This page is an
attempt to place our links in their geographic/cultural context. No country,
including Spain, is 100% taurine friendly. Links here are categorized by Autonomous
Region, then by Province and,
where appropriate by City. You should be
able to see which parts of Spain have the most taurine activity, which parts
the least.
Andalucia
Almería
Cádiz
Toros en Cádiz
This marvelous site, maintained from Cádiz, is full of information about
the history of the bulls in Cádiz, local ganaderias, taurine photography
and painting; and includes a forum where you can contribute your two cents
worth (or pesetas, or pesos, or centimes, or whatever). The toros pages
are hosted by a larger site focused with a wide-angle lens on Cádiz.
Córdoba
Cartel
de Toros -- information about Córdoba's May, 2001 feria (cartels,
torero bios, news, background information, etc.)
Museo Taurino,
Cordoba -- photo
I, photo
II(short description of collection in Spanish)
Granada
Huelva
Plaza
de Toros La Merced
Site includes information about prices for individual bullfights, and
for season tickets.
Málaga
Feria
de Málaga
Feria
de Málaga 1997
Not much taurine content, but includes the feria schedule, and an
historical essay that mentions some of the more famous toreros who,
in years past, have appeared during the feria.
Ronda
Museo
Taurino -- at the Ronda bullring (a lovely historically important
plaza). A fine collection of memorabilia collected and displayed thanks
to the efforts of a group of major Spanish taurine figures (including
the late American ex-matador-turned-artist, John Fulton)
Sevilla
Toros
en Sevilla
This
blockbuster site provides loads of information about Seville, it's important
annual taurine event, the Feria de Abril, and many other things.
Seville and Andalucia are not the exclusive focus, but it's obvious where
the director's heart is.
Feria
de Abril Another lovely site, this one dedicated to the Feria, including
(but not limited to) its taurine celebrations.
Cortijo
de Arenales maintained by the Conde de la Maza, (indirectly, anyway) site
is intended to foster tourist interest in the the Conde's operations --
including tours of the ganaderia, the horse-breeding activities, etc.
The Cortijo intends to increase the amount of on-line materials about
the ganaderia in the future.
Aragón
Huesca
Teruel
Zaragoza
Plaza
de Toros, Zaragoza -- unfortunately, the site seems to have been dormant
since 1999. But does contain contact information, prices for tickets during
the Feria del Pilar, cartels, and biographical information about the toreros
appearing (note -- all for 1999)
Asturias
Feria
de Gijón -- An essay discussing the taurine activities during the
'95 feria on the north coast of Spain.
Plaza
de Toros de Castellón -- official plaza site including schedules,
history, news, and the ability to reserve and pay for tickets through
the web. Site uses Flash animation and sound, nicely, simply laid out.
Feria
de la Magdalena (en español) Annual celebration. Site contains
information about the the taurine events (carteles, ticket prices and
purchase information) and general information about the feria.
Valencia
Plaza de Toros, Valencia Site arrived July, 1999. Useful site with
information about the plaza's history, current schedules, ticket prices
and contact numbers, news from the plaza's bullfights, and more. Tickets
for corridas (and abonos for the ferias) can be reserved and purchased
on-line. Site uses flash animation and sound.
Museo
Taurino, Valencia -- information about the museum's hours, collections,
bookstore, special exhibits, cartel collection (48 of of which are currently
displayed in format that permits close inspection) -- one of the best
taurine museum sites on the Internet.
Las
Fallas Annual celebration that always ends on March 19, the eve of
the Feast of St. Joseph. Although not the first feria of the taurine calendar,
considered by many the first "major" feria of the year.
