2. Faults of Valencia
The Faults are a few holidays that are celebrated from March 15 to March 19, with
a tradition established in the city of Valencia and different populations of the Valencian
Community. Officially they begin last Sunday of February with the act of the Crida.
Nowadays, this festivity has turned into a tourist very important attraction, since they
are catalogued as holiday of Tourist International Interest. These holidays also are
called holidays Josephina’s or party of Saint Joseph, since there are celebrated in
honour of San Jose, boss of the carpenters.
3. Moors and Christians
The holiday of Moors and Christians is born as commemoration of the stage of Moslem power in the Iberian Peninsula and of
the battle that was alternating the power between Muslims and Christians. In some coastal zones, with the holiday the fight is
remembered against Berber pirates of the XV, XVI or XVII century. In the last times, these holidays are living through a
spectacular growth, being celebrated in different cities and Spanish peoples of the peninsular south-east, as the Region of
Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, Oriental Andalusia and specially the Valencian Community, especially in the province of Alicante,
where at present there concentre the major number of cities and populations who celebrate this type of feasts.
Most known they are those of Alcoy, which possess the title of Holidays of Tourist International Interest. The Holidays of
Moors and Christians of Alcoy receive annually thousands of tourists proceeding from the whole Spain, Europe and rest of the
world.
4. San Fermin's celebrations
The holidays of San Fermin or San Fermin's celebrations are a celebration in honour to San Fermin who takes
place annually in the Spanish city of Pamplona, the capital of the Jurisdiction of Navarre. The feasts begin with
the launch of the powerful kick from the balcony of the Town hall of Pamplona at 12 p.m. of July 6 and end at 12
p.m. h of July 14 with the Poor person of me, a song of farewell. One of the most famous activities of the San
Fermin's celebrations is the confinement, which consists of a tour of 849 meters in front of the bulls and which
culminates in the bullring. The confinements take place every day between 7 and on July 14 and begin at eight
o'clock in the morning, with an average duration of between two and three minutes.
5. Fair of AprilIt is known as Fair of April or Fair of Seville
to the set of sheds and attractions that they
install in the fairground enclosure of the
neighbourhood of The Remedies for the
celebration of the local holiday of Seville, in
the autonomous community of Andalusia,
Spain. It is celebrated one or two week’s
next 1 of the Holy Week and coincides with
the bulls with the square of the Fraternity
of mounted knights, constituting these
events the Spring holidays of Seville. It is
the fair most populous and known about all
those there is celebrated in Andalusia, the
most visited and the one that has a
stronger economic impact in the
Autonomous Community.
6. Holidays of San Miguel, Lleida
It really is one of the most important agricultural fairs
in the country, and is held every year at the Park des
Champs Elysees coincide with the Festival of Autumn.
As in Catalonia, the castellers are always part of the
party, building human towers several meters high.
7. Carnivals, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The most famous of Spain alongside those of Cádiz, but without neglecting
many others throughout Spain. They are the second most important in the
world, surpassed only by Rio de Janeiro, sister city of Santa Cruz. They Festival
of International Tourist Interest and now aspire to become World Heritage
Site. Go dance!