The best way
to experience the Spanish culture and
traditions is to participate a fiesta
(festival) in the company of colourful nights
with fireworks, carnival dancers in great
costumes, bull running etc.
f you want to
eat, drink and dance then fiestas in Spain
are the perfect combination.
There are a lot
of
festivals in Spain regarding every region
and community.
You may decide and get
information about the festivals on your
Spain holidays schedule from the Tourism
Offices.
Below are the Top 10
Best Festivals in Spain.
San Fermín fiestas & running of the
bulls
in Pamplona
6-14 July (annual)
Pamplona has the world’s
biggest outdoor party from 6 to 14th
of July that thousands congregate
the city for the San Fermín fiestas
(Fiesta de San Fermín) and the
running of the bulls. The intensity
and frenzied nature of this wild,
round-the-lock festival of food,
wine and dance attracts many
visitors from all over the world.
The Spanish are experts at putting
on excessive and city-wide festivals
and other parties, and Valencia is
famous for its annual "Las Fallas"
festival in Valencia, which
is a raucous, smoke-filled event
jam-packed with as many fire and
firework-based displays as possible.
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La Tomatina, Tomato Fight Festival
in Valencia
On the last Wednesday of August
(annual)
La Tomatina Festival is a popular
and fantastic fiesta that include
street battle where people throw
tomatoes at one another. The
festival is held at the town of
Bunol, near Valencia.
Semana Santa
in Seville
& Malaga, Andalucia
On the week leading up to Easter
Sunday (annual)
Semana Santa (Holy Week) is one of
the most significant festivals of
the year in Andalucia. The religious
celebrations in Seville with
the pasos (floats) bearing the most
revered images of Jesús El Gran
Poder, Triana and La Macarena are
spectacular.
Carnival Tenerife
in
Tenerife, Canary Islands
February (annual)
Tenerife Carnivals are the best after those of Rio de Janeiro. Tenerife Carnival goes for
27 days take place during February and all the islanders gather together during these annual festivities. The main celebrations take place in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the areas near the port where people dance to the sound of the best Salsa groups.
La
Mercè Festival (Castellers – The
Human Towers of La Merce) is the
townspeople’s festival
par-excellence. During the week of
the 24th of September, the festivity
of Our Lady of Mercy, there are
wonderful and numerous activities
that are being held.
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Fiesta San Isidro
in Madrid
2-15 May (annual)
The festivities are centered on 2nd
May and they are a foretaste of the
outdoor dances and spectacles to
come on 15th May, the feast day of
Madrid’s patron saint, San
Isidro. An outdoor pilgrimage (romería)
sees thousands of people gathering
at St. Isidore’s Hermitage Chapel
and meadow, as well as the holding
of the world’s most important
bullfight festival.
Sant Joan Festivalin Menorca, Balearic Islands
23-24 June (annual)
The single most outstanding event in
the Balearic festive calendar is the
Sant Joan Fiesta (St. John’s Day) in
Ciutadella town of Menorca
is the most fascinating festival in
the Balearic Islands. This Menorcan
fiesta par excellence is rank among
the most colorful and eye-catching
of all those held in Spain. The
summer feast days celebrated in
Menorca star horses and riders in
the leading role.
Feria de Abril
in Seville,
Andalucia
April (annual)
Feria de Abril which is the April
Fair is a popular colorful and
outstanding annual festival of
Seville. At midday, the
fairgrounds are taken over by
handsome horses and their riders,
along with horse-drawn carriages for
the traditional parade. During the
evening, large tents are filled with
music and dancing.
St. John's Bonfires
in
Alicante, Costa Blanca
20 June (annual)
Las Hogueras de San Juan (St.
John's Bonfires)... In summer,
Alicante’s streets fill with
artistically contrived cardboard
figures for the St. John’s Day in
the company of fireworks. The
bonfires, known as las Hogueras
shows the life of the city while its
streets become a permanent source of
entertainment with barracas
(makeshift booths), parades and
lively processions.
