Program of Carnival of Verín

Year 2023

It celebrates: From 8th February to 13th February
Place: Verín (Orense)

This festival of National Tourist Interest is celebrated for three weeks and every day is full of surprises. It follows an ancestral ritual with the presence of "cigarrones" that walk through the main streets, parades of troupes, floats, music and open-air dances. Weeks of fun and gastronomic feasts.

Program of Carnival of Verín

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The "Entroido" is one of the most important dates in the annual festive calendar, where the authenticity and rootedness of the event reach the highest level. A territory in the interior of the province of Ourense, also known for the abundance and quality of its mineral-medicinal waters.

The Carnival of Verín lasts for two weeks and follows an ancestral ritual with the presence of cigarrones that walk through the main streets, parades of troupes, floats, music and open-air dances. Weeks of fun and gastronomic feasts with delicacies such as "cachucha", "lacón" and desserts such as "bica blanca", "torta de cigarrón", without forgetting the Monterrei Denomination of Origin wine and coffee liqueur.

Chocas, drums, foliones go around the village announcing our Carnival, they are the sounds of winter in the south of the province of Ourense and the announcement of the arrival of our most popular festival, declared of National Tourist Interest.

Pipe bands, floats, brass bands and troupes parade through the town of Verin, arousing the interest of visitors and involving all those who want to know the most deeply rooted festival of Verín. 

Magic, debauchery and transgression are the ingredients of this event within the Magic Triangle of Carnival.

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