Also worth a visit to Fallas
'97 , a website (in Spanish) covering all aspects of the feria, not
just things taurine,
Setmana
de Bous D'Algemesí (Semana taurina de Algemesí)
official website of this city in Valencia that has its own local taurine
traditions, it's own local reglamento -- fascinating example of the less-known
local taurine variants the pepper the Spanish landscape
Extremadura
Badajoz
Cáceres
Galicia
La
Coruña
Lugo
Orense
Pontevedra
Madrid
Plaza
de toros "Las Ventas" "Official" website of one of the most important
plazas in the world. Includes schedules of the Féria de San Isidro
(considered by many to be the most important taurine feria during the Spanish
temporada), ticket information, and much, much more.
Canal
+ This Spanish television channel broadcast the San Isidro corridas in
'97. Information at their website is of historic interest only. Of particular
note in '97 was their "webcast" of still pictures, live, from each corrida.
Feria
de San Isidro Surving pages from a no-longer-maintained taurine section
in the domain of the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo. Containes some interesting
historical information not readily available elsewhere on the web.
Murcia Navarra
Espectáculo
Taurino -- Arte Navarro. There's more to Navarra than the encierro's in
Pamplona. Drop in here to see how the local traditions (including, for example,
the salto de garrocha) continue today.
Pamplona
Féria
de San Fermín -- The annual romp commonly referred to by English
speakers as the "running of the bulls":
Guia
San Fermin--Kukuxumusu
A large "everything you could possibly want to know about Pamplona
and San Fermin" site (debut in May '97). At present this is without
a doubt the best source of information -- tri-lingual even (Spanish,
Basque, and English). It includes photo galleries, carteles, news
from Pamplona, practical information (housing, restaurants, medical
referrals), and on and on and on.
Websanfermin.com
Debuted in 2002, the offial site of the Federation of Peñas
in Pamplona -- the groups that fill the sunny side of the plaza during
San Fermín, making the bullfights there something experienced
nowhere else in Spain (of course they do much, much more than that).
Packed with information. One could only wish that they'd make the
site more poly-lingual.
Feria
del Toro 2001
Contains ticket pricing information, brief news, and links to other
San Fermín-focused sites.
Sanfermín
on-line
A wonderful site that has designes to become THE San Fermín
site on the Internet. Watch video of each encierro (from 1998 to present),
though in mini 2-inch square format. A must visit for any pamplonista.
The
running of the bulls in Pamplona '97
This bilingual (Spanish-English) site, part of Prodigy's "El Mundo
Hispano," is basically an advertising lure for the on-line service.
But, that said, it's a great collection of information about Pamplona
and San Fermin.
Club
Taurino de Pamplona
Site maintined by the club, includes much information not available
elsewhere on-line (like an article about the nutritional needs of
toreros). The only problem with the site is that it doesn't appear
to be updated with much regularity.
Run
with the Bulls: The Adventurer's Guide to The Sun Also Rises by Craig Boreth. If you've a desire to " Drink your way through
Paris and party in Pamplona at the Fiesta de San Fermin -- Dine on
Tapas in San Sebastian and dance all night in Madrid -- Hike, fish
and swim in the Spanish Pyrenees -- Learn to RUN WITH THE BULLS safely,
and watch a bullfight dangerously" ... well, then this might
just be the book for you! Nice picture of the encierro too ...
Toros
Tolosako Zezenak -- an unofficial website of the Plaza de Toros
in Tolosa, containing information about the city, the Feria Taurina
de San Juan, etc. Seat and pricing information is presented for the
Plaza, but no clear indication in the site of the currency of the
information.
Vizcaya
Bilbao
Vista
Alegre Bullring [poly-glot official] website with lots of information,
from ticket prices, to matador biographies, to information about access
to and the collections of the adjacent bullfight museum.
La
Rioja
Toros
en La Rioja -- hosted by the travel-related site, larioja.com,
includes lots of information not available elsewhere on the Internet: local
toreros, local plazas, new about local ferias, an escalafon and schedules
(neither of which are always up to date), the "reglamento," etc.
If you have comments
or suggestions,
please send a note to Mundo Taurino
--España--
Feria
de Córdoba Annual celebration (in español).