Originally an agricultural show, Fuengirola's annual fair has evolved into a more general and popular entertainment. Horses play a major part, and cavalcades...
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Food & Drink
, Sport
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, Dance
, Spectacle
, Music
Celebrated throughout the island on the third Saturday in October, the Fiesta of Santa Catalina Tomas is marked by lavish street parades, singing and...
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Exhibitions
, Spectacle
, Religion
, Food & Drink
, History
, Music
, Culture
The old agricultural town of Consuegra is famous for two things: its long row of typical La Mancha windmills on a ridge above the rooftops, and its annual...
A long jog at the seaside with a few days worth of Spanish sun (hopefully) thrown in - the Benidorm Marathon has been a favourite with British competitors...
This festival offers a rich and varied programme showcasing classical operas in chamber format, and also presenting new European productions in chamber...
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Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Music
, Culture
One of the really big events in Benidorm's calendar, the Town Fiesta (Fiestas Patronales) celebrates the resort's patron saints - La Virgen del Sufrage...
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Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Religion
, Music
, Sport
A truly alternative and independent festival in Barcelona, l'Alternativa's philosophy is to champion the kind of filmmaking that is inspirational, shuns...
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Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Exhibitions
San Andres, or Saint Andrew, is the patron of the historic seaside town of Castro Urdiales and his day is celebrated each year. Because he is the saint...
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Entertainment
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Sport
Combining a sport with vacation, this marathon at the western end of Mallorca takes in some of the island's most famous resort areas. Calvia is an inland...
In December right up to Christmas Eve Barcelona holds its Flea Market, the Fira de Santa Llucia, in the little square in front of the Cathedral. This...
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Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Home & Fashion
Just before Christmas, what could be nicer than a bowl of Migas in festive surroundings? Migas is a traditional Andalucian peasant dish, consisting of...
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Music
, Culture
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
Christmas Eve is a big celebration with events and parties taking place in various locations throughout the island. In the evening, many people attend...
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Culture
, Kids' Stuff
, Religion
, Entertainment
, History
, Theatre & Film
Verdiales (the name comes from a variety of olive) refers to a style of flamenco music specific to Malaga and developed in the olive country to the north...
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Entertainment
, Dance
, Culture
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Music
In addition to the usual New Year's Eve celebrations that take place throughout the island, the Mallorcan capital of Palma also celebrates the Fiesta...
It begins with the election of a Carnival Queen and ends over a week later with the customary "Burial of the Sardine" on Ash Wednesday. Carnival in Arrecife,...
These classical music concerts take place in the capital cities of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and, with a reduced programme, on each of the smaller islands...
The entire city of Las Palmas changes for Carnival - three weeks of vibrant festivity and the by far biggest social event of the year. Tens of thousands...
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Entertainment
, Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Culture
, Dance
, Music
Santa Cruz, the capital city of Tenerife, hosts one of the biggest carnivals on the island, and one which attracts crowds of visitors from far and wide....
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Spectacle
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
On 5 January every year, the evening before Twelfth Night (Epiphany, 6 January) the Thee Kings (or Three Wise Men of the New Testament) arrive by boat...
Taking place in various towns across the island, the Fiesta of Sant Antoni celebrates the patron saint of farm animals. It's a fun and colourful event...
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History
, Culture
, Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Religion
, Music
Taking place in various towns across the island, the Fiesta of Sant Sebastia celebrates the patron saint of the city. Believed to have been Diocletian's...
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Entertainment
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Culture
, History
, Food & Drink
, Religion
, Music
If staying in San Sebastian at this time, La Tamborrada would be hard to miss. The sound of massed drums fills the night air from midnight, as the first...
From a single day to a full fortnight, almost every town and village on Fuerteventura puts on a show over the carnival season in February and March. The...
The International Flamenco Festival in Jerez offers a season of flamenco concerts in Villamarta Theatre, and the opportunity to participate in flamenco...
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Culture
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Music
Los Llanos de Aridane is a cosmopolitan town with an old centre, located in the west of the island. Noted mainly for the production of bananas, the town...
La Palma, one of the smaller and prettier of the Canary Islands, is quite a quiet place throughout most of the year, up until Carnival time, that is....
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Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Spectacle
, Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
The course of the 42.2km (26.1 miles) Seville Marathon crosses the Guadalquivir River at four different bridges on its mazy circuit around the centre...
This marathon is run over a fairly flat course around a circuit which darts between the central area, the suburbs and the seaside with long stretches...
Bocairente is a sleepy village in the hills south of Valencia, noted for its medieval centre and a bull ring carved into the rocks. Each February it springs...
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