Festivities in Extremadura
Tourist Interest Festivities in Extremadura
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- Regional Festivities
Badajoz Carnival
Joy, colour and music take over the streets and the people of Badajoz from carnival Friday to Shrove Tuesday.
Location:
Badajoz, Badajoz
El Jurramacho de Montánchez
Esta fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional se celebra ininterrumpidamente desde 1836. Los jumarrachos se disfrazan con ropa vieja para no ser reconocidos y sus máscaras son fundas de jamón, el producto estrella del pueblo.
Location:
Montánchez, Cáceres
La Pedida de la Patatera, Malpartida de Cáceres' Big Day
Location:
Plaza Mayor, 30 Malpartida de Cáceres, Cáceres
Las Hurdes Carnival
It is held every year in a different hamlet where we find typical Las Hurdes dishes, legends and characters.
Location:
C/ Río s/n Nuñomoral, Cáceres
Carnaval de Ánimas de Villar del Pedroso
Both a religious festival and a military celebration, the Carnival of Villar del Pediroso is one of the most unusual in Extremadura, and has been declared a Festival of Tourist Interest.
Location:
Villar del Pedroso, Cáceres
Olivenza Bullfighting Fair
A Festivity of Tourist Interest in Extremadura that signals the opening of the bullfighting season in Spain.
Location:
Olivenza, Badajoz
Llerena traditional extremaduran pig slaughter
This town in the administrative region called La Campiña Sur pays tribute to one of the most important moments of Extremaduran gastronomic culture: “la matanza” (the Slaughter). There is no shortage of typical pastries or dishes like migas (fried breadcrumbs), cocido (stew) and prueba de cerdo (cooked pork).
Location:
Plaza de España, 1 Llerena, Badajoz
Cherry Blossom Festival
Cherry flowers cover the Jerte Valley in a blanket of white, endowing it with great beauty.
Location:
Mancomunidad de Municipios del Valle del Jerte, Cáceres
Cross-border Jornadas del Gurumelo
Since 2007, the village of Villanueva del Fresno celebrates the gurumelo, a wild mushroom that grows and is much sought after in the south west of the peninsula. It grows on the dehesa between holm oak and ash, under the rockrose bushes, especially the gum rockrose (Cistus ladanifer). The festival, which is held in March, includes trips to the countryside, tastings, talks on mushroom-picking and other activities.
Location:
Plaza de España, 1 Villanueva del Fresno, Badajoz