Christmas Eve Gala Dinner
We have prepared the most special night of the year for you to enjoy together: make your wishes, hand your letter to Father Christmas and stay on after dinner until 1:30 am with music.
A Christmas Eve Gala Dinner, a Christmas Day Special Buffet and a programme of activities for the whole family, twelve minutes from Alicante city centre.
Christmas on the Costa Blanca
This year we are once again preparing special menus for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with activities designed so that children and adults alike can make the most of the season. Book a table, stay with us, or do both.
A set menu served in our restaurant, with music until 1:30 am.
A buffet lunch on 25 December, with its own children’s corner.
Workshops, games and evenings of music and dancing over the holidays.
And 23 minutes from the airport, with parking at the resort itself.
Two dates for your diary
Two ways to celebrate, both in our restaurant. Prices include drinks. The full menus are further down.
We have prepared the most special night of the year for you to enjoy together: make your wishes, hand your letter to Father Christmas and stay on after dinner until 1:30 am with music.
Wake up at the hotel on the most eagerly awaited day and come down for an unhurried lunch. A generous buffet, with options for the little ones, so everyone can help themselves to whatever they fancy.
Menus: on Christmas Eve you can choose the Christmas Eve Menu or the Vegan Menu (€60 per adult), or the Children’s Menu (€30). On Christmas Day the buffet has its own children’s selection. You will find them in full just below.
If anyone in your party has a food allergy or intolerance, we need to know when you book so we can offer an alternative menu suited to their needs. Otherwise we cannot guarantee this service.
The menus
Everything we serve on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, drinks included. Tap a menu to see it full size.
Thursday 24 December
Three menus to choose from.
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€60per adult
An appetiser, three starters to share, beef cheek braised in red wine and a Spanish nougat mousse.
Appetiser
Crispy goat’s cheese bonbon with rosemary honey.
Starters to share
Grilled scallops with cauliflower cream, caviar and truffle oil.
Foie gras millefeuille with caramelised apple and spiced bread.
Confit artichokes with Parmesan cream and crispy pancetta.
Main course
Beef cheek braised in red wine with potato gratin.
Dessert
Essence of Jijona.
Spanish nougat mousse on a sponge cake base, with almond crunch and a white chocolate glaze, decorated with nougat and crunchy pearls.
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€60per adult
Beetroot carpaccio, a vegetable and chestnut Wellington and Basque-style cheesecake with berries.
Appetiser
Mini crispy flatbread with roasted vegetables, black olives and basil oil.
Starters
Marinated beetroot carpaccio with avocado cream, orange and toasted almonds.
Confit artichoke on truffled potato purée with crispy leek.
Wild mushroom cannelloni with porcini cream and chive oil.
Main course
Vegetable, chestnut and nut Wellington with red wine sauce and spiced sweet potato.
Dessert
Basque-style cheesecake with mixed berry cream and toasted almonds.
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€30per child
A mini Iberico ham brioche, pumpkin soup, crispy veal escalope with chips and a chocolate dessert.
Appetiser
Mini Iberico ham brioche with tomato and extra virgin olive oil.
First course
Smooth roasted pumpkin soup with crispy Iberico ham and golden croutons.
Second course
Crispy breaded veal escalope with chips and homemade tomato sauce.
Dessert
Festive milk chocolate dessert.
Drinks included with the Christmas Eve adult menus
Drinks
Beer and alcohol-free beer
Soft drinks
Mineral water
Wines
Monasterio de Palazuelos · Rueda
Varela Crianza · Rioja
Roger de Flor · Cava
Friday 25 December
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€45adults €25children
A generous buffet for a relaxed Christmas Day lunch, with its own children’s selection and a chocolate fountain. Drinks included.
Salads
Selection of raw vegetables and dips · Pomegranate and goat’s cheese salad · Avocado, mango and strawberry salad · Apple, celery and walnut salad · Salmon roll with dill cream
Buffet stations
Assorted cheeses with grapes, nuts and jams · Iberico cured meats · Assorted pâtés · Carved cooked pork shoulder · Carved Iberico ham with tomato and crispy crystal bread
Children’s selection
Macaroni · Spaghetti · Tomato sauce · Bolognese sauce · Cordon bleu · Chicken nuggets · Assorted mini pizzas
Desserts
Chocolate mousse with raspberries · Christmas Yule log · Apple tart · Cheesecake with mixed berries · Fruit salad with a hint of cava · Spanish nougat and Christmas biscuits · Sweets · Chocolate fountain
Soups
Pumpkin soup with shaved cured ham · Broth with a traditional meatball
Paellas
Seafood paella · Iberico pork cheek and artichoke paella
Meat
Roast suckling pig with crispy skin · Chicken stuffed with spinach, nuts and apple · Rib-eye steak with chimichurri sauce
Fish
Grilled king prawns with garlic and parsley · Baked cod with a lightly browned mild aioli topping · Sea bream fillet with a herb and pistachio crust and cava sauce
Side dishes
Assorted croquettes · Seafood vol-au-vents · Roast potatoes with butter · Grilled green asparagus with sea salt flakes · Roasted pumpkin with honey and rosemary
When you book, or in the enquiry form, tell us how many vegan or children’s menus you need, and about any allergies or intolerances.
Stay a few more days
If you would like to stay longer, our team will put together a tailored Christmas package, with special prices for groups, families and longer stays.
Holiday programme
We are preparing activities for weekends and public holidays. Join the more relaxed ones or throw yourself into the games, workshops and music nights.
On 24, 27, 28, 29 and 31 December.
Live music and a party after dinner.
Stay with us and get group and family rates.
Special prices for children at both meals.
We will publish the full calendar soon so you can plan ahead. In the meantime, take a look at our regular entertainment programme.
Bookings and enquiries
Tell us which dates you are interested in, how many of you there are and whether you want just the meal, a room or both. We will reply with availability. Let us know too if you need any vegan or children’s menus.
Or write to us here
We will reply to the email address you give us. You can also write to reservas.hotel@bonalbaresort.com.
Before you book
There are two dates: the Christmas Eve Gala Dinner on Thursday 24 December 2026, and the Christmas Day Special Buffet on Friday 25 December 2026. Both are served in our restaurant.
The Christmas Eve Gala Dinner costs €60 per adult and €30 per child, drinks included. The Christmas Day Special Buffet costs €45 per adult and €25 per child, also with drinks included. You will find the full menus in the menus section.
On Christmas Eve there are three menus: the Christmas Eve Menu (scallops, foie gras millefeuille, beef cheek braised in red wine and a Spanish nougat mousse), the Vegan Menu, with a vegetable and chestnut Wellington, and the Children’s Menu. On Christmas Day the Special Buffet has salads, cheeses, Iberico cured meats and carved ham, paellas, roast suckling pig, rib-eye steak, fish, a children’s selection and a chocolate fountain. You will find them all in the menus section.
Let us know when you book. With that information we prepare an alternative menu for each case. If we do not receive it in advance we cannot guarantee this service.
Message us on WhatsApp or through the form and we will confirm table availability for the dates you are interested in.
Our team will put together a tailored Christmas package, with special prices for groups, families and longer stays. Take a look at the rooms and send us your dates.
In Mutxamel, twelve minutes from Alicante city centre, fifteen from the sea and twenty-three from Alicante-Elche airport. The resort has its own parking, a golf course, an outdoor pool and a Wellness & Beauty Center.
Christmas 2026
Places for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are limited. Get in touch and we will save you a table.