Tomatina de Bunol - Reviews from across the web
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The Fiestas of Spain : La Tomatina in Buņol, Valencia In an effort to draw more tourism (and therefore more targets) into the small town of Buņol, La Tomatina has blossomed into a full-blown fiesta that coincides with the festival for the town's patron saint. For a week leading up to the epic battle, the 20,000-strong town of Buņol, is filled with para... donquijote.org
La Tomatina Tomato Fight in Bunyol The origins of La Tomatina aren't clear with several theories explaining how Bunyol has become home to the world's biggest tomato fight. However, the most plausible suggests that the most likely explanation dates back to 1945 when an annual parade of enormous figures with big heads (Gigantes y Cabez... spanish-fiestas.com
La Tomatina Festival Located in the centre of Valencia and just a two minute walk from the train station and Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The Vincci Lys Hotel is situated on a quite pedestrian street and surrounded by all kinds of shops, restaurants and buildi... valencia-tourist-travel-guide.com
La Tomatina Valencia Tomato Festival Spain From this point it is every man, woman and child for themselves as the event turns into a tomato slinging war. Everyone is supposed to adhere to a small number of rules: You must squash the tomato before throwing it and you are not allowed to throw an... spanishpropertyworld.com
LA TOMATINA | THE TOMATO PARTY IN VALENCIA SPAIN The most likely explanation is that it started as a juvenile class war between bare-footed Troskyist macarras and el-ivy leaguers staying at Papa's summer house, the latter passing the former in a provocative way - that is to say, within tomato-throwing range. Like gangs of adolescents anywhere, it ... latomatina.org
La Tomatina | Bunyol, Spain | Whatsonwhen So how on earth did this gastronomically obscure tradition start? There is no patron saint of tomatoes or miraculous explanation of a tomato ritual, whereby locals beseech the gods for good weather and fortune for next year's harvest. It so happens the tradition was born way back in 1945 when some l... whatsonwhen.com
La Tomatina - Valencia - Pre-tomato preparations in Buņol - Info Hostels World Tomato domination (okay, Spanish tomato domination). On August 30, take about 30,000 people, over 240,000 tonnes of tomatoes and place it all together in one small Spanish town. (Make sure that the tomatoes are soft and ripe and that the shop-fronts are protected from attack.) Your mission is ... infohostels.com
The Fiestas of Spain: La Tomatina, Buņol, Valencia In an effort to draw more tourism (and therefore more targets) into the small town of Buņol, La Tomatina has blossomed into a full-blown fiesta that coincides with the festival for the town's patron saint. For a week leading up to the epic battle, the 20,000-strong town of Buņol, is filled with para... spanishunlimited.com
La Tomatina Festival | La Tomatina Valencia | Spain Distance from the airport to the city centre: 8 Km , Approx. cost Airport-Valencia city centre taxi: 14 Euros. From the airport of Valencia you can directly go to the city center from 6 am until 10 pm (frecuency: every 20 minutes, it´s called AERO-BUS). Price: 2,50 € aprox.: Stops: Airpor... tomatina.net
Wandalust: La Tomatina in Valencia Along with tens of thousands of other adults from all over the world, you can join in and help throw one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes. There are a few rules, though, which particip... wandalust.com
Spanish Abroad Inc - la tomatina and other interesting festivals of Valencia , Spain Buñol, during the last Wednesday of August, is the site of a bizarre festival. It is literally a food fight featuring thousands of people and tons of tomatoes being flung at each other. No one can be a mere spectator and nobody in the range of the combatants is spared. Legend has it that the ... spanishabroad.com
Bunol, Spain's Tomatina Festival: The Valencia tomato-throwing battle, yearly at the end of August The batalla or battle is supposed to be every person for himself, but it often develops into a girls versus boys competition. There are some rules: squeeze the tomatoes before you throw them, don't bring bottles and the like into the fray, and don't tear off someone else's clothing. The precaution o... customsholidays.suite101.com
RealTravel - Valencia and La Tomatina | Valencia Travel Blog | Valencia Travel Reviews As the clock nearly hit 11 am everyone was getting excited and as soon as the truck was in sight everyone went crazy! There were about 10 people on the truck who would throw constant handfuls of tomatoes off the side for everyone. Here is where it gets brutal, every 5 seconds you would cop a tomato ... realtravel.com
Tomatina de Buņol - Valencia Tourist Guide At approximately 11 in the morning a convoy of lorries will begin to parade, full of tomatoes, along the street called Cid and the Town Square, dyeing the roads, pavements, walls, faįades, participants, the curious and everything that crosses their path red with the red and ripe projectiles. Just on... valencia-cityguide.com
Valcencia to Bunol - la Tomatina - Valencia, Spain Travel Blog Ok, the day started at 6.15, packed up headed to the train station to find a storage locker for our luggage for the day, success. Then caught the 8.09 train to Bunol. The train was packed, as you can imagine, there were over 40 000 people at the festival. We put our change of clothes into storage...... travelpod.com
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