Fiestas and Ferias

All you wanted to know before you buy a property in Spain

Local Fiestas and Ferias are events of Spanish culture that should be experienced. This is the moment when every town and village strives to put on a splendid show, not only for themselves but also for those who come from afar to admire and enjoy the Fiestas and Ferias.

There are several thousand Fiestas and Ferias celebrated every year in Andalucia, including fairs, pilgrimages, carnivals and religious processions. Fiestas tend to be for a day while a Feria is a 5-6 day long event you can also expect to find fairground rides and outside bars and restaurants selling local traditional foods. In fact, there is scarcely a day in the year without its Fiesta, with special emphasis on the periods before and after the autumn harvests. Each town has its own patron saint and yearly procession.

Bank Holidays in 2007

January 1 - New Year's Day
January 6 - Three Kings
February 28 - Andalucia day
April 5 - Maundy Thursday
April 6 - Good Friday
May 1 - May Day / Labour Day
August 15 - Assumption Day
October 12 - Columbus Day
November 1 - All Saints Day
December 6 - Constitution Day
December 8 - Day of the Imaculate Conception
December 25 - Christmas Day