Beach: Las Teresitas

Las Teresitas is one of the most famous beaches and most popular with tourists in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is more than a kilometre long and has fine golden sand, as well as many facilities and beachfront restaurants, which offer visitors a great experience.

Bajada y Subida de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción: Procession of the Virgin of “Los Pegotes”

The first references to Nuestra Señora de la Concepción date from the 16th century, when a shrine with that name was built. In 1745 it was agreed that this ritual of taking the Virgin down and up the hill should become a tradition. ...

Festival of San Martín, or the Humanitarians’ Festival

The festival is organised by the San Martín Humanitarian Association, and begins with the traditional sung mass of San Martín, accompanied by the sound of the typical Asturian bagpipes. ...

Traditional bull-running

Traditional bull-running takes place during the festivities in honour of San Antolín, and the streets are filled with fun and music. The bulls are taken from the countryside to the town entrance, and there the young men run in front of the bulls through the streets of Medina del Campo. The races are very exciting to watch. ...

Reading of the Song of Roland

This historic event of 778 is commemorated orally every year in this recreation. It is an original way to enjoy listening to one of the most beautiful epic poems of the period, which ultimately made the name of Roncesvalles famous all over Europe.

Feast of the Holy Martyrs of Valdecuna

Hundreds of pilgrims attend the celebration, which consists of arriving at the San Cosme y San Damián Shrine on foot to ask them for good health. After the High Mass at 12 noon, the “Puya del Ramu” (“bid for the branch”) takes place when the local bread, known as “escanada” is auctioned. ...

Olive and olive oil sessions

Many activities including exhibitions, conferences, tasting sessions, workshops and competitions, as well as music and folklore, complete this renowned event.

La Bañeza Carnival

The festivities start on Saturday evening with the grand Carnival dinner, the opening speech and the presentation of the Queen and Muse, which give way to the "Night of Sparks". People wear costumes ands gather in the Plaza Mayor to wait for the chispazo mayor (great spark). ...

The Three Kings mystery play

With the arrival of the Three Kings to the town to worship the Child, the streets of Sangüesa, on the Way of Saint James, become the site of a re-enactment of the meeting with Herod, the conversations with the shepherds and shepherd boys, and the angel’s warning of King Herod's evil intentions. ...

Yecla Festival of the Immaculate Conception

Yecla, in Murcia, commemorates the Virgen del Castillo festivities at the start of December. The procession with the image of the patron saint, on the 8th, is the culminating moment of these festivities. ...

Baptism of the Child Jesus in Palencia

It is performed in honour of the Cofradía del Dulce Nombre del Niño Jesús (Brotherhood of the Sweet Name of the Child Jesus), which was founded in the 16th century in the area surrounding what was formerly the Jewish quarter of the city. ...

Villarrobledo Carnival

The streets are full of joy and partying in Villarrobledo those days. The celebration starts on Thursday with the "arrival of the Juanes" - characters dressed up with masks with a crow's beak, and wolf's claws as shoes. They are in charge of starting the festival. ...

Fiestas of San Antón and the International “Noche de San Antón” Urban Race in Jaén

Fiesta of Sant Antoni Abat

An enormous bonfire (“la foguera”) is burned in honour of the saint on 16 January, but preparations start on 7 December when the townspeople begin piling up firewood. In fact, the bonfire is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest bonfire. The religious celebrations are held on 17 January. ...

Las Carantoñas de Acehúche

The fiesta is held over two days on or around 20 January, the feast day of Saint Sebastian. It reenacts the moment when wild animals received the saint after his martyrdom, with several key figures in the ceremonies. ...

Fiesta of the Cuadrillas in Barranda.

A total of around 15 groups from all over Spain take part in the event. Throughout the morning the groups take up their positions around the squares and streets, where they sing and dance in the midst of the crows of onlookers. ...

Don Juan in Alcalá

Alcalá de Henares has been hosting this event since 1984. The central figure in the play is Don Juan, the universal personification of the seducer. The staging takes place in the historic city centre, in the open area known as Huerta del Palacio Arzobispal, where thousands of people come every year to see the various production and directing ...

Sagrada Familia and Santísimo Cristo patron saint's day fiesta

La Vall d’Uixó, in Castellón, holds its patron saint’s fiestas in October, starting with the proclamation of the queen of the fiestas and her court. The programme of events includes: bullfights; sporting, cultural and musical activities; competitions; exhibitions of period cars; a medieval market; fireworks and open-air dances, along with ...

Feast day of Our Lady of Rosario de Agüimes

This festival, which takes place in the town of Agüimes in Gran Canaria, attracts a multitude of visitors each year, as it brings one of the oldest Canary Island traditions back to life. ...

