Pyrenees Guide

Semana Santa, Easter - The most interesting celebrations are the colourful Manaies procession in Girona, dating from 1566, when superbly attired Roman soldiers march through the Barri Vell on Wednesday of Easter week and Good Friday, preceding the processions of the Virgin. A macabre celebration is the Ball dels Morts ...

Flower Festival in Girona - The Girona flower festival "Girona, Temps de Flors" is one of the most important events in the city and in Girona society. The event is held in the month of May, and allows the town’s citizens, and the visitors, to see areas which are closed during the rest of the year (because they ...

Calella Havaneres Festival - Calella de Palafrugell is known for its traditional Havaneres, sea shanties brought back from Cuba by sailors in the 19th Century, which tell of lost loves and faraway ancestors. These lovely sing-songs are usually accompanied by guitar and accordion, and sometimes bass. Havaneres concerts are ...

Peralada Festival Event - Every July and August the grounds of Peralada's castle host a prestigious music and dance festival. The Peralada International Music Festival is organised, run and financed through a non profit-making Castell de Peralada Cultural Foundation. It is held in Perelada, a small village with 1.500 ...

Sanfermines Fiesta de San Fermin - The city of Pamplona is world famous thanks to its San Fermín fiestas. Thousands of people come every year to experience the risk and excitement of the popular running of the bulls, immortalised by Ernest Hemingway in his novel Fiesta. For nine days, Pamplona residents and visitors alike, ...

San Sebastian Jazz Festival - The main venue of the San Sebastian International Jazz Festival /Jazzaldia is the Kursaal Centre, although events are also held in other parts of the city. This musical event offers a wide range of styles and trends to appeal to all kinds of audiences. For six days, and in eight different ...

Fiestas del Pilar - Date: Around 12 October Fiesta of tourist interest. The devotion to the Virgin of the Pilar from the tradition that says that Mary miraculously visited the apostle James in Zaragoza. El Pilar lasts for nine days, with all kinds of acts: from the massively attended Pregon (opening speech) to the ...

San Sebastian Film Festival - Every year, the capital of Guipuzcoa will host the San Sebastian International Film festival, an event that started in 1953. The festival is one of the most prestigious and internationally recognised in Spain, and big names in film, both actors and directors, have attended to present ...

Cocktail Rambo, Llafranc, Costa Brava - Every summer, on the second saturday of August the nightlife of Llafranc (Costa Brava) vibrates to the Cocktail Rambo. A fantastic live spectacle of fantasy, fun and fiesta. It all began in 1986, when a group of friends led by Josep Peiró, "el Tit” who regularly took part in ...