Easter week in Andorra

During the Easter week celebrations, the sound of drums can be heard in every corner of these villages in the south of the Aragón Region. The most long-awaited moment of the celebration in Andorra is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Easter week in Calanda

During the Easter week celebrations, the sound of drums can be heard in every corner of these villages in the south of the Aragón Region. The most long-awaited moment of the celebrations in Calanda is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour). Unlike the other villages, in Calanda the “rompida” is at midday on Good Friday. ...

Easter Week in Salamanca

Easter week in Salamanca stands out for the stunning spectacle of its beautiful processions with the backdrop of the streets of the historic city centre. Emblematic spots like University square, the Casa de las Conchas (House of the Shells), and the Arrabal and Clerecía churches take on a vital role at this time. ...

Fallas bonfire festival of San José

The Fallas are Valencia’s most international festival. In a competition of art, ingenuity and good taste, during the week beginning on 19 March the city fills with gigantic cardboard monuments, the ninots. ...

Festival of La Magdalena

The traditional procession of the "Pregó" marks the beginning of the traditional celebrations of the Magdalena festival. Among the most noteworthy events is the "Romería de les Canyes" a pilgrimage to the h chapel of La Magdalena involving thousands of people carrying canes decorated with green ribbons to commemorate the founding of the city. ...

Palm Sunday Procession

The Palm Sunday Procession is held on the Sunday before Easter week. This fiesta has special importance in Elche. Its origins date back to the end of the 14th century. Hundreds of people take part, carrying figures hand-crafted in the town from palm branches, a beautiful spectacle. ...

Bando de la Huerta spring fiesta

The “Bando de la Huerta” celebration comes on the first Tuesday after Easter, coinciding with the most important day of the Spring Fiestas. It consists of a parade of oxen-drawn carriages and booths from which the participants, known as "huertanos", throw food at the spectators. ...

Carnival festivities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Rhythm, colour, flamboyance, luxury and of course the most brilliant spectacle. The Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival is the most “Brazilian” of all the Spanish carnivals, and it is famous all over the world for its popular flavour. For fifteen days, the streets of the city come alive with joie de vivre, freedom and extravagance. ...

Carnival in Xinzo de Limia

This is the longest carnival cycle celebrated in Spain, as it comprises five Sundays in a row. Fareleiro, Oleiro, Corredoiro, Carnival Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Entierro de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine) and Domingo de Piñata (Sunday Piñata). "Domingo Fareleiro" is a comic battle in which the whole town covers itself in flour. ...

International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest

The Torrevieja International Habaneras and Polyphony Competition is the most outstanding event of its type in Spain. This village on the shores of the Mediterranean has been hosting the competition since 1955. Its gentle songs serve as a point of encounter for people from many different countries. ...

Carnival in Águilas

Carnival is celebrated enthusiastically, with four big parades filling the town with colour, splendour, and beauty. They take place on Carnival Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday, and on Piñata Saturday (the weekend after Carnival proper). ...

"Cascamorras"

In September, Guadix and Baza, in the province of Granada, live one of the most long-awaited moments of the year: the "Cascamorras". This fiesta dates back to the Middle Ages, and the appearance of the statue of the Virgen de la Piedad, which made enemies of the two towns. In the end, the statue remained in Baza. ...

Viking Pilgrimage

Thousands of people flock to this town in Galicia every year on the first Sunday in August to attend this fun festival. Since 1960, the inhabitants of Catoira, dressed as Viking warriors, recreate a pirate attack on the town. ...

Bonfires of San Juan (Alicante)

To celebrate the arrival of summer, Alicante residents traditionally went to dinner in the countryside on June 23: they ate traditional food, and when midnight arrived, they lit bonfires, danced around them, launched rockets and swam in the sea. ...

San Fermín bull-running festival

Thousands of people go to Pamplona every year to experience the risk and the thrill of the running of the bulls, a tradition immortalised by Ernest Hemingway in his novel Fiesta. Over nine days, dressed in traditional white costumes with a red kerchief, locals and visitors give themselves over to the festive spirit. ...

The San Juan Bonfires (A Coruña)

Different activities relating to this festival begin in May, and a huge number of cultural, social, sports and public events are celebrated throughout the whole of June. Chamber music concerts, recitals, exhibitions, ballet and regional dances are performed in the most traditional locations in the city. ...

Burial of the Sardine

The "Entierro de la Sardina" (Burial of the Sardine) is a traditional parade which normally closes the Carnival celebrations. In Murcia, this event stands out for certain characteristics that make it highly original. ...

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