Tomatina
Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. Glad to be the one. Annual tomato fight lasting about two hours. The last Wednesday of August. About 10.30 in the morning. Bring old clothes, a change of...
View ArticleBenicassim (FIB)
Likely to be one of the more popular festival options for the Glastonbury exiles heading overseas this year.A combination of four-day festival, campsites practically on the beach plus after-show party...
View ArticleThe Heineken music festival, Benicassim
It is a music festival held every year in Benicassim, which is around 50 miles north of Valencia on the coast. It attracts around 35000 people, with bands as diverse as Franz Ferdinand, Madness,...
View ArticleHotel Rosi, Benicarlo
A pleasant and cheap hotel located in a quiet town. Located 5 minutes from the small but nice beach, it is handy for commuting to the FIB festival (provided you have a car - there are buses though)....
View ArticleTomatina
Great fun and a wonderful occasion (despite all the Australians). But a few useful tips...1. Catch an early train (if based in Valencia). The trains run every hour, but on Tomatina day they run every...
View ArticleFallas
The 15th of March sees the beginning, in Valencia, of what has to be one of the most spectacular and exciting five days in the whole of Europe.Fallas is the most extraordinary festival, celebrated only...
View ArticleValencia and the Mascletà
Up to 2 million visitors in Fallas to watch some of the most incredible firework displays, both day and night.Yes, daytime fireworks, or Máscletas, a display of noise and smoke mainly, so loud you are...
View ArticleNit en Vela
Nit in Vela is Valencia's answer to the White Nights that have taken pace in other European cities, such as Rome, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona in recent years. On the 31st of March, from 8pm, for over...
View ArticleLa Tomatina in Buñol
The festival of La Tomatina in Spain gives new meaning to the expression 'playing with your food'. For most of the year, Buñol is a ho-hum industrial town, about 40km (25m) from Valencia, quietly going...
View ArticleLa Tomatina
We are standing in searing 38ºC heat in a small Spanish village square with goggles on. We are amongst a staggering 30,000 people and are being doused with water, buckets of it, from the flats above....
View ArticleTips for Benicassim festival
If you're over 25 and like to party hard (festival starts at 8pm, winds up around 5am with the main acts on at 1am) but still value a few good hours shut-eye do yourself a favour and rent an apartment....
View ArticleBenicassim Festival
Benicassim is a must for a festival-goer, particularly as you are almost guaranteed great weather, an excellent line-up, access to the nearby beach, and festivities continuing late into the night. If...
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