Do you know why Spain is one of the most rushing countries for many vacationers? There are a lot of factors why this fascinating country is a rushing vacation destination. Below are some of the many reasons why you should not miss to visit Spain.
Spain is already been appointed as the 3rd favorite destination worldwide. Because of the lashing natural resources, white glimmering beaches, lots of sun, friendly people and more there is no doubt Spain is appointed as the 3rd most visited countries all over the world. You can visit Mallorca, Costa Brava, Costa Blanca and more.
Since most of the people loves to do sunbathing there is no reason why this inviting country has never been emptied with sun lovers coming from all over the world. Another reason why Spain is a favorite destination spot because the winter here is not too cold, it only has moderate temperature that makes it perfect for adventurers.
Spain is dominated with Catholic devotees and every year different parts of the country are celebrating religious festivities together with dancing and singing Spanish people. Most of the traditional events in Spain are really entertaining and vibrant that makes the tourists enjoy the moment while they were in Spain.
As one of Spain’s tradition and despite the animal rights activists there are still many travelers who enjoyed and amazed the bull fighting activity in Spain. Another exciting event to witness as well in Spain is the Pamplona bull runs which is commemorated during the San Fermin festivities.
And of course one of the main reasons why Spain has been a rushing country because of its never ending beautiful beaches. Spain has been considered as a summer paradise. The country as well is the favorite spot of the expert surfers.
These are just the few of the many reasons why Spain has been appointed as the 3rd most visited countries all over the world, especially those who are British and English people.
The world-renowned running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain is locally known as Sanfermines.It is an annual celebration that would start on June 6th and end on midnight of June 14th. The festival is opened with the singing of Pobre de Mi. The running of the bulls or Encierro to the Spanish people is the most famous event.
The festival is a celebration in honor of Saint Fermin, martyred at Amiens. It was said that the saint died by being dragged or pulled by bulls through the streets of Pamplona.
The Encierro requires running, of the white clad participants with red handkerchiefs around their neck, in front of bulls on 825 meter stretch in a section of the town Pamplona.
The running of the bulls begins with the sound of two rockets. The first firecracker signal the fact that the bulls are released from their pens; and the second firecrackers made known to everyone that the last bull already left the pen. A third and fourth blast of the firecrackers announces that all of the bulls are already in the stadium and the run is finished.
The running of the bull is considered as one of Europe’s oddity. It is one of the most famous festivals in Spain that attracts hundreds of tourist. In fact, safety measure for the encierro is announced in different language for the nationalities of participants vary from Asians to North Americans.
During seven days Spain will be on party, it is “Semana Santa”. Besides being a catholic party, connected to the church, this is also the most important holiday in this country. There are celebrations around all Spain, but the stately ones are in: Cartagena, Sevilla, Salamanca, Málaga, Léon and Zamora, besides other ones.
“Semana Santa” symbolizes the big actions and sacrifices from Jesus to redeem the mistakes of humankind; it is a period of passion, death and rebirth of Jesus. The celebrations start on 16 and goes till 23 of March. The high important days are on Sunday, which is “Domingo de Ramos” [Branch Sunday], and on Friday - the death of Jesus. On Saturday Jesus will be buried and in the last day of celebrations Sunday it is Jesus rebirth.
During these days there a lot of processions, followed by a huge number of believers. But the most wonderful thing in this party is the luxurious images that are carried by the pilgrims who wear special tunics that covers all there bodies. They go on the procession to be forgiven or to give grace to Jesus.
Spain is a country with a huge catholic tradition and every year there are a lot of tourists that come to Spain to take part of “Semana Santa” the only thing which is missing is… you!
Spain is one of the hottest “beach and sun” destination in the world, millions of tourists visit Spain every year to enjoy the sunny beaches of Costa Brava, Costa del Sol and the famous Ibiza and Mallorca island, also known to be a party paradise! … but what happens during winter? There are many destinations in Spain that continue enjoying the “privilege” hot weather, as the Canary Islands.. and there are other exciting possibilities that Spain also offers to winter sports fans!
If you want to enjoy a very “typical ski” experience in Spain one of the best options is to visit the extraordinary Sierra Nevada ski station, located in the mountain of Sierra Nevada in Granada, with the best snow in Spain and with one of the longest tracks, it is located only 40 minutes away from the city of Granada and 2 hours from the Costa del Sol!
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