Spain is the nation of “Fiesta”. There are Spanish festivals all over the country in every city, town and village. Below we’ve listed some of the most famous ones by month. Specific dates of festivals vary most years but where possible we’ve provided information on the page of the particular …
El Colacho You would be forgiven for being curious about the title of this festival because even though Spain boasts some of the most unusual and bizarre festivals compared to the rest of the world, throwing tomatoes over each other as they do in Valencia or being chased down the …
Dia de Todos los Santos All Saints Day in Spain (Todos Los Santos) takes place on November 1st. It is a very important national public holiday when people from all over the country return to their town or village to lay flowers on the graves of deceased relatives. There are …
In every Spanish city, town and village there are annual fiestas which gets all the townsfolk out on the streets partying with their neighbours. The biggest festivals in Spain of international interest are the bullrunning of Pamplona, the fireworks of Las Fallas in Valencia, the mock battles of Moros y …
Javea’s main festival take place during the last week of August and the first week of September in the port area of the town and is in honour of Our Lady of Loreto. Rather than set up a temporary bullring and have bullfights as is the case in the majority …
As is the case in all of Andalucia the people of Nerja love to party and never more so than for the annual Nerja Festival (Feria de Nerja) which takes place for four wild days in October. Nearly everyone seems to take the week off work and there are street …
