Not only is Malaga one of the most under-rated cities in Spain, its annual festival is one of the biggest on the national calendar of fiestas yet it attracts little attention from overseas visitors. The origins of the festival can be traced back as far as 1487, the year when …
Feast of St James Santiago or Saint James, in English, is the Patron Saint of Spain. The annual Feast of Saint James (Dia de Santiago) takes places in Santiago de Compostela on 25th July and is a public holiday in Galicia. The city is one of the most emblematic in …
Whilst thousands of festivals are celebrated all over Spain throughout the year there are only a few that bring overseas visitors specifically for the event. The Fallas fiesta which takes place in Valencia from 15th to the 19th of March every year is undoubtedly one of those ‘super-festivals’ attracting many …
The Mystery Play of Elx, or Elche, is one of Spain’s oldest and greatest cultural events and is truly a never-to-be-forgotten experience, even amongst the multitude of compelling Spanish Festivals. To label the Elx Mystery Play as ‘a liturgical drama of the Middle Ages’ or a ‘Medieval lyrical drama’ does …
La Romeria del Rocio For most of the year the small hamlet of El Rocío is just about as deserted a place as you could wish to find. Its wide, sandy streets are lined with impressively large houses complete with verandahs but they are usually uninhabited except at the time …
Barcelona becomes a city of Festivals every summer; but one of the most varied and eagerly awaited is the one known now simply as ‘El Grec’ – the Greek. Although the spectacular bowl-like auditorium of the Greek Theatre itself, on the northern edges of Montjuic, was built in 1929 for …
Festival of the May Crosses The Festival of the May Crosses (Cruces de Mayo) is celebrated throughout Andalucia though it is in Cordoba and Granada where the most impressive displays are on show. If you have to choose one then go to Cordoba. The festival consists of the construction of …
The first thing that the visitor will notice is that Christmas in Spain is not as huge a commercial occasion as is the case in many other western countries. Christmas lights are usually lit in the main cities in the first week of December by which time the shops are …
Catalunya’s major Cava producing town is Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (85% of national output) which has a Cava Week celebration dedicated to Catalan champagne with a whole range of gastronomic events and concerts. The week’s activities get off to a flying start with the inaugural address and ensuing crowning of the …
