Saturday, January 6, 2007

Cultural Experience in Spain

Catalan Festivals and Culture: Pyrenees Carnival and Mountain Cuisine
February 17 - Live one of the most important days in the Catalan calendar, and discover how local people celebrate their Carnival in the pre-Pyrenees mountains. Magical Giants dance through the streets throwing biscuits as you experience cultural traditions with the people who live here, and be part of the colorful energy for a few memorable hours.

Catalan Festivals and Culture: Omelette Festival and Priorat Wines
March 11 - Experience life as an indigenous Catalan person and celebrate the 900 year old Omelette Festival in the Priorat region. Discover the origins of this unique cultural tradition as you mix with locals. Sample exquisite wine from the Priorat at a local bodega, home also to the first Carthusian Monastery constructed on the Iberian Peninsula in the 12th century.

Catalan Festivals and Culture: Animal Blessing and Catalan Lunch
January 14 - Join a personalized trip in a small group and celebrate the festival, held for Saint Anthony, which remembers a different way of life, in which animals were the focal point of daily existence.

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