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Festivals in Spain –
Life as a Fiesta
No matter when you travel
Spain and what part of the country is your final destination,
be sure that you will catch a piece of fiesta! Festivals in
Spain
have different origins, traditions and importance, but they mainly
coincide in one characteristic, all being joyful, vibrant and fun!
A great lot of festivals in Spain takes roots in religious holidays,
but some are also connected with significant dates in history of Spain
or events of local importance.
Check out the calendar of festivals in Spain before you set off on a
trip and decide whether or not you want crowds of merrymakers parading
along the street days and nights long during your Spanish vacations.
Some of the most important festivals in Spain that attract hundreds of
thousands of tourists to travel Spain every year are the bull-running
and bull-fighting festivals. The former takes place in Pamplona and if
you take care to book a room in one of the hotels before you travel
Spain, you'll be able to witness the metamorphosis of peaceful singing
to the region's patron, San Fermin, followed by frantic running in
front of the herd of bulls some moments later. This sight is both
thrilling and scaring, just as the one of the combat between a man and
a beast in the plaza de
toros that you'll see on visiting Malagda, Madrid,
Seville, Valencia or other cities.
All festivals in Spain are noisy and hot, but none can compare with the
Fallas that takes place in March, 19th every year in Valencia. By this
day, or, to be more exact, by the night, various statues made of
pasteboard, plaster or wood are stuffed with fireworks and set on fire
as the clock strikes 12. With all the adjacent buildings covered by
fireproof tarps and more than 350 ninots
blazing around the city, can you imagine what a mess all this makes! If
you haven't seen la
Crema night of the Fallas, believe you don't know what a
fiery festival is, so do not hesitate to travel Spain in early Spring!
Another fiesta not to be missed when you travel Spain is the April Fair
that turns Andalusian capital, Seville,
into a giant stage for
historical performance. People dressed in traditional costumes move
along the streets with tented casetas
on both sides in horse-drawn carriages. Horse parades will demonstrate
the art of dressage and the flamenco dancing can't but fascinate and
entice you away to the old days of Spain.
Travel Spain with us and you will learn that this country has much to
please not only your eyes, but also the stomach, too!
Tapas Fair in the snacks' capital, Seville, will invite you to taste
the world's best tapas that are an indispensable part of eating and
drinking traditions in Spain; the Tomatina fiesta features the biggest
food fight in the world and it is probably the only time when people
enjoy being bombarded with tomatoes; and the festival of
“Burial
of the Sardine” in Madrid is a spectacle that you will see
nowhere else in the world.
Hopefully, you've managed to have a meal during the above festivals
– and now get something to drink; for example, do it at the
Autumn Festivals in Jerez de la Frontera with some sherry tasting or in
Cava Week of Catalunya!
Read more of our articles and get to know where to go
and when in Spain!
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