{"id":76172,"date":"2016-08-15T10:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=76172"},"modified":"2020-11-25T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:21:10","slug":"la-tomatina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-tomatina\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get to La Tomatina Festival from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spain is going to make you red like a tomato, but\u00a0it won\u2019t be because of too much sun exposure. It will be because you\u2019re awesome enough to participate in La Tomatina, perhaps the craziest, definitely the most fun, traditional festival in the world. Taking place this year on <strong>August 28<\/strong>, in the Valencia province town of Bu\u00f1ol, La Tomatina is a gigantic food fight that involves over a hundred metric tons of tomatoes being thrown around \u2013 and <em>at<\/em> your face. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/flats-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShBarcelona<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>will tell you more in this article today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/summer-activities-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summer Activities in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-tomatina\/#A_speculative_history_of_chaotic_tomato-throwing\" title=\"A speculative history of chaotic tomato-throwing\">A speculative history of chaotic tomato-throwing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-tomatina\/#The_event\" title=\"The event\">The event<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-tomatina\/#Useful_Information\" title=\"Useful Information\">Useful Information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_speculative_history_of_chaotic_tomato-throwing\"><\/span>A speculative history of chaotic tomato-throwing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_76181\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76181\" class=\" wp-image-76181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/La-Tomatina-participants-Bunol-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Mr. Muddy Suitman via Visualhunt \/ CC BY-SA\" width=\"278\" height=\"209\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by Mr. Muddy Suitman via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This famous Spanish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish-traditions-in-catalonia\/\"><strong>tradition<\/strong><\/a> started around 60 years ago for reasons unknown but the theories are many. Maybe <strong>Bu\u00f1ol <\/strong>was attacked by aliens whose only weakness was tomatoes, maybe friends engaged in a food fight that quickly grew out of proportion, maybe a meteorological anomaly made tomatoes rain from the sky. Who knows? Whatever the reason for its creation, there is one strong reason why it has been going on for so many years: it\u2019s really, really fun. Due to the fact that it initially\u00a0had no religious significance, the festival was banned during the Franco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/civil-war-barcelona\/\"><strong>regime<\/strong><\/a>. It started again in the 70s and slowly began to gain international popularity. Nowadays, the festival is dedicated to Bu\u00f1ol\u2019s patron saints, Luis Bertr\u00e1n and the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_event\"><\/span>The event<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The actual event doesn\u2019t last for long, but we\u2019re sure your memories of it will. It all starts at around 11 in the morning, with a race to grab a ham placed on top of a greasy pole. Once someone grabs the ham, the tomato fight is on, lasting for an entire hour. It&#8217;s then time to clean up. Fire trucks will spray down the streets and the participants, but since there are so many people drenched in tomatoes, the town\u2019s inhabitants usually help by hosing down the streets as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/open-air-film-festival-2019\/\">Open-Air Film Festival 2019<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Useful_Information\"><\/span>Useful Information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_76182\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76182\" class=\" wp-image-76182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Get-your-tickets-for-La-Tomatina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by MikeJamieson(1950) via VisualHunt.com \/ CC BY-SA\" width=\"233\" height=\"175\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by MikeJamieson(1950) via VisualHunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets <strong>\u2013<\/strong> Because the event used to attract crowds of over 50,000 people, which was deemed too much for a town with only 9000 citizens, tickets are now limited to &#8220;just&#8221; 20,000 people. If you\u2019re interested in going, we recommend that you get them as soon as you can at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/latomatina.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>La Tomatina\u00a0website<\/strong><\/a>. There\u2019s a ticket which includes the bus ride from Barcelona (and back), currently available for 99\u20ac. This includes a guided tour and some other perks. Getting to the festival from Barcelona on your own &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/rental-car-barcelona\/\"><strong>drive<\/strong><\/a> from Barcelona to La Tomatina will take you around 3 hours and 45 minutes. First, get on the B-20\/C-32 from Carrer de Sep\u00falveda, C-31 and Exit 195A. Then, follow the C-32 and the E-15\/AP-7 to Comunidad Valenciana. Take exit 322 from E-901\/A-3\u00a0and\u00a0you&#8217;re almost there! Just take Ctra. Madrid-Valencia to Calle M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez in <strong>Bu\u00f1ol<\/strong> and after around 30 more minutes you will have arrived at your destination. There are also bus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/travel-spain-train\/\"><strong>train<\/strong><\/a> and even flying options to get from Barcelona to Bu\u00f1ol,\u00a0check them out and pick what\u2019s best for you. That\u2019s about it, you are now ready to get a bunch of tomatoes thrown at you \u2013 and hopefully get a good shot or two as well. Remember to be safe and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomatina.es\/rules-of-la-tomatina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">respect the rules<\/a><\/strong> of La Tomatina.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Main photo by grahammclellan via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you been to La Tomatina before? 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It will be because you\u2019re awesome enough to participate in La Tomatina, perhaps the craziest, definitely the most fun, traditional festival in the world. Taking place this year on August 28, in the Valencia province town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":76180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4498],"tags":[9136,5714,5712,5713],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76172"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105068,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76172\/revisions\/105068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}