May is the perfect time to visit Spain; the entire country has the best weather plus it normally is Madrid's time to entertain the whole world with the initial phases of the San Isidro festival. This city remembers its patron saint with lots of live concerts followed by nights of heavy drinking in the parks. Other fiestas Spain hosts during this month include Festimad, Malaga's Noche en Blanca, Girona Flower Festival, IPA Beer Festival, the Snail Festival, as well as the Andalusian sherry celebration.
San Isidro
Madrid's free pass to drink is normally granted in the month of May when the whole city celebrates its patron saint. During the day, the city dwellers are normally engrossed in live music concerts in city squares, which later culminate in drinking frenzies that take up all night. During this period, there is lots of bullfighting going on featuring some of the best bulls in the world. This is one of the few fiestas Spain uses to define her culture.
Madrid's free pass to drink is normally granted in the month of May when the whole city celebrates its patron saint. During the day, the city dwellers are normally engrossed in live music concerts in city squares, which later culminate in drinking frenzies that take up all night. During this period, there is lots of bullfighting going on featuring some of the best bulls in the world. This is one of the few fiestas Spain uses to define her culture.
Festimad
Also held in Madrid from mid-April to the first week of May, Festimad brings together the entire city of Madrid to celebrate Spain's alternative rock music diversity. The groups that take the stage during these two weeks of musical frenzy come from all over Spain with certain acts coming from abroad.
Also held in Madrid from mid-April to the first week of May, Festimad brings together the entire city of Madrid to celebrate Spain's alternative rock music diversity. The groups that take the stage during these two weeks of musical frenzy come from all over Spain with certain acts coming from abroad.
Noche en Blanca (White Night)
Malaga welcomes visitors to its night of cultural festivities. There are over 160 activities ranging from music, visual arts, street arts, and extraordinary visits planned to happen throughout the city. Past events have received as many as 200,000 visitors and it is believed this number can only grow bigger. A visit to the Costa del Sol in May is never complete without indulging in the freebies Malaga has to offer.
Malaga welcomes visitors to its night of cultural festivities. There are over 160 activities ranging from music, visual arts, street arts, and extraordinary visits planned to happen throughout the city. Past events have received as many as 200,000 visitors and it is believed this number can only grow bigger. A visit to the Costa del Sol in May is never complete without indulging in the freebies Malaga has to offer.
Girona Flower Festival
Girona is a town some two hours from Barcelona that literally blooms come May. This age-old tradition brings large displays of blooming flowers in every space around the streets and buildings in the town's old section. As far as fiestas Spain go, this is the most spectacular of them all.
Girona is a town some two hours from Barcelona that literally blooms come May. This age-old tradition brings large displays of blooming flowers in every space around the streets and buildings in the town's old section. As far as fiestas Spain go, this is the most spectacular of them all.
IPA Beer Festival
Spain has imported the art of brewing good quality beer from abroad; this however came with the practices of consumption as well. In mid-May, Madrid as well as other Spanish cities is just about gulping good quality beer. People conversant with the American IPA beer style will find these very familiar.
Spain has imported the art of brewing good quality beer from abroad; this however came with the practices of consumption as well. In mid-May, Madrid as well as other Spanish cities is just about gulping good quality beer. People conversant with the American IPA beer style will find these very familiar.
Snail Festival
Spain and especially Catalonia consider snails a delicacy. The snail festival is therefore the region's way of the celebrating the culinary delights buried in molluscs. Indulging in these and then downing several glasses of sherry would be a bright way to embrace fiestas Spain offers in May.
Spain and especially Catalonia consider snails a delicacy. The snail festival is therefore the region's way of the celebrating the culinary delights buried in molluscs. Indulging in these and then downing several glasses of sherry would be a bright way to embrace fiestas Spain offers in May.
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