Festivities of San Antonio de Padua

The Fiestas of San Antonio de Padua in Cangues d' Onís/Cangas de Onís decorate the town and its atmosphere to the full and are the perfect prelude to summer in a place that is always full to bursting with locals and foreigners alike. Although the festivities last for several days, the main day is the 13th of June, the feast day of the saint.

The streets and corners of Cantabria are dressed in Asturian dress with flags, banners, thousands of people in regional costume, folk groups, bagpipe bands and lots of entertainment. The voladores mark the beginning of a day of festivities that includes mass, procession and the ramu auction, and where the vermouth session and lunch with family and friends from all over the world becomes a ritual that is renewed every year.

Both in Cangues d'Arriba and in the town centre the party goes on until the early hours of the morning, and an important fact is the Canguese hospitality, where nobody feels foreign or excluded from the party.

The night before, in the oak grove of the chapel of San Antonio, the famous "joguera" takes place, and it is quite a spectacle to see the impressive jumps over the fire of locals and visitors.