Feria del Pimiento Morrón

"A four-day Renaissance fair evoking the 16th-century rivalry between Emperor Charles V and the Comunero rebels, staged with period costumes, artisan stalls and living history in the historic market town that witnessed the signing of Isabella I's will."

Feria Imperiales y Comuneros, Mercado Renacentista de Medina del Campo

"At the foot of its spectacular wine-castle hilltop, Peñafiel's patronal fiestas combine urban bull-running through medieval streets, live music in the Plaza del Coso and the proud Ribera del Duero winemaking culture of the surrounding Valladolid comarca."

Fiestas Patronales de Peñafiel

"Set among the vineyards of the Duero valley, Tudela de Duero hosts nightly encierros and dawn toro de alba runs through its narrow streets across five days of patronal festivities combining bullfighting tradition with local wine and gastronomy."

Encierros y Fiestas de Tudela de Duero

"Deep in the heart of Ribera del Duero wine country, this small Valladolid village hosts its summer patronal fiesta with encierros, verbenas and communal meals set against a landscape of ancient limestone bodegas and vine-covered hillsides."

Fiestas Patronales de Quintanilla de Onésimo

"One of the most complete surviving medieval festival cycles in Spain, centred on the solemn Ofertorio procession in traditional costume and the next-morning performance of La Loa, an ancient auto sacramental in which the archangel Michael defeats a seven-headed serpent representing the deadly sins."

Diagosto - Fiestas Patronales de la Virgen de la Asunción

"The ancient mudejar brick castle of Coca, birthplace of Emperor Theodosius, forms the unforgettable backdrop to this traditional urban bull-run through the village streets, one of the most scenically dramatic encierros in all of Castile."

Encierro Urbano de Coca

"Every Assumption night this white hilltop village in the Axarquia opens its plaza to free-flowing local wine, folk music and dancing under the stars in one of the most atmospheric harvest nights on the Malaga coast hinterland."

La Noche del Vino

"Periana, a small Axarquian village that leads Spain in peach cultivation, dedicates three August days to its famous peaches with free tastings, traditional music by pandas de verdiales and a market of local agricultural produce."

Fiesta del Melocotón

"Montilla's harvest festival, declared of Tourist Interest, centres on the traditional Pisa de la Uva grape-treading, an offering of must to the Virgen de las Viñas, equestrian displays at the municipal ring, and a wine tunnel where visitors can taste over a hundred references of the local Montilla-Moriles DO for a token fee."

Fiesta de la Vendimia

"The village of Cea, home of Galicia's most prized PGI-protected round loaves, celebrates its ancient bread-baking tradition with traditional wood-fired oven demonstrations, dough-kneading contests and mass tastings of the bread that has been traded across Galicia for centuries."

Festa do Pan de Cea

"Every first Saturday of September this tiny Axarquian village whitewashes its facades, fills the streets with old farming tools and life-size costumed figures, and distributes thousands of litres of ice-cold ajoblanco almond soup to visitors, closing the night with a great bonfire and flamenco at the Noche de las Candelas."

Fiesta del Ajoblanco

"Bollullos, heart of the Condado de Huelva wine DO, throws a five-day harvest festival with grape treading, wine blessings, flamenco nights and open bodegas in the town that produces some of Andalusia's most underrated white wines."

Fiestas de la Vendimia