I’ve been in the Torreón for years, and almost everything written about Benicàssim is written for the July tourist. For someone coming in October or March — to rest, to race, to train or to work for a few weeks — there’s next to nothing.

This is an attempt to fix that: what the weather is actually like month by month, which races and festivals fill the calendar, where to train, how to get around without a car, and what stays open once the summer crowd leaves.

No brochure copy. Just what I’d tell someone who asked me whether it’s worth coming.