Free food tasting in La Orotava on Thursday

If, as I am planning to do, you aim to go to the D�a de las Alfombras (Day of the Carpets) on the 8th Day of Corpus Christi in La Orotava, on Thursday, May 29, then you should also know that there could be some free grub on offer.

There's an agricultural and gastronomical event, Agrotava, also going on in the town during May and part of June and, as part of those celebrations, in the Casa de la Cultura San Agust�n, alongside the Iglesia de San Agust�n (Saint Agust�n Church) in the corner of the Plaza de la Constituci�n (map), between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, they're offering a tasting of wines from the Orotava Valley region.

To ensure the wine doesn't go to your head, pop up the steps to the Sociedad Liceo Taoro, where, from 10;30 a.m. onwards, you should also be able to enjoy the opportunity to try some typical, local food products.

The idea, we're told, isn't to encourage freebie seeking gluttons (who us?), but this could be a wonderful opportunity to try something new and different.

There's a PDF leaflet (in Spanish) with these and more events listed, here.

Meanwhile, here are some images from the Corpus Christi celebrations in La Laguna last Sunday, including their flower carpets and some of the food that was on offer there. And, here are more photos from the smaller, but no less pretty Corpus Christi celebrations in San Juan del Reparo, Garachico.

Images: Berthold Werner

Labels: Corpus Christi

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