Semana
Santa in El Puerto de Santa
Maria is Holy Week the week that
leads up to Easter Sunday is a wonderful
time to enjoy the area with it’s
street parades and long lines of penitents
and big crowds. Easter is enjoyed in
El Puerto de Santa Maria with daily
parades from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
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| Cadiz is the home of Carnival, it is
Europe's 1st Carnival and a lively colourful
event with fancy dress and parades in
the streets usually ending on the Tuesday
47 days before the Easter holy week |
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| Feria
de Abril is a week long
fiesta held in Seville in late April with
horses, music and flamenco dancing most
women dress in there flamenco dresses
and party into the early hours. |
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Fiesta
de Jerez is a week
of fiesta with music,dance especially
Flamenco and lots of sherry drinking
in Jerez de la Frontera in late April
Gran Prix World Championships
of Motorcycling is normally held the
1st weekend in May and the whole area
fills with motorbike lovers from all
around the world who come to enjoy a
four day fiesta which fills the town
and all the surrounding areas with noise,festivity,
and the sound of burning rubber! |
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| Feria
del Caballo is the Horse
Fair in Jerez de la Frontera normally
held in early May includes the famous
dancing horses of Jerez and of course
lots of Sherry and general merry making. |
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| Feria del
Vino Fino in El Puerto
de Santa Maria’s local week of fiesta,
dancing sherry drinking and sevillana
dancing this is usually in the middle
of May. |
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| Romeria
del Rocio is a Festive
pilgrimage of up to one million people
to the village of Rocio in Almonte, Huelva
usually around the third week of May. |
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| Hogueras
de San Juan: Midsummer
bonfires and fireworks on the beaches
in most areas of Cádiz on the 23rd
June. |
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| Dia
de la Virgin del Carmen is the
patron Saint of El Puerto de Santa Maria
and all fishermen is the Virgen Del Carmen
and on the 16th July her imagine is taken
from the local Church and carried into
the sea on board on a fishing boat and
then paraded around the town. A general
day of festivities. |
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| Whether
you want a relaxing holiday in
the sun or a cultural tour of Andalusia,
which is rich in historical importance,
then El
Puerto De Santa Maria has
something for everyone, Come
and see the real Spain!!! |
