Taurine Travel
(Ferias & more)

Ferias of Taurine Interest

Feria de Jesús del Gran Poder (aka, the Feria de Quito) -- the second major feria of the American temporada (following shortly after Lima's), one of the most important taurine weeks of the year. Starting in '97, live radio transmission from each corrida will be broadcast from Quito -- you can listen from your PC with "RealAudio."
The webmaster (who's ahijado is an ecuatoriano/estadounidense) HIGHLY recommends the feria for anyone with a week's holiday time. Just build in a few days in advance of the feria to recover from the soroche before the bullfights start!.

Féria de Nîmes Annual celebration in Nîmes, France.

Feria del Señor de los Milagros Annual celebration in Lima, Perú -- with a series of bullfights in Plaza de Acho. Dates vary, but begins the final week of October, and runs through the end of November.

Museums

Museo Taurino, Huamantla, Tlaxcala, México

Travel Miscellany

  • Bullfights in Cancun -- well, not exactly. Want to know how much reliance you can place on interent search engines (sure you'd have a hard time surfing without them, but ...)? If you search with "Lycos" using the term "bullfight," the second result returned is this site (with a 99% "relevancy" rating) -- but, it's nothing but a VERY conventional bullfight poster and the words "Olé - Bullfights and Mexican Tradition." That's it ... no more. A little disappointing from a site intended to 'promote' Mexico "and it's many riches." That's why we're trying to annotate Mundo Taurino's links for you.
  • Bullfights in Cartagena -- (en español) -- brief mention of the January bullfight season in Cartagena, Colombia (including hotel and tourism info. addresses)
  • Bullfights in Korea -- (in english) -- yes, no typo here. Bullfights (of a sort) are part of the annual Kaech'on Art Festival in Chinju, South Korea (about 95 km west of Pusan)
  • Caracas, Venezuela -- brief mention of bullfighting at Nuevo Circo, "one of the four most important bullrings in Latin America" -- and of a Venezuelan taurine event called "Toros Coleados"-- in the "Venezuela for Kids" pages maintained by the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC.
  • Fiesta, Feuerwerk, Flamenco (auf Deutsch) A travel feature story from "Wochenpost Online," discussing taurine travel possibilities during August and September, in and around Madrid. (e-mail Mundo Taurino for English translation, courtesy of Marcus Hermann)
  • "Softguide Madrid" -- online tour guide to Madrid, including a page of information (plans to provide much more) about bullfighting in general, and prices/schedules at Las Ventas.
  • Spain: Men in Tights -- brief references to things taurine in the website maintained by the VERY high-quality travel-info publishers, Lonely Planet (includes a lovely photo of a traje de luces -- gold on white).
  • Travelspain: Custom Tours
    This agency (in Caceres, we think) says they can create an individualized taurine adventure for you. Just tell them what you'd like to do -- from getting drunk in Pamplona to organizing your own bullfight (!) -- and, they'll take care of it. Anyone care to put them to the test, and then get back to Mundo Taurino with the results?


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