Festa da Istoria

"The highlight of these festivities in the medieval town of Betanzos is the fluvial romeria to Os Caneiros, where flower-decked boats carry merrymakers up the River Mandeo for a riverside feast, followed by the ascent of the world's largest paper balloon."

Festas de San Roque

"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

"Galicia's most mystical pilgrimage, ruled by the saying that whoever does not come here alive will come here dead, draws devotees from across the region to this clifftop chapel above the Atlantic on the Feast of the Nativity of Mary."

Romería de San Andrés de Teixido

"Muxía's most important festival brings pilgrims and locals to the dramatic headland sanctuary of the Virgin of the Boat, where religious processions, the blessing of fishing boats and traditional Galician music mark one of the most atmospheric coastal romerías on the Camino de Fisterra."

Nosa Señora da Barca de Muxía

"One of Galicia's great maritime romerias, pilgrims converge on the wave-lashed sanctuary at the tip of the Costa da Morte where the Virgin is said to have arrived by stone boat, ending the Camino for many who walk to Muxia from Santiago."

Romaría de Nosa Señora da Barca

"Declared a Festival of Tourist Interest of Galicia, this rural celebration in the hamlet of Traba near Coristanco crowns local potato varieties with a parade of decorated tractors, the famous Burning Potato competition, showcooking and communal sardine roasts amid the farmland of the Costa da Morte hinterland."

Festa da Pataca de Coristanco

"Each August near the world-famous fossil site, hundreds of costumed participants restage the 1054 Battle of Atapuerca in which King Garcia III of Navarre fell to the forces of Fernando I of Castile, a turning point that reshaped the medieval kingdoms of Spain."

XXXI Representación Histórica de la Batalla de Atapuerca

"In its XXIV edition, Los Corrales de Buelna re-enacts the last resistance of the Cantabrian tribes against Rome, with 1,500 participants, thirteen Celtic tribes, thirteen Roman legions, a reconstructed Roman camp and Cantabrian village, and the only Fiesta of International Tourist Interest in Cantabria."

Guerras Cántabras

"Over 300 villagers and visitors recreate an 8th-century battle between Moors and Christians in Aínsa's stone-arcaded plaza, acting out the legend of the miraculous red cross that, according to tradition, secured the Christian victory and gave Aragon its shield."

Recreación Histórica Moros y Cristianos de Aínsa

"Each July the walled Roman city of Asturica Augusta comes back to life as hundreds of participants in period dress recreate the clash between Asturian tribes and Roman legions on the streets of what was once the most important city in northwest Hispania."

Recreación Histórica de Astures y Romanos

"This handsome Salamanca market town revives the Baroque era for a weekend with period-costumed traders, craft stalls, live music and a historic atmosphere centred on its Renaissance main square."

Feria Barroca

"Guissona, built on the Roman town of Iesso in the Segarra comarca, hosts an annual Roman market with legionary reenactors, period crafts and Roman cuisine in the archaeological park, making the site's Ibero-Roman layers accessible and vivid for all ages."

Mercado Romano de Iesso de Guissona