In Valencia, the arrival of spring brings with it magic and colour spilling out from every corner of the city on the River Turia during the celebration of the Fallas. In March, the city is ready to inundate the streets with sound and welcome thousands of visitors hoping to squeeze everything they can into its sunny days and make the most of its fun nights.

If you don't want to miss out on any of the events programmed, the best option is to download onto your mobile the Guide to the Fallas 2010. Through this practical tool, you can find out about the routes organised around the Fallas, practical advice you should follow to enjoy them to the full, and much more besides.

Between 15^th and 19^th March, Valencia becomes a vibrant setting where emotions flow in each of the different events programmed. The night of 15^th March sees the start of the Plantà (street exhibition) of the children's Fallas monuments, the event that marks the start of this major week of celebrations, which finishes on 19^th March with the Plantà of all the Fallas.

A fiesta of international tourist interest.  The Fallas have their origins in a ritual celebrating the arrival of spring, later converted by the church into a commemoration of the day of San José.The inhabitants of Valencia
used to throw their old furniture and junk in the street and burn it as a symbol of purification,showing that winter had gone and spring had arrived.