In Asturias, fiestas are not just a date on the calendar: they are a way of living tradition and discovering those details that only make sense when you are there, in the middle of the atmosphere.

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A group of people dance in the regional costume of Asturias in the centre of the street, while the public forms a corridor on both sides in Avilés.

In Asturias, festivals mark the rhythm of the year and draw a cultural map that covers the whole region. There are celebrations to suit all tastes: pilgrimages and popular traditions, fairs and markets, gastronomic events, cultural proposals and also sporting events. The Festivals of Tourist Interest brings together some of the most representative ones, with practical information so that you know where they are held, when and what to expect from each one. This way you can choose the one that best fits in with your trip and understand the festival from the inside: what is celebrated, how it takes place and what not to miss.

What's more, many of these events are the perfect excuse to discover charming villages, sample the local gastronomy and experience the Asturian atmosphere first-hand. Each celebration has its own style, with music, dancing, traditional costumes and activities in which visitors can participate, not just observe. If you do a bit of planning -timetables, access and key points-, you'll have an easy time making the most of it.

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First Degree Flower

  • Title Grade
  • Address Locality: Grau/Grado
  • Days Days: 12 April
  • Type Type: Festivity of Tourist Interest of the Principality of Asturias
Spring arrives in Grado in its best clothes and with all its colour and flavour, as the First Grado Flower and Asturian Bean IGP and related products contest, declared of Tourist Interest in Asturias, takes place the weekend after Easter.

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This festival is closely linked to the great commercial and market tradition that the town has had since medieval times. For this reason, the Primera Flor de Grado is one of the most emblematic markets of the town, and has been held for decades. It is the first big commercial fair of the year and it is always the auspicious sign of a prosperous spring, hence its original and characteristic name.

In its beginnings it was dedicated to the sale of hams, acquiring well-deserved fame in Asturias and abroad. With the passing of time, it abandoned its thematic character and nowadays it is a market where you can find all kinds of products, most of them natural, ecological and very homemade, in accordance with the richness and fertility of the land of Moscona, and the talent and ingenuity of its inhabitants, respectful and knowledgeable of ancestral traditions, both gastronomically and culturally.

So the First Flor de Grado is a great social event, always very lively, where you can enjoy an exceptional market, as well as the hospitality and know-how of the local people. It is an opportunity to eat well, to stroll around, to buy products that you won't find in other markets, or to have a vermouth in any of the colourful terraces of the historic centre of this town. In Grau/Grado nobody is a foreigner and if not, just ask the thousands of pilgrims who stop in this town on their Camino Primitivo. And all this is evident in the celebration of the First Flower of Grado.

First Degree Flower
GPS: 43.386886,-6.074588