Festivities of Agres Activity · Agres, El Comtat, Alicante Agres celebrates its patronal festivities with a pilgrimage to the Santuario de la Mare de Déu del Castell, beneath the Montcabrer, where tradition places the apparition of the Marian image in 1484; Franciscan friars settled there in the 16th century. Photo: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA) What to see and do in Agres