La Tomatina - Wikipedia
La Tomatina is a Spanish festival in Buñol, Spain where participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is said to be the biggest food fight in the world. [1][2] From the festival's origin as a food fight between friends in the 1940s, it has become a famous tourist attraction.
La Tomatina Festival In Spain: Everything You Need To Know - TravelAwaits
La Tomatina is a tomato-throwing festival where participants are not only allowed, but encouraged to hurl tomatoes at one another during a full-on, two-hour-long food fight. Its purpose is purely for entertainment.
Your guide to La Tomatina 2024 - Lonely Planet
May 3, 2024 · In Buñol, Spain – 40km (25 miles) west of Valencia – La Tomatina festival is a wild, silly and very, very saucy tomato-throwing spectacle that draws 20,000 produce-pitching revelers each year.
Guide to La Tomatina Festival in Buñol, Spain - Travel
Jun 5, 2024 · La Tomatina is often billed as the ultimate food fight, bringing together thousands of people from around the world to the tiny town of Buñol in Spain. But why? Keep reading to find out — and...
Know your tomatoes: Spain’s obsession with the red (and green) …
Aug 27, 2016 · In Spain, tomatoes are used ad lib in salads and cooked meals although labour-saving canned products like tomate frito – ‘instant’ tomato puree fried in olive oil with a hint of onion and garlic –...
A Guide to Attending La Tomatina in Spain (Updated 2024)
Sep 13, 2024 · A review of the crazy festival known as La Tomatina that takes place in Spain in August, including tips, tricks, & info on how to attend.
La Tomatina 2025 - Date, Place, Schedule and Travel Tips
La Tomatina, also called the Battle of the Tomatoes, is a thrilling annual event in Spain. In 2025, the event will take place on Wednesday, August 27. La Tomatina is the largest food fight in the world.
La Tomatina: The World’s Biggest Tomato Fight Festival - Tomato …
Jun 16, 2024 · La Tomatina is the world’s largest tomato fight festival, held annually in Buñol, Spain. The festival dates back to the 1940s and was revived in the 1970s after being banned during the Franco regime.
La Tomatina Festival Valencia - Spain's Biggest Food Fight! - Spain …
Oct 8, 2024 · La Tomatina festival is a unique event held in Bunol, a small Spanish town close to the city of Valencia. Thousands of people take part in the festival each year on the final Wednesday in August by hurling tomatoes at one another for an hour.
La Tomatina Festival: why do people throw tomatoes in Spain?
It’s remarkable how this festival which originated in Spain in 1945 as a childish joke has transcended borders, now being imitated in places such as the Colombian town of Sutamarchán, San José de Trojas in Costa Rica, Dongguan in China, and Reno in …