The San Silvestre in Madrid is known as the San Silvestre Vallecana. The great race of the year unites sport and partying. It was in the 1964 when the first race of this kind was celebrated, that means it has been held for more than fifty years. Nowadays, around forty-thousand people run across Madrid on the […]
The Virgin of the Almudena is, together with San Isidro, the patroness saint of Madrid. The day of the patroness saint is the 9th of November. In his honour, a mass and a procession are held around the Plaza Mayor .
The Madrid Gay Pride is the largest supported event for the LGBT community in Spain, being considered one of the best in the world and the biggest in Europe. It attracts an ever-increasing number of people from all over the world. The parade is the main event of the Pride Festival (on the Saturday after June 28). […]
On January 5th in Spain, children take centre stage. Three Wise Men Parades are celebrated all over the country. The biggest parade is held in Madrid, but the oldest in Spain and quite probably in the world, is celebrated in Alcoy, Alicante, on which the royal pages take presents up to the children on the highest […]
An impressive Giant Nativity Scene can be visited in El Monasterio de El Escorial on Christmas time. About 550 life-sized figures depict popular nativity scenes along the Old Town of this beautiful village located on the mountains of Madrid. From mid-December to January the 7th.