“Fiestas Juradas” of San Miguel Arcángel

The reenactments of the British disembarking on Gran Tarajal beach and the battle on Mount Tamasite, and the pilgrimage procession in honour of the saint, are the three most important moments in the Fiestas Juradas (sworn festival) of San Miguel Arcángel de Tuineje. ...

Festival of the Vaquilla

The event recreates the driving of the cattle (“vaquillas”) through the streets of the town, but in a uniquely distinctive way. The animals are not real, but artificial, and are created out of structures decorated with coloured silk ribbons, silk shawls and horns which are displayed with great gusto by all the participating groups as they ...

Corpus Christi in Villa de Mazo

The festival programme includes sporting events, exhibitions, competitions, theatre, children’s games, music, concerts, and more. But what stands out above all are the streets carpeted with flower petals, and the arches decorated with flowers, seeds and plants. ...

Corpus Christi in Granada

Theatre, Zarzuela (Spanish light opera), concerts, exhibitions and shows fill the city. The “casetas” (marquees with food, drink, etc.) set up in the city’s fair ground come alive with activity and music, while the bullfighting fair gets underway at the bullring.

Las Canteras Ceremony

The festivity was moved to the Sunday before 5 October, the day of San Froilán. This day, women dressed in typical medieval dresses dance to the rhythm marked by the figure of the "Sotadera", a Moorish woman who taught Muslim traditions, as they proceed from the Town Hall square to the cathedral. ...

Easter week in Alcalá de Henares

It is one of the most traditional festivals in the city, which dates back to the 16th century. You can enjoy eight religious processions, visits to the monumental settings along the route, and a cake made at the local pastry shops at this time of year: Penitentes.

The Passion in Chinchón

During Easter Week Chinchón, in the Region of Madrid, commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with a theatrical representation of the Passion. Some 250 actors take part in the event, held at dusk on Easter Saturday, at emblematic locations around the town such as Plaza Mayor Square, the Town Hall, Plaza de San Roque ...

Easter Week in Riogordo

The most important event of the Easter week celebrations in Riogordo is the theatrical representation of the Passion. The dramatisation takes place on a natural stage, with space for an audience of more than 6,000 people. ...

Living Passion in Castro Urdiales

The festival is a re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus Christ, in which every last detail is carefully planned, such as the script, the décor and the costumes. The final hours of Jesus Christ are movingly depicted in the historic centre of Castro Urdiales, with scenes such as the Prayer in the Garden of Olives, the Arrest, the Trial, the ...

Holy Week Stations of the Cross

The celebration begins with a processional parade that carries the medieval image of Cristo de la O from the Co-Cathedral of Santa María to the Roman Amphitheatre, an integral part of the archaeological complex of Mérida, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Stations of the Cross are movingly re-enacted in the Amphitheatre.

Pig slaughter in Burgo de Osma

They recover an ancient tradition rooted in many of the region's rural areas: entire families would gather around a table to sacrifice a pig. This ancestral ritual – in which hams, black pudding, chorizos, sirloins and other cured meats and sausages were made by hand – was a social, bond-affirming day. ...

Mystery of the Passion

This play has been performed since 1481. A curious anecdote, found in a chronicle from 1570, tells that during the passage regarding the Crucifixion of the Lord, several people were injured when the crowd, worked up over what they saw, attacked the stage with sticks to punish the soldiers and the Jews. ...

Pilgrimages to Orreaga-Roncesvalles

The most interesting pilgrimages include the one in the Arce valley, which has been in existence since the 16th century; and the one in the Aezkoa valley, which is the most visually striking and colourful. All over the area in May and June you'll come across pilgrims dressed in dark tunics, or barefoot penitents covered with black veils. ...

San Juan del Monte Festivities

It is a festivity that dates back to the Middle Ages. Its numerous acts end on Monday with a large procession to a place called La Laguna, where there is a shrine dedicated to the saint. About thirty-five million people participate in it. The highlight is the "Blusa Song Festival". Local “ochotes” (small choirs) take part in this festival. ...

Natural Cider Festival, Gijón

One of the high points of the festival is when thousands of people gather on the beach, and 30,000 litres of cider and 10,000 glasses decorated with the festival logo are distributed, and a photo is taken to commemorate the event. ...

Monesterio Ham Day

The festivity starts at 11am at the swimming pool grounds and municipal park in Monesterio. From that time onwards, visitors will have access to the various tasting stands where they can sample typical products such as Iberian ham, pork loin, shoulder, and so on. ...

Santa Tecla Fiesta

The central axis of the celebrations is the traditional parade, made up of “big-head” carnival figures and characters who dance to music played on different traditional instruments. One of the most popular events is the Correfoc or fire-running, which is also the closing event of the fiesta. ...