Surfing: Goanna Pro International Open

The event coincides with the Easter week celebrations, and is now a traditional event on Tapia beach. The competition brings together the best surfers on the international circuit, as well as crowds of visitors who come down to the beach to witness the spectacle.

International Mountain Bike Race in Ibiza

The race is divided into three phases on the island and includes the best international bikers, who will take advantage of the good weather on Ibiza, one of the Balearic Islands, to do their best. The intense competitiveness, the spectacle of mountain biking and the beauty of the environment make this competition an outstanding event for MTB fans.

Easter Week in León

León’s Easter traditions date from the 16th century. Over 10 days, the 16 hermandades (lay brotherhoods) organise about 30 processions, as well as musical rituals, concerts, and special sermons. Around 16,000 lay brothers take part in these events, which draw huge crowds of locals and visitors. ...

Easter Week in Sahagún

It is renowned for the magnificent figures paraded, but most importantly for the popular procession led by the only Brotherhood of Jesús of Nazareth in the area. One highly anticipated moment is the Sunday before Palm Sunday (known as “Domingo Tortillero” as it was customary to snack on tortillas in the countryside), when the right to carry ...

Easter Week in Ponferrada

The most traditional procession, the Encounter, is held on Good Friday where members of the Jesus of Nazareth Brotherhood journey around the streets to the rhythm of bugles and kettledrums. Alongside the religious tradition, the local custom is to have a typical 'limonada' or lemonade in one of the area's cafés or bars. ...

Easter Week in Viveiro

There are several key events in the Easter Week celebrations in Viveiro that give the religious processions that wind through its streets an exceptional intensity and emotional charge. On Easter Wednesday there is a representation of the Vía Crucis, with the religious float of El Cristo de la Agonía. ...

Cherry Blossom Festival

It only happens for a couple of weeks a year, usually between late March and early April, depending on weather conditions. During this time, the mountains of the valley look completely white with blossoming cherry trees During this time, exhibitions, medieval markets, open-air dances, routes, tastings and many other activities, are held in the ...

Valencia Cuina Oberta - Restaurant Week

This initiative features the participation of Valencia’s best-known restaurants and is designed to make the best gastronomy accessible to a wide and varied public. Top chefs will prepare a special menu entitled “Cuina Oberta" (Open Cuisine) which will be available at very reasonable prices. ...

Easter Week in Cadiz

Easter week in Granada

On the night of Holy Wednesday it is the turn of the Cristo de los Gitanos, a spectacular and moving sight thanks to the huge fires lit in the caves and homes of Sacromonte. On Holy Thursday the procession of the Cristo de Silencio takes place, the silence broken only by the sound of the drums. ...

Easter in Barbastro

Easter in Barbastro centres on its processions. These parades take to the town's streets to show the religious images of its churches. The processions recreate different episodes of the Passion and the death of Christ through religious sculptures that are carried through the streets, accompanied by the music of drums and cornets. ...

Easter week in Cordoba

The city of Cordoba celebrates this event with over 30 religious processions whose hallmark is their silence and emotion. Some of these processions are centuries old, and the best-known include 'El Rescatado', which takes to the streets on Palm Sunday; 'El Cristo del Remedio de Ánimas', on Easter Monday; 'Nuestra Señora de la Paz y la ...

Easter week in Teruel

Religious statues, habits and brotherhoods fill the streets of Teruel over these days of celebration. The city comes alive with a host of processions. The most emotive moment is on Good Friday afternoon, with the so-called General Procession. All Teruel's religious brotherhoods take part. ...

Easter week in Samper de 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 celebration in Samper de Calanda is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Easter week in La Puebla de Híjar

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 La Puebla de Híjar is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Descent of the Angel in Peñafiel

The celebration has a long tradition in the town, and probably evolved from religious performances in the Middle Ages. The ceremony begins in the Plaza de España Square, when bells and rockets announce the beginning of the procession of the Virgin from the Church of Santa María. ...

Easter Week in Sagunto

All along this steep path, the Passion of Christ is re-enacted in a massive event during which the sound of drums, prayers and hymns known as “motets” never ceases. On the afternoon of the same day, the multitudinous Holy Burial procession in an atmosphere of religious fervour. ...

Easter in Gandía

Maritime Easter Week in Valencia

The origins of this festivity date back to the 15th century, and Valencia's special relationship with the sea make it a unique adaptation of the typical Easter Week rituals. Over 30 religious brotherhoods and associations, in addition to the municipal authorities, take part in this event. ...

