Las Fallas history For the first half of March 2025, Valencia is getting its fiesta on.Fireworks, gunpowder and street art ...

Every year the city of Valencia in Spain celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph, the patron of carpenters ...

If you're not in Valencia in time for Las Fallas – a raucous annual celebration of spring and Saint Joseph's Day – then be sure to check out the Museu Faller. The distinctly Valencian museum ...

The recent weekend of Las Fallas festivities in Valencia and its metropolitan area saw a hotel occupancy rate of 86.9%, surpassing initial forecasts by 10 to 15 percentage points, as reported by ...

Lopez said the Las Fallas dates back to medieval Valencia when carpenters would burn wood scraps to honor their patron saint, St. Joseph. “Eventually these bonfires evolved into fantasy scenes ...