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Every February, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of the largest of the Canary Islands, hosts this historical carnival, attracting around a million people either participating or observing. Preparations begin weeks or even months in advance, but the festival proper begins a week before Ash Wednesday with the election of the carnival queen, continuing with […]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival is back on the streets. Court number 1 in Santa Cruz ordered the lifting of the temporary suspension order which had prohibited the night-time musical acts in the street, planned to start on Friday. The new ruling from Judge Jaime Guilarte Martín Calero, came after he had met with all […]
Just when everything was getting ready for another year of festivities, music and fun, and I just talked about it in my post Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2007 , a Spanish court has suspended Carnival street festivities in the Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife — one of the biggest in the […]
Carnival is back to Santa Cruz de Tenerife and this year, the central theme of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2007 is the world of fashion. The streets of Tenerife’s capital are flooded with revelers from all over the world who come to together to celebrate the most Brazilian of all Spain’s Carnival celebrations. […]
Its the time of year when it seems carnivals are spreading like wildfire around Spain and Lanzarote is not to be left behind with its Teguise Festival. The slightly demonic celebration involves devil-costumed characters chasing after adults and children with goat-skinned batons! This bizarre ritual stretches back to as early as the 17th century […]
The period around Lent is always an important one for Spaniards and from the 18th February until the 5th March Santa Cruz de La Palma comes alive with a bizarre mix of Native Americans and believe it or not, thousands of kilos of talcum powder. Since the 1960s, this carnival has remembered the flood of […]
The biggest festival in the Canary Islands - The Santa Cruz Carnival - is almost upon us running from the middle of February to the second week of March. Thousands of people will flock to the capital of Tenerife for two weeks of non-stop partying, drinking and Latin carnival spirit. A huge stage in Placa […]
This festival is one of the loudest and most colourful in the Canary Islands as Tenerife’s answer to the Rio Carnival. The event coincides with Lent and ends with the Domingo de Piñata on Sunday. It features carnival parades and costume competitions all set to the beat of Latin melodies. The festival usually starts on […]
Pueblo Chico in Valle de La Orotava takes the best of Tenerife - and then condenses it into a park. The village has been crafted using authentic materials and also features interactive displays. Its a more interesting and fun way to learn about the island’s architecture and culture. The village is spectacularly lit up at […]
The annual Canary Island Music Festival gets the New Year under way from 7 January - 18 February 2006 . It features some of the best operatic singers and orchestras in the world over a marathon seven weeks on both Tenerife and Gran Canaria. The website has the full programme for 2006.
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