If you have plans to visit the perfectly aged country of Spain, you should be there in time for the annual pandemonium. You have to make sure that you don’t have any agoraphobia. You need to have the stomach to run fast or strength to throw. Yes, Spain takes pride on its yearly crazy festivals.
The first one is the Pamplona Bull Run in San Fermin. It takes place in the balcony of the Casa Consistorial in Pamplona. Thousands of people, both local and tourist, are waiting in the square for the bull to chase them all. If you want to be there and get that Spanish high from running, you have to take note of the following:
- The event starts on July 7 every year.
- The run begins at 8:00 A.M. Be there around 7:30 or earlier.
- The bulls will be coming from the corral at Santo Domingo.
- The distance of the run is 825 meters, which lasts 3 minutes.
Also, don’t forget some other precautions.
The La Tomatina Festival in Buñol, Spain is the second Spanish crazy festival. Every year this so-called tomato fight happens near Valencia. The occasion is actually the highlight of the Spanish summer festivities. It’s a chaotic affair that rockets off the local population from 9,000 people to 30,000, including the visitors. You should remember:
- The Spanish fiesta is held every last Wednesday in August.
- The tomato fight happens between 11 A.M. and 1 P.M.
- Get a train ride from Valencia to Buñol at 8:08 A.M., 9:08 A.M. or 10:08 A.M.
- Change your shirt before riding back to Valencia, there are no public showers in Buñol.
Check the rest of the festival rules.
Events like these are perfect for those who clamor for wild crowds and scary exhilarating experiences. In fact, most road junkies in Europe head to those places during such time of the year.
