Festivals in Tordesillas

Local festivals of Tordesillas

The major festivals of Tordesillas are celebrated in September in honour of Our Lady the Virgin of La Peña. The official Tourism website indicates that the hermitage is located on the other side of the river and that it is reached in a pilgrimage with decorated carts and horses.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Festivals in the Virgen de la Peña.
• Main celebration day: 8 September, start of the celebrations and day of the Virgin of the Guide; Tourism Tordesillas indicates for 2026 the 8 September and the period of 12 September to 17.
• Usual duration: several days in September, with variable dates each year around the 8th and the following weekend.
• Usual places: historic centre, streets of the town, surroundings of the Duero River, bridge, Pinar de La Vega, bullring and hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña.
• Associated traditions: pilgrimage, decorated carriages and horses, lantern parade, brass bands, peñas, running of the bulls and festive events linked to the patron saint.
• Who participates: City Council, clubs, brass bands, neighbors, horsemen, runners, local associations, families and visitors.
• Local public holiday: not stated here without verified official local work calendar for the specific year; Each exercise must be confirmed in the official publication or at the Town Hall.
• Other cultural events: Holy Week, Commemoration of the Signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Market of the Middle Ages, Motauros, dramatized visits, All Saints Tapas Contest and Villa del Treaty Half Marathon.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Treaty Houses, Treaty Museum, Royal Monastery of Santa Clara Museum, San Antolín Museum, Plaza Mayor, bridge, wall, churches, routes through the Duero, crafts and wine tourism.