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The Romeria Del Rocio
September 16th, 2011The Romeria Del Rocio is one of Spain’s largest festivals and is celebrated at Whitsunday, the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday. Up to one million people join in the pilgrimage to the Andalusian countryside to pay homage to the ......Read More
La Tomatina Festival
September 16th, 2011La Tomatina is the world’s biggest food fight that takes place in the Spanish town of Bunol every year on the last Wednesday of August. Bunol is a small town that is situated in the Valencia Province, approximately thirty ......Read More
About Seville
September 16th, 2011Seville or Sevilla is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir in Southern Spain, and is the fourth largest metropolitan of Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the Sevilla Province, and is the financial capital of ......Read More
Information About Pamplona
September 16th, 2011The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona is one of the most famous and well known festivals in Spain. ‘El Encierro’; literally translated to ‘the enclosing’ in Spanish, is a practice involving people running in front of bulls that ......Read More
Information About Malaga
September 16th, 2011Malaga is a port city in Andalusia, and is located on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the south of Spain. Malaga City is in the centre of the province’s coastline, dividing the area into ......Read More
Information About Madrid
September 16th, 2011Madrid is the capital of Spain and is located in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula. It lays on the Manzanares River in the middle of the Castillian Plain over 640 metres above sea level. Madrid is famed for ......Read More
Information About Barcelona
September 16th, 2011Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain in both size and population. It is the capital of Catalonia; one of the autonomous communities of Spain, and is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the ......Read More
The History And Culture Of Spain
September 16th, 2011The long and varied history of Spain has played an important role in the cultural heritage of the country. Spain’s history spans from pre-historic times, to the days of the Spanish Empire through to modern day Spain after the ......Read More
Fiesta de San Juan
September 16th, 2011The Fiesta de San Juan is celebrated all over Spain, and takes place on the shortest nights of the year between the 21st and 24th of June. The fiesta is to welcome the summer and is celebrated with bonfires, music, ......Read More
Facts and Information About Spain
September 16th, 2011Population: 40.5 million
Capital: Madrid
Area: 504, 780 sq. km
Borders: Spain borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the Mediterranean Sea and the Balearic Sea on the south and south-east, and the North Atlantic Ocean on its ......Read More