Festivals and Holidays in Valencia

Introduction

Valencia is home to some exciting festivals that will captivate you and in the case of the battle of the tomatos it will most probably confuse you, nevertheless check out the great list of festivity that is going on all through out the year that will offer a host of activities to put on top of your normal route plan.

• January - Kings day, where children will recieve parents as it is the aftermath of christmas and new year. Another great one to check out is San Martir which is a celebration of the patron saint of Valencia

• March . Las fallas de Valencia, it is a combination of fireworks going on everywhere and the burning of particular figures around the city.

• April - Semana Santa is also known as the popular festival that is Easter, so get ready for one of the most important religious festivals in the christian calender and had many celebrations around the town

• May - The crosses of May festival where it celebrates Saint Helen, her son going into a losing battle dreams of a cross that will bring him to luck to succeed and from there they construct the cross that became a reality and he lead his troops to victory and their families life was then dedicated to finding the healing cross and worshiping what they found for the remainder of their years.

• June - Festival of Sant Joan, where bonfires are lit at the beach and other celebrations commense.

• July - Feria de Julio, where celebrations such as music concerts and bullfights are common practise for the festival of july.

• August - One of the most recognized and slightly strange traditions, the battle of the tomatoes where for an hour the public pelt each other with squashed tomatos and needless to say the washing machines are certainly tested later that day as the atmosphere becomes full of excitement though tomato fed chaos!

• October - Feast of San Dionís which is compared with Saint Valentines day where loved ones will exchange gifts to show their appreciation for one another.

• November - Next is the Todos los Santos which is considered very important as it is where families will get together to go to the graveyards where they light candles for loved ones who have passed away over the years.

• December - the one that everyone knows which is new years, as you can imagine a rush of excitement and activities going on everywhere and you can really get involved to cheer in the new year!

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