Semana Santa
Semana Santa (Holy Week) is arguably Spain's most emotionally powerful and visually stunning festival. In the week leading up to Easter Sunday, cities and towns across the country fill with solemn religious processions, haunting music, clouds of incense, and enormous ornate floats (pasos) carried by hundreds of robed nazarenos.
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September
Fiesta de la Vendimia
The Fiesta de la Vendimia in Jerez de la Frontera celebrates the sherry grape harvest every September. This elegant festival blends centuries-old winemaking traditions with flamenco, equestrian shows, and the warm hospitality of Andalusia. If you love wine, culture, and Spanish tradition, this is your festival.
October
Romería de Valme
One of Andalusia's grandest pilgrimages brings thousands of decorated carts, horseback riders and flamenco singers from Dos Hermanas to the Valme hacienda on the third Sunday of October.
May
Festival de los Patios de Córdoba
Every May, the residents of Córdoba open the doors of their private courtyards, revealing breathtaking displays of flowers, ceramics and fountains. Declared UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2012, this is one of Spain's most beautiful and photogenic traditions.
September
Fiesta del Cascamorras
The Fiesta del Cascamorras is one of Spain's most extraordinary and bizarre festivals. Every 6 September, a man covered in black grease (the Cascamorras) attempts to run from the town of Guadix to Baza to reclaim a statue of the Virgin of Piedad — while thousands of equally grease-covered locals try to stop him. The result is a spectacular, chaotic, oil-black mass of humanity. Declared a Festival of International Tourist Interest, it's an ancient rivalry turned into joyful, slippery mayhem.