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| Las Fallas |
A Falla is a name
given to the gigantic, sophisticated, sculpted structures
of cardboard and wood, which humorously portray
the most relevant events and personalities of the
year. With over 700 of these satirical figures,
some as high as 30 feet, spread over key intersections
across Valencia, the countdown to the festivals
start on 1st March with a loud earth shaking fire
cracker display lasting 20 minutes and held daily
through to 19th March in the town hall square.
From 14th to 19th the city becomes one big street
party with colourful parades, fireworks and light
displays, paella making in the streets and of course
the amazing fallas structures. |
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A 2 day procession of over 100,000 people dressed
in handcrafted traditional costumes accompanied
by their own music bands, all filing in to the cathedral
square each offering a flower which eventually forms
the dress of a huge statue of the Virgin Mary makes
for a festival of merriment and madness.
With most of Valencia's roads closed to traffic
the evenings start with a pleasant stroll from falla
to falla soaking up the magical atmosphere of happiness
and laughter, and as the night falls, the protagonist
of the evening becomes the amazing bright and colourful
firework displays and the thousands of white lights
that make up the heavenly tunnel of lights. |
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Undoubtedly, a unique and crazy experience combining
the fire, gunpowder, colour, noise, humour and imagination
make the Fallas a truly magnificent festival not
to be missed!
To see more about the fantastic Fallas click here www.fallasfromvalencia.com and look especially at the videos for Mascletas, Firework Displays, Ofrenda, Cabalgata and Crema. |
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typical week of walking and Fallas |
Based in Segorbe
at the El Palen Hotel, the week starts with a welcome
dinner provided by Walks in Spain. The week is then
made up of the very best walks from our Segorbe
based walking holiday with either picnic lunches
or lunch in local good quality restaurants, and
both a day and an evening trip to Valencia city
to see and participate in the Fallas celebrations.
A typical walk would be through the gorges of the
Sierra Espadan, surrounded by cork oaks and pine
trees with magnificent views, followed by a traditional
paella lunch, or a fluvial walk along the river
Palancia alongside cascades or along the route of
an old railway line of the via verde. Each walk
is different and really captures the variety of
landscapes the area has to offer.
For the day trip to see the Fallas we will have
picked out the very best and planned a route for
you incorporating the unforgettable "Mascleta"
a daytime spectacle in which 35,000 firecrackers
are set off in just 20 minutes!
The evening trip to Valencia offers the opportunity
to see the Fallas from a nighttime perspective.
The finale to the Fallas Special Week is centred
on dinner in a great local restaurant followed by
a trip to the grand firework display that ends the
nit de foc. |
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Walks in Spain, 11 Stone Hall, Stone Hall Gardens London W8 5UU
Tel: (+34) 650 263 708 from outside the UK;
within the UK call us free on: 0800 612 4693 |
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of Walks in Spain S.L. registered as a Spanish Limited
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