Tomorrow night, at midnight, we will celebrate Halloween. This is a very short-lived tradition in Spain since we used to have our very All Souls Night. It is a very special night, full of mystery and magic, where the souls of the dead come back to spend a short time with the living. Everybody celebrates Halloween these days and there are so many different parties where people dress up, but if you want to live a terrifying Halloween night book a tour tomorrow night from eight pm with Sonia and the girls of Escuela Habla to hear, first hand, all those legends and ghost stories. It will surely be dead terrific!!
Mes: octubre 2017
Segovia and the Saint Patron
On the 25th of the current we shall be celebrating our Saint Patron festivity. His name is Saint Frutos (yes, like the fruits you eat) and, just like every other year, the miracle will take place and the saint will turn yet another page of his Book of the Apocalypse that gets us nearer the end of days every year.
Regardless whether or not you are a pious human being, the night of Saint Frutos is a fantastic opportunity to fill yourself with the local spirit and folk and also to have a few drinks with your friends and relatives. Just after midnight, locals will start to clear off the Main Square on their way home with a grin in their faces and perhaps feeling a little tipsy.
We will come back next week to talk about Spanish Halloween; if you want to get to know about local ghosts and legends, do not miss the opportunity to join the last Legends of Segovia tour this 2017on the 31st of October!
Illustration of Saint Frutos by Mónica Carretero.
Sports Museum. Until the 29th of October.
Segovia is ideal to do sports; actually a lot of locals as well as visitors can be spotted jogging, skating and cycling around the green belt surrounding the Old Town. Every time you take a stroll up the calle Real you are doing sport although you do not realise you are… Our splendid winner of the 1988 edition of the Tour de France started his career in this his hometown Segovia. This, along with a thousand more stories, is the reason why you cannot miss the exhibition about sports at the Torreon de Lozoya, Plaza de San Martín s/n. Tickets are free with a controlled access.
Segovia and the Saint Patron
On the 25th of the current we shall be celebrating our Saint Patron festivity. His name is Saint Frutos (yes, like the fruits you eat) and, just like every other year, the miracle will take place and the saint will turn yet another page of his Book of the Apocalypse that gets us nearer the end of days every year.
Regardless whether or not you are a pious human being, the night of Saint Frutos is a fantastic opportunity to fill yourself with the local spirit and folk and also to have a few drinks with your friends and relatives. Just after midnight, locals will start to clear off the Main Square on their way home with a grin in their faces and perhaps feeling a little tipsy.
We will come back next week to talk about Spanish Halloween; if you want to get to know about local ghosts and legends, do not miss the opportunity to join the last Legends of Segovia tour this 2017on the 31st of October!
Illustration of Saint Frutos by Mónica Carretero.
Sports Museum. Until the 29th of October.
Segovia is ideal to do sports; actually a lot of locals as well as visitors can be spotted jogging, skating and cycling around the green belt surrounding the Old Town. Every time you take a stroll up the calle Real you are doing sport although you do not realise you are… Our splendid winner of the 1988 edition of the Tour de France started his career in this his hometown Segovia. This, along with a thousand more stories, is the reason why you cannot miss the exhibition about sports at the Torreon de Lozoya, Plaza de San Martín s/n. Tickets are free with a controlled access.