Fallas Tour in English
Written by mpowellThe Fallas are almost upon us! Just 3 more days until the true start of the festival on March 15th.
A year ago, I had never heard of Las Fallas — one of the craziest festivals in Europe. Valencia doesn’t seem to get much international attention, which means that non-Spaniards don’t know anything about Las Fallas, let alone its origins and meaning.
Luckily for us ignoramuses, there’s an English-language tour organized by Turiart:
Discover the Fallas in this guided tour. We’ll take you to visit the most important Fallas, we’ll tell you about the origins of this valencian tradition, and we’ll offer you a valencian appetizer in a real Casal Fallero (visiting also their Falla in the inside, one of the most importants in the city)
The tour runs daily from the 15th-18th, lasts two hours and costs €18 per person (€15 if booked on-line). The meeting spot is at the Main Post Office door in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, at 13:30 — see the link below for more information.
I don’t know if we’re going to do this or not — our schedule for Las Fallas is already pretty full — but we’d love to hear how the tour was. So, if you do take it, please make sure to leave a comment!
Link: English-language Fallas Tour
Anna wrote,
Hi fallas-lovers!
I did the first Fallas tour yesterday, it was only for responsibles of Newspapers and Radio (oficially it starts on saturday I’ve read) but I have to say it was great.
We get extense explanations about the traditions and origins of Fallas and many curiosities. But the tour was even more, they allow you to get one step further into Fallas’s world because we visited a Casal Fallero, something usually restricted only for people of each falla and we visited as well one regional clothing shop where they explained us the process of producing this wonderfull dresses.
So I just wanted to leave here my comment to invite you to go, it is a great idea and I’m sure you’ll have a nice time!
Link | March 13th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Pablo Pappy wrote,
You MUST find time to go on this tour! Then do another humor-filled travel log critique for us all to enjoy! My theory is that the whole Fallas celebration is really a Spanish re-do of St. Patricks Day festivities, but their stupid pride and arrogance won’t allow admission of this gross plagerism.
Link | March 14th, 2008 at 11:48 am