The La Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain involves participants throwing over 150 tons of tomatoes at each other. It begins with a greased pole competition to retrieve a ham, then trucks distribute tomatoes for an hour-long tomato fight in the streets. Rules include not using hard objects, tearing clothes, or throwing tomatoes after the signal to stop. Nearby Valencia offers additional sights like the City of Arts and Sciences.

1. Lucía Martínez Lago y Rosana Fernández Pousa

2. La Tomatina Buñol was declared in 2002
Festival of International Tourist Interest.
The festival starts at about 10 a.m. The
first event is the climbing of a greased pole to
reach a ham hanging on the top.
Once someone has managed to drop the
ham off the pole, the signal is given for the
start of the tomato fight (the main event)
which usually starts at about 11 a.m.

3. Six trucks are responsible for distributing
the nearly 150 tons of tomatoes among
participants. The vehicles move at a very slow
pace among the crowd while a group of local
residents, from the top of the truck dumps are
responsible for distributing tomatoes among
people by throwing them. One of the highlights
of the festival occurs when the truck dumps
rise, pouring lots of tomatoes and juice on the
streets and over the people.

5. Tomatina rules
• Do not bring bottles or hard objects; you can
cause accidents and hurt your sparring partners.
• Do not tear shirts, neither yours nor others’.
• Crush the tomatoes before throwing them; the
blow will be less harmful.
• Keep a safe distance to trucks.
• Stop throwing tomatoes when you hear the
stopping sound.
• Follow the instructions given by the security
staff.

7. • As you are already in Buñol, I recommend you
go to the nearby city of Valencia.
• Buñol is 40,1km from Valencia. There ,you can
visit the City of Arts and Sciences.

8. • You can also visit the famous“Plaza de la
Virgen, next to the Cathedral.
• If you like tomatoes, you should try the
Tomatina.