http://matadornetwork.com/nights/top-5-ferias-in-spain/ travel culture worldwide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://matadornetwork.com/nights/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-62537 Baliza Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:50:44 +0000 http://matadornights.com/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-62537 Feria de Abril is from Sevilla, is not the same that Semana Santa. Sant Joans days is much better in other places that Barcelona, all the mediterranean coast and some celtic places in the north celebrate it indeed. San Fermin is great but is full of people (mainly Tourist). Teruel's "Fiestas del Angel" are much better, no Political issues, no tourists, cheaper and for those who like there are toros as well. Calsots is not a party or celebration, it is just the season of spring onions and people meet to eat them, have to say they are awesome. I can't say "Fallas" are good, I just don't like them, to bored for me, they are different though. Feria de Abril is from Sevilla, is not the same that Semana Santa.
Sant Joans days is much better in other places that Barcelona, all the mediterranean coast and some celtic places in the north celebrate it indeed.
San Fermin is great but is full of people (mainly Tourist). Teruel’s “Fiestas del Angel” are much better, no Political issues, no tourists, cheaper and for those who like there are toros as well.
Calsots is not a party or celebration, it is just the season of spring onions and people meet to eat them, have to say they are awesome.
I can’t say “Fallas” are good, I just don’t like them, to bored for me, they are different though.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/nights/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-60350 DrVitoti Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:34:22 +0000 http://matadornights.com/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-60350 I agree somehow with aubree, but I have to add that Feria de Abril is in Barcelona, and it is for the people from Andaluia that live in Catalonia. Te real one is commonly refered to as La Feria, which is in Sevilla and is 1 month after Semana Santa (most years it is in May). Ah, they are not called ferias, they are called fiestas. BTW Calçots? really? I mean, there are a lot better fiestas in Spain than calçots, actually, calçots is not really a fiesta, it's more like a tradition, like there is a tradition of eating "torrijas" during Semana Santa, or "turrones y mazapanes" during Christmas.As an example, you can go and check la tomatina, in a small town near Valencia, where people gather and throw tomatoes to each other in the main square of the town. Please, investigate more before writing, it's called documentation. And please don't tell me I'm wrong because I'm Spanish, if I know something about anything, it's about my own culture. Thanks. I agree somehow with aubree, but I have to add that Feria de Abril is in Barcelona, and it is for the people from Andaluia that live in Catalonia. Te real one is commonly refered to as La Feria, which is in Sevilla and is 1 month after Semana Santa (most years it is in May). Ah, they are not called ferias, they are called fiestas. BTW Calçots? really? I mean, there are a lot better fiestas in Spain than calçots, actually, calçots is not really a fiesta, it’s more like a tradition, like there is a tradition of eating “torrijas” during Semana Santa, or “turrones y mazapanes” during Christmas.As an example, you can go and check la tomatina, in a small town near Valencia, where people gather and throw tomatoes to each other in the main square of the town. Please, investigate more before writing, it’s called documentation. And please don’t tell me I’m wrong because I’m Spanish, if I know something about anything, it’s about my own culture. Thanks.

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/nights/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-59495 aubree Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:39:02 +0000 http://matadornights.com/top-5-ferias-in-spain/#comment-59495 i like your article, although a clarification must be made that Semana Santa is not the same thing as Feria de Abril, which you lumped together in #3. The Feria is where its best to have Sevillian friends who have casetas (cabanas) as the atmosphere is much more party-like. Semana Santa is more about solemn (but incredibly moving) religious processions. i like your article, although a clarification must be made that Semana Santa is not the same thing as Feria de Abril, which you lumped together in #3. The Feria is where its best to have Sevillian friends who have casetas (cabanas) as the atmosphere is much more party-like. Semana Santa is more about solemn (but incredibly moving) religious processions.

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