Buy a lottery ticket, Carole, and dream! Several of Andalucia's Spring celebrations are tied to the Ecclesiastical calender: Semana Santa; Sevilla's Feria de abril (two weeks after Semana Santa); Feria del Campo (aka romeria de la Virgen del Rocio). Some, like the Feria de la Primavera or the Jerez horse shows are not. There are more: like the fair in Puerto Réal (Cadiz) that seems to follow el Puerto de Santa Maria's feria de la Primavera by a week or two.

It gets very hot in the summer in Andalucia (inland) - the spring is more bearable even though it was more than 90 farenheit when we were there for Semana Santa one year (Apr 5). April & May are probably the most temperate months. Stay for Pentecost Sunday (May 19 this year) for el Rocio.

Tia - thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures! I'm now crying into my coffee - "adopted" homesickness has hit big time!

You´re welcome Nicole and Puna!
Sharing the pics is the least I can do. I´m only 'paying back' all the good advice, usefull info and great stories I´ve found on MMboard.
Have a nice weekend, everyone!
Tia

hey everybody?

tia the best time for visiting andalucia is winter.madrid is best in may or october.take note that i am basing my criteria on climate.which is important to take in mind.but actually i would to any region of spain at any season,month and time of year.

saludos

hey everybody?

tia the best time for visiting andalucia is winter.madrid is best in may or october.take note that i am basing my criteria on climate.which is important to take in mind.but actually i would to any region of spain at any season,month and time of year.

saludos

Hey Carole-

Check out the iberia website. I just found fares for $290 r/t from JFK, so I'm sure there are specials from other airports too. (I haven't tried to actually see if the dates I want are available, but they are advertising them and you could call and see if they can help you out...) I think the fare says you have to buy by 2/28 though...

Oh, and being GranadaGirl, I feel I have to chime in on the best time to visit Granada/Andalucia even though it's been nearly beaten to death already!! Although it's beautiful ALL YEAR, I'd particularly choose March/April/May...once June/July/August come around it's waaaaay hot & humid...and in the spring the gardens & Generalife at the Alhambra are so beautiful. If you haven't been to Granada for a while, there's also a fairly new park on the Camino de Ronda (across town from the Alhambra, near HiperCor!) which is dedicated to Federico Garcia Lorca. We were there for Semana Santa last year, and it was already beautiful, I can only imagine how gorgeous it'll be at the end of April and May!!!

Buena suerte!!

-GG