Bull fights

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Bull fights

Postby hellie » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:20 am

We are staying in Salobrena in May 2006 and wondering if anyone knows of any local bullfights in the area during this period. Also enquiring the need to pre book or can you just turn up on the day?

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Postby frank » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:07 pm

Your nearest decent "local" corrida would be Granada or Málaga, I guess. Do a search for those for May, you should find it.
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Postby nevada smith » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:53 pm

recommend you start right here at andalucia.com -
click on 'society & culture'
(bullfighting is a part of spanish culture - not a 'sport')
then click on 'bullfighting' -
the schedule for the 2006 season is not yet out, but 'traditionally' begins
at the end of 'semana santa' (holy week) easter in seville...
tickets are not cheap -
the price depends on where you sit and who's on the 'card' -
i recommend sitting a couple of rows up, behind the 'capes' and
among the best are - enrique ponce, el juli & jesulin de ubrique -
there are at least a dozen bullrings in malaga province
of various sizes & status...

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Postby silver » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:10 am

You can get a free calender of bull fights..in Spanish from www.mundotoro.com
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Postby Jade138 » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:46 pm

Apology, off topic ....

Please correct me if I am wrong .... was told the oldest bullring in the world is the one at Puerto De Santa Maria?
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Postby nevada smith » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:01 pm

ronda is home to the oldest bullring in spain...

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Postby Jade138 » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:15 pm

Thanks Nevada :P
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Postby pwwm » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:04 am

Roquetas de Mar would be about an hours run from Salobrena and they have a bull ring search on the town itself I would think it will have details. Easy to find as it is on the main road into the town on the left and sign posted anyway.
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Postby lis48 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:32 pm

Technically, Ronda is the oldest, then Madrid, then El Puerto. But El Puerto's bullring is the finest in Spain according to the bullfighters themselves. But I did read in an English guidebook the other day that the bullring in the "port of Cadiz" was the best to go to. I wonder how many people have searched Cadiz for a bullring and been very disappointed because of bad translations.

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Postby Jade138 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:47 pm

I have a quick view at the bullring in El Puerto but I don't know what to say as I have nothing to compare to. It's grande and very interesting.
None of my friends want to go to see any bull fights with me .
I shall not wish to witness the gory part but I just want to feel and soak into the atmosphere.
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Postby Nige » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:53 pm

lis48 wrote:Technically, Ronda is the oldest, then Madrid, then El Puerto. But El Puerto's bullring is the finest in Spain according to the bullfighters themselves. But I did read in an English guidebook the other day that the bullring in the "port of Cadiz" was the best to go to. I wonder how many people have searched Cadiz for a bullring and been very disappointed because of bad translations.
In 1809 a certain Lord Byron visited Cadiz on his way to the Med. On Sunday 30th July of that year he took a boat to cross over from the old city of Cadiz to witness the bull fight at El Puerto.
Of course in those days, the bullring would have been quite modest unlike the present one which is large and grand. The description of his visit is in Childe Harold Stanza 65 to Stanza 93 of Canto I . You can find his words on the internet. Bit of culture. :lol:

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Postby El Cid » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:19 am

frank wrote:Your nearest decent "local" corrida would be Granada or Málaga, I guess. Do a search for those for May, you should find it.
There is a new Plaza de Toros in Motril. It has just been completed at a cost of nearly 3m Euros and seats 6000. It will eventually seat 8000.

The inaugural corrida is on 28th Feb and a further one on Mar 5th.

No doubt there will be more during the year.

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