Consoricio Turístico de Tierra Estella

Feast Days

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In Tierra Estella any time of year is the right time to get to know and participate in its Feast Days and traditions.  During the year, pilgramages are made to the many chapels that dot the mountain landscape: Nuestra Señora de Codés, Santiago de Lóquiz, San Gregorio Ostiense, la Trinidad de Iturgoyen or Nuestra Señora del Puy in Estella are just some of them.

 

May is the traditional month for the pilgrimages and these celebrations are also held during other months of the year. Carnival and Easter Week are also two important events for showing off the region's many traditions. Some villages such as Andosilla, still stage Passion Plays in a performance that is watched by thousands of people every year.

 

However, summer is the time when Tierra Estella is converted into a truly festive place; July, August and September are the main months when the Patron Saint Feast Days are celebrated, with bullfights, music and gastronomy, turning the streets of the villages into an open, participative event in which everyone takes part.

 

The Feast Days of Estella, held during the first week of August, are the centre point of all the regional Feast Days.

During the year, traditional markets, cultural programmes and festivals are also held in different towns of Tierra Estella.

Calendar
February
  • On the last Sunday in February, in the morning, celebration of Navarra's Oil Day and Arroniz Toast Day in Arróniz, where toast with oil can be eaten and with an exhibition of arts and crafts.
April / May
  • On the last Sunday in April, the Artesparto fair in Sesma, which lasts all morning, where fried breadcrumbs can be eaten and with an arts and crafts fair at which there is an exhibition of the tradition of working with esparto grass.
  • Good Friday, staging of a Passion Play and the Hebrero Market in the morning, in Andosilla.
  • Traditional Arts and Crafts fair on Easter Sunday in Plaza de Santiago in Estella in the morning with craftsman coming from different neighbouring towns.
  • On the third Sunday in May, Asparagus Day in Dicastillo, with competitions and asparagus-tasting, and an arts and crafts fair.
July
  • During the month of July, the International Folklore Dancing Festival, Mediaeval Week and Mediaeval Studies, and the Patron Saint Festivities are held in Estella, lasting for 7 days.
  • One Sunday in July (the date varies every year), celebration of the Denominations of Origin and Legends with many events during the day, based on the 4 denominations: asparagus, pepper, cava and wine.
October
  • On the first Sunday in October, the wine harvest festival in Ayegui, with arts and crafts, winery stands, conferences and wine-tasting and visits to wineries during the whole day.
November
  • Gastronomic Weekend in Viana, during the first weekend in November, with conferences, sampling, competitions, all in relation to the local gastronomy, from Friday to Sunday.
December
  • Tradition Cattle Fair in Estella on the first Sunday in December, coinciding with the celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Andrew, the Patron Saint.
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