TRAVEL GUIDES DIRECTORY: COSTA VERDE SPAIN: LLANES
FESTIVALS
Llanes is a town that abounds with interesting festivals and traditions. Throughout the year, there are a variety of fiestas where the locals pay reverence to their veneration to the religious figure, whose day is being celebrated. At the same time, the Llaniscos take pleasure in eating and drinking, dressing up in the local traditional costume, singing, dancing, and all sorts of merrymaking.
Listed below are some of the principle days when it pays to be in the Llanes region.
January
5th: The arrival and parade of the Three Kings all through the region
17th: San Antón in Parres
24th: La Paz in Vidiago
31st: Santa Eugenia in Meré
February
3rd: Fiesta de la Candelera in Parres and Posada
March
1st: El Angel in El Mazucu, Ovio and Caldueño
19th & 21st: San José in Posada
April
18th: La Flor in Pría
23rd: San Jorge in Nueva
May
1st: San Felipe in Soberrón
9th to12th: VIII Crossing of the Picos de Europa in hot air balloons (1996) Information Tel: 908 47 56 43
13th: La Sacramental in Poo
22nd: Santa Rita in Cardoso
30th: San Fernando in Cué
June
5th: La Sacramental in Nueva
5th - 6th: XXIII Rally Villa de Llanes (1999)
13th: San Antonio in Cué, Riensena and Piedra
20th: San Antonio in Purón
23rd: San Juan in Caldueño
24th: La Sacramental in Cué
24th: San Juan in Andrín and Caldueño
25th: San Pedro in Vibaño
25th: San Juan in Balmori
26th: San Juan in Puertas de Vidiago and Tresgrandas
26th: San Antonio in Rioseco
28th: San Juan in Caldueño
29th: San Pedro in La Pesa and Santa Eulalia
July
2nd: La Sacramental in Meré
2nd: San Pedro in Riego and Pancar
4th: San Pelayo in Niembro
16th: El Cristo in La Portilla
16th: Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Hontaria
17th: El Carmen in Celorio, Buda and Las Jareras
18th: Santa Marina in Parres and Buelna
21st: Santa María Magdalena in Llanes
22nd: Santa María Magdalena in Llanes , La Malatería and Villanueva de Pría
24th & 25th: Santiago Apóstol in Posada
26th: Santa Ana in Llanes and Naves
31st: San Juan in Nueva
31st: La Sacramental in La Borbolla
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