Carnival in Spain

Spain's best carnivals in 2025

Carnival season is here! During Carnival, cities and towns across Spain come alive with colourful processions, street parties, and cultural events. Participants don elaborate costumes, often featuring masks and intricate designs, adding to the festive atmosphere.
This year's Tomatina won't take place in Spain / agefotostock

La Tomatina Festival 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19

The cancellations of major national and international events due to the coronavirus is something we’ve become highly used to in recent times, and Spain’s world-famous Tomatina de Buñol has ended up with the same destiny in 2020.
The Spring Blossom in Cieza, Murcia / pxhere

La Floración de Cieza - 2020 Spring Blossom in Cieza, Murcia

La Floración de Cieza When: 1st-31st March 2020 Where: Cieza, Murcia Website: murciaturistica.es When you think of Murcia, the first thing on your mind could be beaches, nightlife or sunny weather. These things are all true, but Murcia also has so much more to offer.
'Carnaval': a time to let loose, dress up and have fun / Unsplash

Best carnivals in Spain 2020

Carnival time is a strange celebration at the end of winter and just before Lent when the world dresses up in extravagant clothing and goes wild.
Fiesta Nacional de España celebrations / Wikimedia

National Holiday of Spain

Spain's finest national holiday 'Fiesta Nacional de España', takes place on 12th October every year and is one of the most important festivals in Spain, being a bank holiday for all workers.The celebration involves a military parade through the centre of Madrid, attended by the Royal Family, the Pre
The local celebrations in Albacete in September revolve around the fairground / Wikimedia

The Albacete Fair 2019: all the most important info

The Feria de Albacete 2019 When: 7th – 17th September 2019 Where: Albacete, Spain Website: feriadealbacete.net The Feria de Albacete is one of the most authentic festivals in Spain considered to be of International Tourist Interest.
International Cante de las Minas Flamenco Festival in Murcia, Spain / Wikipedia

International flamenco festival in Murcia, Spain 2019

Cante de las Minas 2019 When: 1st – 10th August 2019 Where: La Unión, Spain Website: festivalcantedelasminas.org Spain is the home of flamenco, and the best flamenco festival in Spain 2019 is the Cante de las Minas in La Unión, Murcia.
Saint James the Apsotle, patron saint of Spain / Wikimedia commons

Patron saint of Spain: Saint James the Apostle biography

James, son of Zebedee, disciple of Jesus Christ and later canonised as St James the Greater, is the patron saint of both Spain and Galicia. Saint James is known in Spanish as Santiago and he’s also the patron saint of Guatemala, Nicaragua and of fishermen.
How is Easter celebrated in Spain?

Easter in Spain

In Spain, the Holy Week of Easter is more than chocolate eggs and bunnies; it is a commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated in the most sombre, most extravagantly Catholic way possible.
What's so special about Holy Week in Cuenca? / Pixabay

Easter week in Cuenca, Spain 2020

Easter 2020 in Cuenca, Spain When: 5th - 12th April 2020 Where: Cuenca, Spain Website: turismo.cuenca.es There’s so much to see in Cuenca that it’s not surprising that visitors from all corners of the globe choose their Easter holidays to come to this city and see the Spanish E
How is Easter celebrated in Salamanca? / Wikipedia Commons

Easter in Salamanca, Spain 2020

Salamanca Easter week 2020 When: 5th - 12th April 2020 Where: Salamanca, Spain Website: spain.info The Holy Week of Easter in Salamanca, Spain stands out for its beautiful processions celebrated in the streets of its historic centre, which take on special significance during these few da