August’s week of feria in La Alpujarra of Spain’s Granada has unusual-themed events, still continuing!
SPAIN loves its fiesta. There are certain weeks of the year when most of La Alpujarra appears to be celebrating […]
Fiestas and ferias
How to survive Andalucia’s fierce summer fiestas in the even fiercer Spanish heatwave (for ‘guiris’)
AT SOME point in your life, you decided to swap the grey skies of Northern Europe for the sunnier climes
IN PICS: The crazy water fight to mark San Juan in Lanjarón, in Spain’s Granada
ANNUALLY at midnight on 24 June, the saint’s day of San Juan in Lanjarón marks the town’s biggest event. This
IN PICS: The colourful ‘Publica’ carnival parade during San Juan in Lanjarón – in Spain’s Granada
THIS YEAR, the parade, that always occurs at 6pm on the Saturday of the San Juan weekend in the spa
Preview of the San Juan fiesta of ‘Agua y Jamón’ in Lanjarón from June 21-24 – and a guide to highlights
Our reporter, who lived in Lanjarón for several years, shares her tips on how to enjoy this ‘loca’ fiesta, which
IN PICS: Cruces de Mayo weekend in La Alpujarra of Spain’s Granada
ALWAYS a pretty spectacle, the Cruces de Mayo (May crosses festival) is celebrated annually throughout Spain. It occurs on or
BOOM: Cristo in Órgiva goes off with the usual bang, but no ‘columpios’
VISITORS might hold their ears for the annual celebration of Cristo in Órgiva ( ‘El Cristo de la Expiración’, which