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As winter evenings draw in, the towns and villages of Andalucía once again burst into colour with the glow of Christmas lights. Across the region, from the snow-capped Sierras to the sun-warmed coast, streets are filled orange-laden trees, festive cheer, music, and the unmistakable scent of roasted chestnuts, straight from the Sierras.
Andalucia enjoys 14 bank holidays a year. This comprises 9 National holidays, 2 whose date is set by the region, 1 regional holidays and 2 local municipal holidays. Below we list the bank holidays for this and next few years.
One of the most delightful features of Christmas in Andalucia are the belenes vivientes, or living (live) nativity scenes, where many of the townsfolk dress up as characters to take part, using the town's streets, houses and plazas as their stage set, starring alongside four-legged actors - sheep and donkeys. Cadiz province is famous for its belenes vivientes.
Andalucia enjoys 14 bank holidays a year. This comprises 9 National holidays, 2 whose date is set by the region, 1 regional holidays and 2 local municipal holidays. Below we list the bank holidays for this and next year.
The 2024 edition of Primavera Trompetera Festival was due to take place at the motor racing Circuito de Jerez 22nd and 23rd March 2024. However due to the adverse weather conditions in the form of great rainstorm the event was cancelled. 2025 was not held.
The 2023 edition of the Primavera Trompetera Festival took place on the 30th and 31st March and 1st April 2023. This festival takes place in the motor racing Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto outside the city. It has 4 stages, camping zone, VIP zone, food trucks, resting zone, attractions and craft products shops.
There are hundreds of music and dance festivals taking place in Andalucia every year, especially in the summer. Following widespread cancellations in 2020 and 2021. 2023 is another big year, organisers are notably publishing festival dates earlier and people are so ready to party!
The Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road cycle race held annually since 1955; it normally takes place in February. Since 2005, this has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI European Tour. The race usually takes place over five stage days.
As one of Spain's major ports during the 16th century, Cadiz copied the carnival of Venice, a city with which it had much trade, and since then it has become the liveliest and most dazzling carnival town in mainland Spain, famous for its amusing and creative characters and satirical song groups.
When is the next total solar eclipse in Andalucia? 2nd August 2027
Traditionally, very few shops used to open on a Sunday or public holiday in Andalucia. This was due to restrictions on Sunday trading by the regional government. However, since 2020, the number of Sundays when shopping centres and large supermarkets are permitted to open has increased substantially.
In Spring 2026, clocks change in Andalucia and Spain on the last Sunday in March - 29 March 2025 to CEST (Central European Summer Time) when the clocks will go one hour forward at 02.00 hrs.
Looking for adventure? Make a bee line for the Zip lines in Andalucia. They can be found at Alhaurin el Grande, Sanlúcar de Guadiana, Castillo de las Guardas, Comares, Elviria, Marbella and Fuengirola.
Selwo is a fascinating adventure in contact with nature. The park covers 100 hectares and is home to more than 2,000 animals from the five continents. The animals live in liberty, recreating their natural habitat - you can see lions, rhinos and giraffes; gnus, cheetahs, red pandas, meekats, and the endangered Iberian lynx; also birds such as hornbill, ibis, stork and crane. Visitors are taken on a four-hour tour, on foot and in four-wheel drive trucks.
Tourist Offices in Seville City are Sevilla Centro, Triana, Seville Airport, and Santa Justa Station.
The two most important are the Museo de Bellas Artes and the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo. One of the most prestigious of all Spain's Fine Arts Museums, the beautiful Museo de Bellas Artes is a former monastery and has a superb collection of art by Spain's most celebrated painters including Zurbarán, Murillo and Valdás Leal.
While the experts might find the challenge a little limited, the average club golfer will certainly find it quite enough to handle as the greens are sharply contoured and quick. Pleasant, flat parkland course with many bunkers, wide fairways and elevated greens.
A pleasure for the most demanding golfer, Atalaya Rosner Golf Course also called Atalaya New Golf Course requires accuracy off the tee and a steady putter on the green.
With UNESCO classing a complex of three buildings in Seville as a World Heritage Site - namely the Cathedral, Alcazar Palace, and Archive of the Indies - it's no wonder that international and Spanish tourists alike flock to the city to see the magnificent monuments left behind by the cultures which have inhabited the city.
Located in Barrio Santa Cruz, in a pretty square with orange trees, the 17th-century baroque hospital was built to care for elderly, impoverished and infirm priests. From 2027, it will be used as a gallery for religious art, and offers a peaceful haven in this area which is often thronged with visitors.
