Food festivals in Granada worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Granada worth planning a trip around, by month.
Dia de la Cruz in Granada celebrates the May Crosses around May 3 with around 100 flower crosses across the city, each backed by a parish bar pouring tapas and fino sherry.
Focus: Andalusian tapas at parish bars
Tip: May 2 to 3, 2026; the Plaza del Carmen flamenco stage is the central programmed event.
Feria del Corpus in Granada runs May 30 to June 6, 2026 with the citys main fair, casetas plating Granadina tapas and the Tarasca parade on June 3.
Focus: Andalusian feria casetas
Tip: The Tarasca parade is June 3; bullfights run June 3 to 7 with food stalls active across the recinto until 03:00.
Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza in Granada runs June 11 to July 12, 2026 with more than a hundred shows at the Alhambra and Generalife, plus FEX free events citywide.
Focus: Pre-concert tapas at Alhambra cafes
Tip: Pre-concert dinners at Carmen Mirador de Aixa or El Trillo are the standard; the Generalife runs flamenco evenings.
San Cecilio Romeria in Granada celebrates the citys patron saint on February 1 with a pilgrimage up to the Sacromonte Abbey, free habas con jamon and salaillas.
Focus: Habas con jamon and salaillas (free)
Tip: Free flat bread (salaillas) and broad beans with ham are handed out at the abbey from 12:00.
Holy Week in Granada brings the torrijas tradition to every pasteleria, the cinnamon-honey Andalusian Easter bread soaked in milk and wine.
Focus: Torrijas (Andalusian Easter bread pudding)
Tip: Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita pioneers a vino-soaked variant; Casa Ysla makes the milk-and-cinnamon classic.
Ruta de la Tapa in Granada runs mid-November every year, a citywide tapas competition with around 80 participating bars and a passport system that picks the winner.
Focus: Granadina tapas competition route
Tip: Stamp passport books at participating bars; complete six stamps to enter the prize draw and vote.
Navidad y Belenes in Granada lights up Plaza Bib-Rambla and Calle Reyes Catolicos in December with belenes, food stalls and pasteleria specials of piononos and mantecados.
Focus: Piononos, mantecados and Granadina Christmas sweets
Tip: Casa Ysla launches a special Christmas pionono with rum syrup; convent sweets open the turn for ordering.
Feria del Aceite de Oliva de Granada in November brings olive growers from the Sierra Magina and Granada PDO to Plaza del Carmen for free oil tastings.
Focus: Sierra Magina and Granada PDO olive oil
Tip: Take an empty bottle; growers fill from the press at the bottom-end price of the harvest year.