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Festivals of Tenerife
Tenerife, the party and Festival Island, is where a variety of festivals and regular events take place. It is simply the largest and most spectacular event happening place anywhere in this world. This is a place where you must plan a visit. There are summer festivals as well as winter fiestas take place in Tenerife. The kind of fun and enjoyment that one would have in these festivals of Tenerife will not be the same in other cities. Other events that take place in summer are the Corpus Cristi and several folk festivals that are celebrated in honor of the saints of every village and town. The most elaborate festival is Christmas which is celebrated in winter.
Some festivals, such as the annual celebrations for the Fiestas de la Cruz, San Juan, or the three king’s parade in January and Christmas & New Year are held on set dates every year regardless of the day of the week they will fall on. If you want to check out the New Year’s celebration then you should look for Nochevieja parties. They are lavish street parties which also includes giant firework displays. These kinds of street parties take place all over the Tenerife Island. In the month of March Tenerife becomes a busy place as it is a big festival period with the Tenerife Carnival in the city of Santa Cruz. This festival is where you can see typical Canarian costume, dancing, music and cultural traditions. There is a parade through the city streets that leads to a big street party at the end of the day's parade.
Holy week or Semana Santa is another big celebration in the March which lasts for a week. This celebration takes place all over the Spain. There will also be a parade where huge floats depicting the scenes from Easter week will be carried around the city streets. Musicians follow these processions and street outlets will sell the mouth watering traditional foods. City of La Laguna is where largest and most impressive processions can be seen. But there are similar celebrations taking place in Santa Cruz, Garachio and Puerto de la Cruz as well. These celebrations take place late in the night and you can hire a car in Tenerife and take part in the parade as well. You can also get a car from car hire Tenerife in airport.
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