","slug":"gandia-langoustine-fortnight-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/gandia-langoustine-fortnight-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Quincena de la Cigala 2026: Gandia&#8217;s langoustine gastronomy fortnight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <strong>1 to 15 September 2026<\/strong>, Gandia&#8217;s restaurants put fish-market langoustine at the centre of the table: the <strong>Quincena de la Cigala en Gandia<\/strong> is back, the gastronomy fortnight organised by <strong>Dest\u00edSafor<\/strong> with the collaboration of Gandia Town Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<style>\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .post-inline-photo {\n    float: none !important;\n    width: min(100%, 320px) !important;\n    margin: 1.5em auto !important;\n  }\n  .post-inline-photo img {\n    width: 100% !important;\n    height: auto !important;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For two weeks the star is the <strong>fresh langoustine from Gandia&#8217;s fish market<\/strong>: seasonal produce, local fishing and zero-kilometre sourcing. Each participating restaurant prepares its own proposal, ranging from time-honoured seafaring stews to more contemporary creations. The fortnight also falls at a lovely time to visit the city, with the beach still in season and without the August crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fish-market langoustine in 21 restaurants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized post-inline-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto.webp\" alt=\"Fish-market langoustine from Gandia served on rice in a white bowl\" class=\"wp-image-3566\" style=\"width:260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto.webp 1080w, https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigalas-foto-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fish-market langoustine on rice (photo: Dest\u00edSafor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 edition brings together <strong>21 establishments<\/strong>, most of them on <strong>Gandia beach<\/strong> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/el-grau-gandia-port-english-railway-seafaring-history\/\">El Grau de Gandia<\/a> \u2014 the seafaring quarter whose fish market supplies the produce every day \u2014 along with several options in the town centre and one in Barx. The dishes announced include seafaring classics such as blanqueta, creamy rice or langoustine simply boiled or grilled, alongside avant-garde proposals such as Thai curry, tartare or langoustine lacquered over hot coals. If you enjoy local seafood cooking, it is the same tradition that gave rise to <a href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/fideua-gandia-history-seafaring-tradition\/\">fideu\u00e0<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to take part<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no single menu or common fixed price: each restaurant decides the format of its proposal, whether an \u00e0 la carte dish or a special menu. It is best to <strong>book directly with your chosen restaurant<\/strong> to make sure the fresh produce is available. The full list of participating restaurants, with their dishes and booking telephone numbers, is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/destisafor.com\/cigaladegandia2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Dest\u00edSafor page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"Event\",\n  \"name\": \"Quincena de la Cigala en Gandia 2026\",\n  \"url\": \"https:\/\/destisafor.com\/cigaladegandia2026\/\",\n  \"startDate\": \"2026-09-01\",\n  \"endDate\": \"2026-09-15\",\n  \"eventStatus\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled\",\n  \"eventAttendanceMode\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode\",\n  \"inLanguage\": \"en-GB\",\n  \"location\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Place\",\n    \"name\": \"Participating restaurants in Gandia\",\n    \"address\": {\n      \"@type\": \"PostalAddress\",\n      \"addressLocality\": \"Gandia\",\n      \"addressRegion\": \"Valencia\",\n      \"addressCountry\": \"ES\"\n    }\n  },\n  \"image\": [\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cigala2026-cartel.webp\"],\n  \"description\": \"Gastronomy fortnight devoted to fresh langoustine from Gandia's fish market: 21 restaurants serve dishes and menus with langoustine as the star, from 1 to 15 September 2026.\",\n  \"organizer\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n    \"name\": \"Dest\u00edSafor\",\n    \"url\": \"https:\/\/destisafor.com\"\n  }\n}\n<\/script>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1 to 15 September 2026, Gandia&#8217;s restaurants put fish-market langoustine centre stage: the Quincena de la Cigala gastronomy fortnight returns with 21 participating establishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"borgia26_language":"en","borgia26_translation_group":"quincena-cigala-gandia-2026","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gastronomia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3568,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions\/3568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}