Dia de la Cruz is a food festival in Centro Sagrario, Granada.
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.
Tip: May 2 to 3, 2026; the Plaza del Carmen flamenco stage is the central programmed event.
Address: Plaza del Carmen and Plaza Bib-Rambla, 18001 Granada
Holy Week in Granada brings the torrijas tradition to every pasteleria, the cinnamon-honey Andalusian Easter bread soaked in milk and wine.
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.
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.
Tip: Casa Ysla launches a special Christmas pionono with rum syrup; convent sweets open the turn for ordering.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tip: Casa Ysla launches a special Christmas pionono with rum syrup; convent sweets open the turn for ordering.
