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Paellas Day at Benicássim in Castellón

That Paella is the icon dish of the Levantine gastronomy It is something well known to all.

Therefore it will not surprise you that many events, competitions and parties are held around the paella Valencian Community.

From the popular point of view, the Benicàssim Paellas Day, in the province of Castellón, is one of the main references.

Paellas Day at Benicássim in Castellón

Can you imagine that thousands of people occupy one day the main streets of a town like Benicàssim For on the asphalt cook hundreds of paellas?

Well that's what happens known as Paellas Day which has been taking place for over 30 years coinciding with the celebrations of the Patron celebrations of San Antonio Abad and Santa Agueda, in the second half of the month of January.

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to visit Benicàssim coinciding with this Popular party, which allowed me to enjoy it together with about 20,000 people who took the streets of the center of this town that in winter has about 28,000 residents.

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The date of the Paellas Day 2018 It is Friday, January 19, a new reason to visit this holiday town that has other festive references.

Barbecue at the Paellas Day solidarity lunch in Benicássim

Specifically already in the summer season, in Benicàssim take center stageFIB international music festival and the Belle Epoque, the latter an event related to theRoute of the Villas.

The great popular character of Paellas Day It manifests itself throughout the day, so that the inhabitants of Benicàssim go out to the street to share a great paella Together with family and friends.

The bars and restaurants of the town also participate in the party offering their own paellas to friendly customers, as well as visitors who have come to enjoy the party.

The day starts with a solidarity lunch which takes place in the square of the old railway station.

In the same street the embers occupy the road, along with the sausages, sausages and black pudding, as well as loaves of bread, beer or wine.

Paellas Day at Benicássim in Castellón

It is agreat popular barbecue, which is actually a mere appetizer of the main course of the day, the paellas.

And it is time to start the operation to prepare them.

A week before the participants in the day will have requested a space in the street to prepare the paella, gathering more than a thousand applications to prepare more than 1,400 paellas.

The night before Paellas Day the operators of town hall of Benicàssim They leave sand and a sack of firewood in each of the spaces provided to prepare the paellas.

And during the morning, participants can pick up aprons, irons and folding tables in places that can be distributed.

Paellas Day at Benicássim in Castellón

In your walk through the streets of the center of Benicàssim, to the rhythm of the charanga of the young people of the municipal music band, you can see how each family or friends group prepares the most varied paellas.

And don't be surprised if they invite you to try them.

Of course, make sure you wear washable clothes because the smoke from the coals and the smell of the paellas invade all the downtown streets.

After tasting the paella, about five in the afternoon it is the music that takes all the prominence in the streets of Benicàssim.

For this, there are scenarios enabled for outdoor performances, but the music also plays inside the main entertainment venues of the town.

The party will last for hours, officially until 12 at night, although in reality you will choose when to end it.

Outdoor music on Paellas Day in Benicássim in Castellón

In sum, a great popular party that shows another facet of Benicássim, a town traditionally linked to the image of family summer vacation.

Pictures Paellas Day

Here you have more Photos of the Paellas Day in Benicàssim taken during last year's celebration.




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