La Tomatina
The Tomato Fight

BUNOL, SPAIN, 24-26 AUGUST 2010
Includes local wine & water festival

3 Day 2 Night Hotel Tour
only £149

See photos of the 2009 Tomatina Tour!

Make your own way to Valencia and join Pillow for our tour of the crazy La Tomatina food fight and a Wine and Water festival in Spain. On the last Wednesday of August each year the small town of Bunol (near Valencia) welcomes 40,000 people and over 100 metric tons of tomatoes for the biggest food fight and party in the world. Festivities begin at 10am with people trying to detach a ham from the top of a 15 foot greased pole; however the main event starts at 12 noon when council trucks dump thousands of tomatoes into the crowd. Minutes later tomatoes are being hurled in every direction and everybody is covered with tomato skins and juice. The fun lasts until the local fire brigade spray water all over town to clean up the mess.

The night before La Tomatina we will visit the Wine and Water festival in Requena. This festival celebrates the start of the wine harvest with an all night party, including a live rock concert until the early hours. This is an authentic Spanish celebration and the vast majority of people who visit the Wine and Water festival say it’s the highlight of their visit to Spain.

During this tour we will stay in the Ibis Valencia Palacio de Congresos Hotel located in central Valencia, 500 metres away from the Valencia Convention Centre. We will visit the Wine and Water festival on Tuesday evening, and participate in La Tomatina on Wednesday afternoon, and on Wednesday evening we will have a farewell Tapas party in a local Valencia bar (food and drink not included).

If you would like additional accommodation on either the Monday or Thursday night, please let us know and we can book you in for a longer stay. There’s sure to be lots of demand for this tour and places are limited so book soon and make sure you get a good deal on your flight to sunny Spain!