| Blanes Fiestas Fiestas in Blanes, Costa Brava, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blanes Fiestas Spanish towns & cities are famous for their festivals or fiestas & Blanes plays host to many of it's own. There are plenty of fiestas throughout the town calendar, see below for some of the more popular events:-
A very popular event is the Fiesta de San Juan (feast of St. John) on the 23rd of June. The fiesta originates from pagan tradition, though given Christian sanction, & is essentially a celebration of the midsummer solstice. Bonfires are erected on the beach, accompanied by much music, singing, & dancing. Drink flows & food is widely available. Events culminate with raucous fireworks, though in reality (as the 24th is a public holiday) the party goes on pretty much all night. The Fiesta Mayor de Blanes honours the town's patron saint Santa Ana on the 22nd of July. As the name might suggest this is a large festival which lasts all day & night. It consists of much eating & drinking around the town's centralmost streets, before moving on to the fairground on the outskirts of town. Events culminate with a grandeous firework display. September 11th comemorates the Catalan defeat at the hands of the Spanish army of Castile in 1714. From this day on Catalan rights & laws were abolished, & the fiesta is seen as a re-vindication of this event.
Precise dates cannot be given for the above festivities due to the ever changing fiesta calendar. The best advice we can give for those planning their holiday at fiesta time is to contact the Blanes tourist office. Tourist Information Offices Girona +34 972 419 419 Lloret de Mar +34 972 364 735
More Costa Brava links;
Blanes Fiestas, Fiestas in Blanes, Costa Brava, Spain |
Blanes Fiestas, Fiestas in Blanes, Blanes Festivals, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain. Property Sales and Rentals, Hotels, Holidays, Flights, Car Hire, and Tourist Information on the Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain. |