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| Barranco de Santos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
There are two public holidays this month: today 1 May for Fiesta del Trabajo (Workers’ Day) and on May 30 for Día de Canarias (Canary Islands Day).
May 3rd is Día de la Cruz / Day of the Cross, which is celebrated with Fiestas de Mayo (May Festivals) in Santa Cruz (where it marks the date of the city’s foundation in 1494), in Puerto de la Cruz and in Los Realejos, the last with its infamous fireworks 'battle'. Puerto de la Cruz decorates various crosses in the town.
Santa Cruz are preparing to celebrate their Fiestas de Mayo with around 100 events throughout the month, but the two stand out events are the Exhibition of crosses made of flowers along the Rambla de Santa Cruz, on Wednesday, May 3 and the XLVI (46th) Regional Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, and Traditional and Contemporary Canarian Crafts, and the Canarian Gastronomic Crafts Exhibition, which will take place from May 1 to 7 in the Parque García Sanabria.
May 5th marks the anniversary of the volcanic eruption, in 1706, which destroyed the town of Garachico. In 2006, on the 300th anniversary, the event included the unveiling of a new monument overlooking where the old port had been.
Sunday, 7 May 2023 is Día de la Madre (Mother's Day) in Spain.
And May 30th is the Día de Canarias (Canaries Day), the annual event and local holiday, which celebrates “Canarianess” and remembers the anniversary of the first session of the autonomous Canary Islands Parliament, on May 30th, 1983. There are always lots of traditions celebrated all around the island: traditional costume is worn and there will be demonstrations, particularly of traditional sports.
And May 30th is the Día de Canarias (Canaries Day), the annual event and local holiday, which celebrates “Canarianess” and remembers the anniversary of the first session of the autonomous Canary Islands Parliament, on May 30th, 1983. There are always lots of traditions celebrated all around the island: traditional costume is worn and there will be demonstrations, particularly of traditional sports.
Municipal holidays in Tenerife this month are:
- 3 May: Exaltación de la Santa Cruz in Los Realejos
- 3 May: Festividad de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz in Puerto de la Cruz
- 3 May: Festividad del Día de la Cruz in Santa Cruz
Fiestas celebrated in May include: Nuestra Señora de Fátima, 13th May in Adeje; Romería de la Virgen de Fátima: 13th-15th May in Valle San Lorenzo, Arona; Nuestra Señora la Virgen de Fátima, Around 13th May in El Hayal, El Sauzal; Mª Auxiliadora or Los Faroles, 3rd week of May in Plaza la Zarza and Día de La Cruz, 3rd May in Plaza de La Cruz del Roque, in Fasnia; San Felipe, Last Sunday in May in Chirche, Guía de Isora; Cruz del Molino, 3 May in La Centinela, Santa Cruz and San Salvador, 3 May in Cruz del Camino and San Felipe Neri, 26 May in San Felipe, in Icod de los Vinos; Virgen del Coromoto, last week of May in Guancha de Abajo, La Guancha; Fiestas of the Crosses y Fireworks, 3 May in Los Realejos; Fiestas in honour of La Begoña, 1st week of May in Erjos and Fiestas de Fátima: 13 May in Fátima, in Los Silos; Fiestas de la Cruz, 3 May, in Puerto de la Cruz; Fiestas de Mayo throughout the month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Fiesta del Santísimo Cristo, 1st week of May in Valle de Arriba and Romería de San Isidro Labrador, 15 May, in Santiago del Teide; Nª Señora de La Caridad, end of May / beginning of June, campo de lucha La Caridad, Tacoronte; Fiesta de La Cruz - Celebrated 3 May in Las Toscas and El Calvario (El Socorro), with floral decoration on all of the crosses in Tegueste.
Romerías in May include:
- 01/05/23 Romería en Honour of San Alejo- El Tanque
- 13/05/23 Romería de La Virgen del Buen Viaje y San Telmo – Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 14/05/23 Romería de Valle San Lorenzo – Arona
- 21/05/23 Romería de San Isidro – Guía de Isora
- San Isidro Labrador – Granadilla (date to be confirmed)
