Spain

Festivals

festivals
Fiesta de San Isidro
Metro De San Nicasio

May 15 in madrid - a celebration of madrid's patron saint.

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Las Cruces
Parque de las cruces

1st week in may - big flower-made crosses embellishing public squares in the city center, where you will also find at night music and drinking and lot of people having fun!

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Carnival

Best in santa cruz de tenerife, las palmas de gran canaria and cã¡diz

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Fallas

Valencia's festival in march - burning the "fallas" is a must

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's Semana Santa (Easter)

Málaga's Semana Santa Easter - worth to see. From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Lots of processions occur within that week.

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85 festivals in Galicia throughout the year from wine to wild horses.

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's August Fair

Málaga's August Fair - flamenco dancing, drinking sherry, bullfights

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Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos

three wise men parade - on the eve of epiphany, 5th of january, the night before spanish kids get their christmas presents, it rains sweets and toys in every single town and city

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Cata del Vino Montilla-Moriles

Great wine tasting in a big tent in the city center during one week in may

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San Fermines

July in pamplona, navarra.

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San Sebastian International Film Festival

Held annually in san sebastian, a gorgeous city in the basque country, towards the end of september

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Spain has a lot of local festivals that are worth going to.

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Dia de Sant Jordi

The catalan must, in april 23th barcelona is embellished with roses everywhere and book-selling stands can be found in the rambla. there are also book signings, concerts and diverse animations.

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La Tomatina

A giant tomato fight in buã±ol

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Córdoba en Mayo

cordoba in may - great month to visit the southern city

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Festival de Patios

One of the most interesting cultural exhibitions, 2 weeks when some people open doors of their houses to show their old patios full of flowers

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Moros y Cristianos

moors and christians, mostly found in southeastern spain during spring time - parades and "battles" remembering the fights of medieval ages

Outdoor activities

outdoor activities
Canyoning

See spain section in the canyoning article

outdoor activities
Climbing

In: los mallos aragon and siurana near barcelona

outdoor activities
Hiking

In galicia

outdoor activities
Downhill skiing

There are a lot of downhill skiing resorts in spain.

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Skiing in the northen region of Spain

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Whitewater sports

In: campo, murillo de gallego aragon

holidays
New Year eve

There's a tradition in spain to eat grapes as the clock counts down the new year, one grape for each of the last twelve seconds before midnight. for this, even small packs of grapes exactly 12 grapes per pack are sold in supermarkets before new year.

itinerary

Via de la Plata Route Historic 800km route from Gijón to Sevilla.

Way of St. James