Moors and Christians festival in honour of San Jorge

The Moor and Christian fiestas in honour of San Jorge Mártir are staged in Banyeres de Mariola from 22-25 April each year. Another celebration takes place the first weekend of September with the fiestas of Moors and Christians in honour of the Relic of San Jorge. ...

Nit de l’Albà Festival

The Festival of Nuestra Señora del Rosario Bull-running in Cuéllar

The daily bull-running is the most eagerly awaited moment of the festivities. The event begins on the last Sunday in August and last five days, although the festivities actually start on Saturday afternoon, with the official announcement in the Plaza Mayor. ...

First Friday of May Festival

Octopus Festival

Thousands of diners come together around huge copper cooking pots to sample this food, which is so typical in Galicia. Between 25,000 and 30,000 kilos of octopus are prepared during the festivities, as well as other traditional regional dishes such as Cea bread and pies, accompanied by Ribeiro wine.

Fiesta de La Rama festivity

The tradition consists of thousands of people dancing through the streets in time to the music and waving branches in the air until they arrive at the shrine of the Virgin. A common sight is for the participants to beat the sea with the branches. ...

Renaissance Festival

Since 1996, this town in Tarragona has celebrated this unique festival recreating one of the most interesting points in its history: the Renaissance. Over these days, the streets and façades are adorned with tapestries, carpets, torches and banners, while the inhabitants of Tortosa dress in period costumes, with rosettes representing the ...

Festivities of San Jorge

The festival symbolises the Christian reconquest of the city, and combines historical facts like the dispute between Muslims and Christians with legends such as Saint George's victory over the dragon. ...

Albariño Wine Festival

There is a highly varied programme of activities associated with the festival: courses, conferences, concerts, street entertainment, music, traditional folklore, open-air parties… Local associations fill this small coastal town with colour and joy, and thousands of bottles of this fresh, smooth, sweet wine (considered one of Europe’s best ...

Virgen de la Guía Fiesta

Llanes , in Asturias, celebrates the Virgen de la Guía patron saint’s fiesta in September. The most noteworthy part of the event is the nocturnal procession on 7 September. Hundreds of women accompany the statue of the patron saint on its route, wearing the classic Spanish mantilla. Children make a floral offering to the Virgin (the “ramu”). ...

Aracelitana festivities

The celebrations begin on the second to last Sunday in April, when the Virgin of Araceli is brought down from the Aras Shrine on the shoulders of the devout, in a pilgrimage to the centre of Lucena, where she can be seen by all. ...

El Vítor Procession

It commemorates the arrival of the relics of Saint Turibius at his birthplace, in a procession called El Vítor, where residents of the village walk with flaming torches, made of grape skins, from the saint’s house to the shrine. ...