San Antonio de la Florida Fiesta
Residents of Madrid's Moncloa-Aravaca district honour their patron saint, San Antonio de la Florida with a vibrant fiesta on 13 June. Men and women in traditional costume dance the choti and pasadoble in squares around the area.
Women wear their finest dresses, complete with a manton de manila (shawl) and a carnation in their hair as a finishing touch. Men also dress up for the occasion, wearing grey suits and a carnation in their button holes.
The highlight of the fiesta is the fortune-telling baptismal font. Women have to throw 13 pins into the font and then dip their right hand in. The number of pins that remain stuck to your hand tells you how many suitors you will have in the following year.
| Venue Information: | Moncloa-Aravaca district |
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| Full Name: | |
| Directions: | The north-west corner of Madrid, around the Casa de Campo parkland. |
| Name: | Madrid Central Tourist Office |
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| Location: | Madrid |
| Address: | Plaza Mayor, 27, Madrid, Spain |
| Email: | turismoptm@munimadrid.es |
| Phone: | +34 91 588 16 36 |
| Name: | Madrid Tourist Office |
| Location: | Madrid |
| Address: | Oficina de Turismo de Madrid, Duque de Medinacali, 2, Madrid |
| Phone: | +34 91 588 2900/2902/2903 +34 91 588 2906/2907 (Discover Madrid Programme) |
| Fax: | +34 91 588 2930 |
| Name: | Spanish National Tourist Office |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | José Lazaro Galdiano, 6, Madrid 28036 |
| Fax: | +34 913 43 35 00 |
| Name: | Spanish National Tourist Office (Turespaña) |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | Jose Lázaro Galdiano, 6, 28071 Madrid, Spain |
| Email: | infosmile@tourspain.es |
| Phone: | +34 913 43 35 00 |
| Name: | Spanish Tourist Board (London) |
| Location: | Spain |
| Address: | PO Box 4009, London, W1A 6NB |
| Email: | info.londres@tourspain.es |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7486 8077 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7486 8034 |
Event details can change. Please check with the organisers that the event is happening before making travel arrangements.
