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The Seville Fair

23rd April

Spring in Seville has a special atmosphere, garlanded with the sweet scent of orange blossom and jasmine, and a fusion of excited anticipation, as the city's two most important events take place: Semana Santa and the April Fair.

The Seville Fair takes place in a huge area in Los Remedios, to the south-west of the city, next to the river two weeks after Semana Santa. It will start on 23rd April with a popular inauguration party called “el pescaito” when thousands of bulbs will be turned on to light up the main door and the streets of the Fair. The event will be celebrated all week until 29th of April.

The Fair will include serious dancing, drinking, eating and socialising, with late nights the norm. The sheer size of the April Fair spectacle is extraordinary. From around midday until early evening, especially on Tuesday, Seville society parades around the fairground in carriages or on horseback. The Fair features numerous stalls that offer a wonderful variety of food and drink. There are also daily bullfights, generally considered the best of the season.

 

Sonar is coming to Barcelona

18th April

 Sonar is a festival of music and multimedia art that is celebrated during third week of June in Barcelona around different areas of the city.

It's a pioneer in the field and unique in its format and content. It has international appeal thanks to the varied cultural on offer that combine fun with the artistic, avant-garde and experimentation, featuring artists consolidated electronic music trends and hybridizations with other genres.

The festival is divided between Morning Sonar which includes concerts, showcases, professional and exhibition area. The main essence is following new talent, Night Sonar, presents the key names in international music scene such us Lana del Rey, Simia Mobile Disco, Mostly Robot, Trust and Nina Kraviz.

The festival has regularly crossed the Spanish borders since 2002. In previous years, Sonar has travelled to London, New York, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Frankfurt, Chicago and Tokyo, as well as many other destinations.

 

 

Benidorn beach No. 5 in Europe

9th March

The beaches of Puerto Alcudia (Mallorca), Benidorm(Alicante), Playa del Inglés (Gran Canaria), Corralejo (Fuerteventura) and Puerto del Carmen (Lanzarote) have been selected as being among the best beaches in Europe in the lastest edition of theTravellers' Choice Destinos awards, organized by the travel website TripAdvisor.

Besides, Puerto Alcudia is in the 25 Top of the best beaches destinations in the world, at No. 25, what becomes it in the first Spanish beach that enters in this ranking.

These places are chosen by the TripAdvisor followers thanks their comments and opinions.

The essence of "Las Fallas" in a perfume

9th March

To Reproduce the aroma of Las Fallas is the aim of 'Masclet No. 5', a promotion fragrance developed by a beer company and worked by the popular pyrotechnic Caballer Vicente.
The smell of gunpowder is the main component of this perfume that aims to transport us to the famous event in Valencia. Masclet No. 5 is available through the website www.lotuyosiempremolamas.com which will draw lots for 100 samples.

Drink beer in Barcelona

9th March

The Barcelona Beer International will be celebrated to promote the culture of craft and natural beer on the 9th, 10th and 11th of March this year. The Sant Agustí Convent will will be the first to hold this event, organized by ACCA (Asociación para Cultura de la Cerveza Artesana).

The celebration will feature 134 national beers, both European and American, some of them created in especially for the event. Beer lovers will be able to get information about the products and the possibility to talk about them with the creators. Moreover, it will offer specific dishes to eat with the beers, sponsored by Racó d’en Cesc team.

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