Festivals & traditions
El Valle’s festive cycle runs throughout the year amid devotion, food and togetherness, from the Carrera de la Naranja in February and the Feria in spring to the patron-saint festivals that follow month after month. Restábal, Melegís and Saleres keep alive pilgrimages, street parties, flamenco festivals and traditions that bring neighbours and visitors together around their saints and the valley’s orange.
- 🍊 SpringCarrera and Feria de la Naranja
- 🎶 SummerSan Antonio, Santa Ana and Flamenco Festival
- 🍂 AutumnVirgen del Rosario and Santiago (Saleres)
- ✨ WinterSan Cristóbal, closing the year
Festive calendar
Carrera de la Naranja
A 6,660 m fun run along country lanes through orange groves that brings together over 400 runners. A sporting event with a hint of orange blossom that opens the valley’s festive calendar.
28 February View →
Feria de la Naranja
The valley’s biggest event, held the weekend before Holy Week in Melegís. Food, culture, music and tradition centred on the orange, the municipality’s signature fruit.
Weekend before Holy Week View →
Día de la Cruz
The 3 May the three villages raise crosses adorned with flowers in squares, streets and on facades. A spring tradition shared across the whole municipality.
3 May View →
Pilgrimage of the Virgen de Fátima
A pilgrimage to the shrine on the Cerro del Calvario, with music, a countryside meal and popular devotion. Held the Sunday after 13 May, it is one of Restábal’s most deeply rooted traditions.
Sun. after 13 May View →
Corpus Christi
The three villages decorate their streets with carpets of rose petals and gayomba flower as the procession of the Blessed Sacrament passes. A shared and very much living tradition, celebrated on the Thursday 60 days after Easter Sunday.
Jun · Thursday after Easter + 60 View →
Festival of San Antonio
Melegís celebrates its patron saint with a street party, procession and activities for all ages. Festive days in the village streets that mark the start of the festive summer.
June View →Santa Ana and Flamenco Festival
Restábal honours Santa Ana alongside the 18th Flamenco Festival, which gathers top-class artists. A grand night of song and dance under the valley sky.
July View →Virgen del Rosario and La Función
Melegís celebrates the Virgen del Rosario on 7 October and Saleres its patron saint Santiago Apóstol on the last Sunday of October, with the traditional Función. Living traditions that close the municipality’s festive autumn.
October View →Festival of San Cristóbal
Restábal rounds off the festive year with the San Cristóbal festival right at Christmas, combining tradition, devotion and family reunions in the village streets.
December View →
