This Sunday, 12th July, 2015 make a date for one of the biggest Romerías of the Tenerife calendar, that of San Benito Abad in La Laguna. The festivities begin at 12:00 mid-day and are followed at 16:00 by a Verbena (open air dancing). Starting from San Benito, the procession passes through many of the main streets and squares in the centre of the old city, returning back to San Benito where the verbena takes place in the Calle Marqués de Celada.Fiestas y Romería de San Benito Abad 2015
Keep up with the fiesta's announcements (in Spanish) via the Amigos y romeros de San Benito Facebook page.
Read about (and view some wonderful images) the Romeria de San Benito from 2011 and again here from 2013.
Meanwhile, alongside the festivities there's also the VIII Ruta de la Tapa por San Benito 2015 with 87 restaurants, tascas, bars and cafeterias all over La Laguna participating.
Fluent in Spanish and having spent 16 years on the island, Pamela Stocks has now been translating, researching and publishing information on customs and events in Tenerife for 25+ years. This takes a considerable amount of time and effort, for which she receives no payment whatsoever. If you find this work useful or interesting, please buy her a coffee. 
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