Congratulations Denia!

Getting recognition is not easy at all. But the most difficult thing comes later, and is maintaining or even raising the level acquired. The Mediterranean city Denia, Alicante, has achieved it. In December 2015, UNESCO awarded Denia the title Creative City of Gastronomy.

After four years as a creative city, in 2020 it was time to pass the UNESCO exam. The evaluation committee of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, made up of member cities, has already issued the report on the work carried out during these four years. Denia has passed this exam with flying colors and is thus renewing within the select international group for four more years.

Denia stands out as "excellent" for the synergies created between the City Council, the university, the institutions and the private sector to make the Creative City great, placing emphasis on the promotion and preservation of local traditions and their high-quality products, the effort to integrate the Creative City project into the educational field, and many initiatives, among which the D*NA gastronomic festival stands out.

Congratulations to everyone for the united efforts!