One of the things that produces me more nostalgia (even rage) when summer arrives is the fact of not being able to experience it with the innocence of a child. Surely it has happened to you too: we want three months vacation instead of two weeks, jump off a trampoline without fear and smile, because it's already the holidays, seeing the street flags kissing the very low level blue sky.
Fortunately, there are numerous shortcuts to summer, childhood and its daydreams : take the frozen horchata with fartons, lay out the float next to the clothes and sit on a plastic chair letting the whitewash envelop us. But if you go further, you will discover that in the following streets of our country awaits an eternal summer
BLIND STREET, JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA (CÁDIZ)
What relationship can exist between Japan Y Jerez de la Frontera? The komorebi, or the Japanese way of naming the light that filters through the leaves of nature. It is the magical philosophy of the gold and green colors that it projects the blind arbor , considered one of the most beautiful streets in Spain and whose name comes from an asylum for the blind founded before 1589. The natural canopy formed by its 30 centenary vines shelter the visitor through a street with a final stop at the González Byass winery complex , run by five generations since 1835.
BALBUENA STREET, VALDEPEÑAS (REAL CITY)
Umbrellas are for fall but also for the summer. Proof of this are the different streets around the world that in recent years have chosen to hang colorful umbrellas to celebrate verbenas or protect visitors from sweltering heat. A new tradition that travels from the Portuguese towns of Vila Nova da Cerveira or Águeda to Jerusalem itself, passing through Valdepenas from La Mancha.
The municipality of Real city this summer it bets again on its umbrella-based pergolas given the success of the initiative in previous years. In the case of this 2022 the chromatic motif will revolve around Ukraine , whose flag is deconstructed through the colors that flood the streets of the historic center, including Balbuena, Juan Alcaide, Castellanos, Escuelas and Real.
HORCHATA AVENUE, ALBORAYA (VALENCIA)
A priori, l'Avinguda de l'Orxata could be just another urban artery, until we realize that there is an horchatería every two steps. Few places in the world have so many temples of the horchata in as little space as the town of Alboraya, located 3 km north of Valencia and world leader in tiger nut production from the thirteenth century.
On this avenue, Valencian nectar is best savored with fartons, a Levantine snack to be enjoyed in the horchata shops Panach, Noubonaire, or Daniel . There are no headlights, no blue doors, but it doesn't matter.
Bougainvillea and other flowers in Puerto de Mogán, Gran Canaria.
BUGANVILLA IN THE STREET…. FIND IT YOURSELF!, PUERTO DE MOGÁN (GRAN CANARIA)
If there is a flagship climber of the summer months that's the bougainvillea, plant that we can find along the main coastal areas of our country, from the walled Dalt Vila in Ibiza to the white villages of Almeria Cabo de Gata. However, there is an even more obvious stamp to immortalize in Puerto de Mogan, a small town in the southwest of Gran Canaria where bougainvillea of all colors sigh over white arches and between little houses that emulate maritime architecture under the filter of new boutique hotels. We would tell you the name of the street, but this time we let you find it by yourself.
ANY STREET IN LA LATINA (MADRID) AND GRÀCIA (BARCELONA)
Summer is synonymous with verbena, with that festive atmosphere that crosses even the most remote town in our geography. But when we talk about Madrid, oh Madrid!
During the month of August an amalgam of chulapos, chotis, neighbors dancing, squid sandwiches and printed shirts takes over the heart of Madrid to display a string of unique celebrations.
Festa Major, Gracia, Barcelona.
August 6 and 7 parties take place of San Cayetano (Rastro / Embajadores), on August 10 and 11 are the holidays Lavapiés, and on the 14th and 15th, the mother party, or some Dove that emulsify between streets full of pennants, lanterns or colorful Manila shawls. In August you dance seized (finally, again).
Street in the festival of San Cayetano
The other great summer festival is also celebrated in August: the one in the Barcelona neighborhood of Grace between August 15 and 21 . The Festa Major It is one of the most anticipated of the year and the perfect springboard for the creativity of a neighborhood that collaborates in the decoration of the neighborhood itself.
In 2021 we had Berga street bumped into one pergola of cherries, alphabet soups in royal city street and a new Milky Way as hanging planets in Tordera street . We can't wait to find out what the sarao has in store for us. alternative of Barcelona this summer.
Island of Tabarca, Alicante.
D'ENMIG STREET, TABARCA (ALICANTE)
There are many summer streets in Spain with their floats, their views of the sea and their blue-striped awnings. But the optical effect produced by Calle d'Enmig, one of the few roads in the island town of Tabarca, is something apart.
When you break through the fortress that envelops the only inhabited island Valencian Community you come across a micro-universe of palm trees, colors, bougainvillea and cool neighbors worthy of a Wonderland Mediterranean. Like a great oasis that overflows in summer, so swollen with saltpeter, upside-down boats and that blue joie de vivre.
SANTA GALDANA DISSEMINATION (MENORCA)
We all wanted to be carmen maura hosed down during that hot summer from Madrid in The Law of Desire. Today it is possible to emulate this image through iconic fonts, among which stands out the surreal Magic Griffin that we found in the water park –but sightable– on the way to Cala Galdana , in Minorca.
Currently we can find other replicas of this faucet in The Port of Santa Maria (Cadiz) or in the science museum from San Sebastian. The faucet of course has trick and contains a pipe that holds the structure and is camouflaged by the water jet itself.