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Plenty of festivals
Summer is also the season with the most popular festivals. Most of the villages of the province celebrate these months festivals in honour of their patron saints.
Popular fiestas in Autumn
Apart for the popular fiestas connected to the chestnut harvesting or the interesting gastronomy picking up of the mushrooms, in autumn they also celebrate the Big Fiesta in
Camino de los trasiegos
The first part of the Camino de los Trasiegos route is located over a beautiful stony path which connects the villages of San Miguel de Valero and Valero.
Cherry of Sierra de Francia
If there is a fruit that identifies Salamanca, it is the cherry. Most of the villages, as Madroñal, Villanueva del Conde, Sotoserrano, Garcibuey or Cepeda, have small familiar exploitations that in 2007 led to the creation of the Certification Mark, Cherry of the Sierra de Francia.
Lunes de Aguas: To the countryside with the hornazo
Few festive traditions are so rooted in the population of Salamanca as Lunes de Aguas. Its celebration takes place on the next Monday to Easter, after Holy Week.
Sendero de las Piedras Mágicas
The roundabouts of the small village of La Redonda offer a simple but beautiful landscape, The histoy, men´s imagination and popular tradition have added to this land some mystery and magical effects.
Living passions
The Holy Week is one the firmest traditions in the city of Salamanca. Actually, it is the main religious even of the capital city of the province, with its 17 religious associations that organise 22 processions and acts.