Las Fallas Festival 2019
Valencia, Spain
15 - 20 March 2019
Setting fire to things at Las Fallas Valencia Festival 2019
Spain is famous for its unique and crazy street festivals, and this fiesta is truly one-of-a-kind. Stoke’s Las Fallas 2019 trip includes cabin-style accommodation with sleeping bag, hot hearty breakfasts each morning and a delicious dinner every night, experienced guides to lead you through the madness, a St Patrick’s Day campsite party and unlimited beer & sangria on offer for just €10 a day!
Las Fallas 2019 takes place in Valencia, and packs around 3 million pyromaniacs into a city of just a million inhabitants. Las Fallas is a celebration of the coming of spring and a chance to wish a jubilant bon voyage to winter. Locals bid farewell to those cold nights by building giant ninots (puppets or dolls) out of cardboard, wood, paper machè and plaster, and then burn them to the ground. There are spectacular fireworks set off from every angle, and, of course plenty of sangria and dancing in the streets.
The ninots are made to look lifelike and usually fit in with current events, poking fun at Spanish politicians and celebrities. The massive structures are sometimes lifted into place by cranes on the day of La Plantà, or “the rising,” and they remain here until La Crema, the day of the burning, on the 19th March,. Young men wander around the city with axes making little hard-to-spot holes in the Ninots and stuffing them full of fireworks. Just before midnight the crowds in Valencia start to chant, the streetlights are turned off, and finally at midnight the ninots are set ablaze. What follows is an explosion of fireworks, roaring fires and a street party to remember (or forget entirely)..
Click here to read more why Las Fallas is Spain’s hottest festival!
Stoke Travel Does Las Fallas 2019
In true Stokie style, each year at Las Fallas Valencia Festival we host a weekend of fun with cabin accommodation and sleeping bag included. Our chef will cook up a culinary storm every morning and evening, and as always we have the biggest party outside the fiesta. On the 17th Stoke will be donning the green and hosting our very own campsite party in honour of St Patrick’s Day!
PRICE: €60 | AU$ 87 | US$ 67 | £52 per NIGHT (MIN 2 NIGHTS)
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Stoke Travel Passport holders are eligible for a 3 night all-inclusive stay.
Key Features
- Where: Camping Coll Vert, Carretera del Riu, 486, 46012 – Pinedo, Valencia, Spain
- When: 15 - 20 March 2019
- How: Meet us there or take our private coach from Barcelona
- Age: Young at heart traveller 18+. Free trip if you bring your grandma
- Sleep: Cabin-style accommodation with sleeping bags provided
- Eat: Hot and hearty breakfasts each morning and delicious dinners every evening
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I’ve booked with Stoke Travel for Las Fallas for 2 nights. I’ve never been on a tour with them but I thought it would be a good way to experience the festival. I liked the fact they provide accommodations, breakfast, dinner and shuttles into the festivities for a pretty reasonable price.
I went to Las Fallas with a couple of friends. When we were looking for cheap accommodation, we found Stoke and decided to go with them. We took the bus that they had available from Barcelona and that’s where the party started. The staff was really helpful and friendly, the campsite was super fun and very close to the city, the food was delicious, our room was comfy and clean and the price was great for everything we got. We loved the festival and will definitely be back to party with Stoke.