FESTIVALS
1-4 May
LAS CRUCES DE MAYO
One of the best May Crosses fiestas in Andalucía is the colourful
festival held in Almonaster La Real in the Sierra de Aracena.
16
May
LA ROMERIA DEL ROCIO
Perhaps the most spectacular pilgrimage in Spain is the one devoted
to the Virgen del Rocío, popularly called "El Rocio"
for short. Nearly a million people from all over Spain and Andalucia
make the long journey to gather in a small hamlet of El Rocio in
the marshlands of the Guadalquivir River delta (south of Almonte),
where the statue of the "Madonna of the Dew" has been
worshipped since 1280. Pilgrimage
to El Rocío.
Cinema
There
are two cinemas in Huelva City:
- Cinebox,
Centro Comercial Aqualón Puerto, Glorieta Norte, 902 22
16 36
- Multicines
La Dehesa, Autovía Los Emires, 902 48 84 88.
Useful
contacts and information
The tourist office in Huelva City: 959 25 12 18
The following websites also have listings information: www.guiadelocio.com/huelva
and www.huelvahoy.com
Also see Huelva's local newspaper, Huelva Información
The
only theatre in Huelva City, the Gran Teatro, is on Vázquez
López 13, Tel: 959 24 57 03.
For
more background information on Huelva City, see our Huelva
page.
