In the lovely hill town of Valldemossa in the northwest of Mallorca, this festival has a long tradition which goes back to the 1930s. Each year a series...
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History
, Entertainment
, Music
, Spectacle
These six days of fiesta have developed over many years in Vitoria, incorporating many traditions and religious observances within a range of fun festivities....
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Home & Fashion
, Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Religion
, Music
In San Sebastian (Donostia in Basque) the Big Weekend (Semana Grande) is when Aste Nagusia takes place. Reflecting its early origins as an aristocratic...
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Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Sport
, Food & Drink
, Music
UNESCO has declared the Elche Mystery Play to be a Masterpiece of World Oral and Intangible Heritage. In simpler terms, it is a lyrical drama dating from...
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Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Religion
Every town and city in Spain celebrates the day of its patron and in Toledo this is 'La Virgen del Sagrario'. Old customs are practised and flowers are...
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Dance
, Culture
, Religion
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Music
For a week during the summer, the city of Bilbao is transformed into one big fiesta with a varied programme of fun events - many of which have a distinctively...
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Culture
, Spectacle
, Music
, Theatre & Film
, Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Comedy
This town of Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol is divided into three distinct parts: Benalmadena Pueblo, Benalmadena Costa and Arroyo de la Miel. The former...
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Culture
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Religion
An event which began in the 1940s as a bit of friendly banter between friends has grown into the world's biggest food-throwing party, with around 20,000...
Concert Season at the Palau is a fabulous programme of symphonic concerts performed in the magnificent Palau theatre which was built in modernist style...
A plague of locusts was banished from the city in 1687 by the Virgin of Mercy, and the miracle has been celebrated ever since - with this, one of Barcelona's...
For the 'Feria Goyesca de Pedro Romero' the participants dress up in the traditional 18th-19th century costume of the bull ring. For men, 'snug' might...
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Culture
, Music
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
The Virgin of Loreto is the patron saint of Javea. Her church stands in the port area of Aduanas del Mar and it is here beside the sea that the annual...
The Palau de la Musica is one of the world's leading concert halls and certainly the most opulent in Barcelona. So good, in fact, that it was declared...
Established in 1980, the Seville Biennial has taken place every two years ever since, setting the benchmark for achievement in the fields of flamenco...
The historic city and sherry capital of Jerez de la Frontera puts all its best products on show during the month of September. It is a celebration of...
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Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
, Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
, Entertainment
The festival remembers the foundation of the city by the Carthaginians in 223 BC, and its capture by the Romans in 209 BC. This is a relatively recent...
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Dance
, History
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Music
The cosmopolitan nature of the San Sebastian provides a fitting environment for an international film festival. Buildings come alive with posters in the...
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Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Theatre & Film
Torremolinos celebrates a fair which includes a day in honour of its patron saint, San Miguel Arcangel, on 29 September. Increasing numbers of tourists...
San Francisco de Borja is the patron saint of Gandia and each year the town celebrates a few days in his honour, in an event known locally as 'La Fira'....
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Spectacle
, Music
, Entertainment
, Kids' Stuff
, History
, Religion
In the Benidorm version of this popular celebration, the Moors are seen off by the Christians in commemoration of battles and the banishment of the Moors...
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History
, Music
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
The International Documentary Film Festival of Barcelona presents a varied programme of screenings with something for filmmakers, spectators, students...
The Escalada a Montjuic is the last event on the international cycling calendar. The competition consists of trials in categories for women, men, children,...
Launched in 1968 as the International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, the renamed Sitges International Film Festival today is a rendezvous for movie...
The Pilar Festival is held each October and is the largest festival in the city's calendar attracting thousands of visitors each year. Officially, the...
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Spectacle
, Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Dance
, Religion
, History
, 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
Named after the two-times world champion Ricardo Tormo, the 4km (2.5 miles) paved circuit near Valencia airport was opened in 1999. Each year the big...
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
Throughout December Barcelona holds its Flea Market, the Fira de Santa Llucia, in the little square in front of the Cathedral. This provides a good sample...
Themes:
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
