Saffron Rose Festival will be held 25 to 27 Oct 2019 in Consuegra, Spain. Saffron Rose Festival highlights the importance of saffron and the traditional culture of the Castile-La Mancha Region. Consuegra , in the province of Toledo, celebrates the Saffron Rose Fiesta at the end of October. It aims to promote the cultural essence of Castile-La Mancha through its gastronomy, crafts, history and traditions. The event offers a highly varied programme, starting with the proclamation by Dulcinea and the Maids of Honour. Especially outstanding during the celebrations are: the 'Grinding of Peace and Love', where a 16th-century windmill grinds wheat to make flour; the traditional La Mancha gastronomy event; the Saffron Rose harvesting competition, where participants have to separate the saffron from the flower in the least time possible; and a Folk Festival with groups from all over the Region. Saffron-producers are the main protagonists of this fiesta, which has been held sin 1963. Exhibitions, cultural activities and sporting competitions complete the programme. Saffron Rose Festival is an event and I like events...
During the Saffron Rose Festival you can know first-hand the process of peeling and toasted saffron, you will be astonished with the start-up of the windmills, discover the gastronomy, culture and La Mancha history from the hand of our actors and specialists guides.
Saffron, which are actually the stamens dry the rose of saffron , a plant that has been grown since time immemorial in India, Iran and the Mediterranean, is a spice that brings not only a distinctive flavor to dishes in which it is used, but also a bright yellow color of food. Spain is one of the leading producers of saffron, also known as red gold , given the high price reached (has come to pay up to 3,000 € a kilo) and color flesh of the filaments of saffron (for a kilo of this spice they need about 250,000 flowers).
The cultivation of saffron in Spain rose focuses almost exclusively in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, whose climate and soil characteristics favor the optimal growth of the plant.
Many and varied are the events that take place these days among which 'The grinding of Peace and Love' also the Gastronomic Contest , the Contest Monda de la Rosa Saffron and Folk Festival Castilian-Manchego , ultimately crowd acts to put the value the culture of this land and its precious 'red gold'.
Activities: visit the Castle Consuegra or Windmills or Molino Rucio . Perform any of the theatrical visits or activity for Caballeros Andante. You can eat at some of the best restaurants in the area and sleep in any of the comfortable accommodations available.
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