The best parties Canary Islands

This night takes place on all the volcanic islands: La Palma, Tenerife, El Hierro, Lanzarote, you will discover a party entirely dedicated to volcanoes. On the program, excursions, guided tours, films on these volcanoes and the volcanoes of the world, stories and history of volcanoes, the role of volcanoes in climate change... And a party for everyone in the evening. All the information can be found on the website.

In La Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz, San Juan de la Rambla, La Guancha and Icod de los Vinos. In Icod, young people and others walk down a sloping street on a greased wooden plank and celebrate the new wine with music, singing and of course tasting. In Puerto: jars and old objects are thrown away to make noise, the noche de los cacharros converging towards the Plaza del Charco and you can taste chestnut products, the castañada, but also other products appreciated in the island like the gofio or the cherne, fish.

It is one of the most popular romerías in Tenerife and the Canary Islands. The festivities begin with the election of the queen. Several sports competitions are organized, including Canarian wrestling. The procession consists of decorated carts, boats, folk groups and cattle, which is blessed at the end of the procession. The end point of these festivities is marked by the "lazy man's burn". A mannequin made of straw and dressed in old clothes who represents a public figure is burned between shouts, criticism and insults.

They take place in different towns in Tenerife: Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz, Los Realejos and Guía de Isora (Playa Alcala and Playa San Juan). During these fishermen's festivals, the statue of the Virgin, preceded by a dance of ribbons, marches in procession from her hermitage to the beach where boats decorated with colourful flags await her. The fishermen take the statue aboard one of the boats, accompanied by the dancers, the standard and the priest.

It is the celebration par excellence marking the identity of Gran Canaria. The feast of the Virgin of Pino, the island's patron saint, takes place in and around Teror. The night before, hundreds of pilgrims come on foot from their villages to the Basilica of Teror, some out of devotion, others for fun or curiosity. Local produce, fruit and vegetables, fish and handicrafts are laid out in front of the Virgin, who is on the street in front of the basilica for the occasion. Then transported in a circuit in the heart of the city centre.

Declared of international tourist interest, it is the second most important in the world, after Rio. Bringing together Venetian elegance and Brazilian fever, it is famous for its great Mardi Gras parade, corso, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people in the Avenida de Anaga. On Ash Wednesday, the very solemn funeral of the Sardine also takes place on the Plaza de España: a sardine of unusual size is cremated there with great pomp and circumstance.

According to a popular legend, the patron saint of the island of Lanzarote, "San Ginés" appeared floating in the waters of the Charco around 1700. This fiesta is always an occasion for extraordinary moments and a fiery atmosphere with a full programme of cultural and sporting events: concerts and festivals of Canarian rock and folklore (music and dances), homage to local wines, football matches and above all the election of Miss Lanzarote in the beauty contest, regattas and fireworks on the last day.

The Fiesta del Diablo or Festival of the devil is held every year with Tijarafe. In the heart of the noise and fireworks, inhabitants dance by celebrating the devil: they do not sleep and the arrival of the devil. Not waiting in the fear, but to oppose the strength of the mall well to the good by celebrating the Virgin. One of the most popular festivities of the island of although relatively recent creation from dating back to the beginning of xx^e siècle. Once brought to the village, Plaza de Candelaria, the devil explodes in change pyrotechnics.

Classified as a festival of international tourist interest, it has been held every five years since 1680. On the last Sunday of June, a romería, a pilgrimage, takes the Virgen de Las Nieves from her sanctuary to the church of El Salvador in Santa Cruz de la Palma. This marks the beginning of the semana chica, a small week, during which the Pantorga, a night parade, takes place. Then comes the semana grande marked by the parades of giants and especially the "dance of the dwarfs", which sees the dancers transform into dwarfs and dance to the rhythm of the polka.

This folk festival of the Virgin, in honour of the island's patron saint, celebrates the miracle of 1824, when the village of Mancha Blanca, a locality southwest of Tinajo, was spared the lava flow that stopped just before the village. During these same days, the village receives all the craftsmen from Lanzarote, but also from the Canary Islands and Spain on this day particularly followed by all. The virgin festivals take place on all the islands, each of which has its own protective virgin. Most pleasant atmosphere.