Easter week in Zaragoza

The Easter week celebrations in Zaragoza date back to the 18th century. The celebration attracts more than 100,000 visitors every year. More than 15,000 people from 24 Easter brotherhoods take part in the processions. The thundering sound of drums during the processions is particularly impressive. ...

Easter Week in Ocaña

Easter week is one of the most heartfelt and deep-rooted fiestas celebrated in Spain. Its history and tradition go back many centuries, and commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ. ...

Easter Week in Burgos

Easter Week in Burgos involves 16 religious brotherhoods. It starts at dusk on the Friday of Sorrows with a torch-lit penitential rosary. The celebration continues on Passion Saturday with the “Announcement and Proclamation of Easter Week” and Palm Sunday with the “borriquita” or “little donkey” procession. ...

Easter week in Badajoz

The processions start on Palm Sunday, starting in the San Roque neighbourhood with the Entrada de Cristo en Jerusalén, Santísimo Cristo de la Paz and Nuestra Señora de la Palma brotherhoods. ...

Easter Week in Merida

The popular procession known as “la borriquita” (or "little donkey") leaves from the Santa María Pro-cathedral on Palm Sunday and marks the start of Merida's Easter Week celebrations. Many of the brotherhoods choose routes passing by the city's most emblematic sites and monuments, which guarantees various intensely moving moments. ...

Easter Week in Jerez de los Caballeros

During the week you can see processions (parades with religious sculptures) along the streets of the historic centre. It begins on Palm Sunday with the procession of the Borriquita. ...

Easter week in Alcañiz

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. On Good Friday, at around 1pm, the procession of the Prégon (announcement) gets underway, with thousands of drummers accompanying religious images through the village streets. ...

Easter week in Alcorisa

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 Alcorisa is the “rompida de la hora” (breaking of the hour), at midnight of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. ...

Calagurritana Easter Week

Easter Week starts with Mercaforum, a great Roman market that recaptures the atmosphere in the city over 2000 years ago. These days visitors can enjoy parades of Roman legions through the streets, coin-striking workshops, gladiator fights, exhibitions of birds of prey and a multitude of dramatised re-enactments by around 500 actors. ...

Easter Week in Logroño

One of the most notable processions representing the passion and death of Christ is “La Borriquilla”, celebrated on Palm Sunday. During what is known by the locals as the Semana Mayor (Holy Week), twelve cofradías (church clubs) show off their cultural heritage in the form of “pasos” (floats with religious scenes and sculptures) through the ...

Easter in Segovia

These festivals are the annual Christian commemoration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. They are celebrated during a week of significant religious and cultural interest where worshippers actively participate in liturgical acts. ...

Feast of the Inmaculada Concepción

The day of the Immaculate Conception is commemorated in Seville with the dance of the seises. This is a religious ceremony dating back several centuries in which the seises (choir boys) dance in front of the cathedral's main altarpiece. This only takes place three times a year. ...

Canary Islands International Music Festival

This is an event whose objectives are: to enrich the islands’ cultural life, to give the Canary Islands international musical prestige, and to promote high-level cultural tourism. It is also the only European festival to take place in winter, thanks to the islands’ excellent climate. ...

Athletics: Bilbao Night Running Fest

This unique night race, which has been held in Bilbao since 2009, has established itself as one of the city's main sporting events. The 21-km long race kicks off at San Mamés Stadium and ends at the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, crossing symbolic places, like Euskalduna palace, Arriaga Theatre, the Gran vía or Zubizuri bridge. ...

The Mayor of Zalamea

It always takes place in the second fortnight of August in the same place that the story is set: Zalamea de la Serena, a beautiful town in the region of La Serena. The first Mayor of Zalamea took place in 1636, when plays were created to be acted out in public rather than written down. ...

Exhibition: White, Black and Mixed Race: Five Centuries of Hispanic-Americans in the Army

The exhibition is divided into several thematic areas: “The Crossroads of Two Worlds,” which addresses the role of indigenous men and women in the alliance system of the conquistadors from the 15th to the 17th century; “Defenders of the Indies,” which shows the Spanish defensive system in America and the role of local militias in key battles; ...

La Alternativa. Barcelona Independent Film Festival

The main aim of the event is to present and promote independent cinematographic productions from Spain and overseas in four sections: shorts, feature films, animation and documentaries. Other parallel activities outside the competition, such as round tables, chats and talks complete the festival programme.