{"id":14977,"date":"2014-05-30T07:02:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T12:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=14977"},"modified":"2016-03-30T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:48:01","slug":"colombian-tomatina-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/05\/colombian-tomatina-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Tomatina Festival de Sutamarch\u00e1n 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably heard of the Tomatina Festival<\/strong> in\u00a0Bu\u00f1ol, Spain, before. It’s kind of a big deal. It’s that festival where a crowd of people systematically turn themselves into a giant tomatoey pizza (although not a Colombian pizza, which remain\u00a0suspiciously tomato-free<\/strong>). It’s basically an excuse to chuck food around and not get in trouble for it. And who hasn’t dreamed about that at least once…?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Tomatina Festival\u00a0(photo by fearghalonuallain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Well, anything Spain can do, so can Colombia! This weekend (and Monday…it’s a holiday after all) sees the Colombian version of La Tomatina<\/strong> return to the pretty Boyaca\u00a0<\/span>pueblo\u00a0<\/em>of\u00a0Sutamarch\u00e1n<\/strong><\/span>. This festival has been held annually since 2004 (we even wrote a post about it in 2012…<\/span>see<\/a>), and 2014 will be the biggest incarnation of La Tomatina yet.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The main church of Sutamarchan (photo by Dr EG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’ll be a great, and pretty unusual, weekend: booze and food-fights by day, music and dancing (and more booze) by night. What’s not to like?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can get to Sutamarch\u00e1n\u00a0really easily from Bogota<\/strong> using public transport. It’s conveniently located about 4 hours from the capital, and near to Tunja and Villa de Leyva<\/strong> if you fancy taking in some more beautiful Boyaca towns over the same weekend. Just remember to wash off the tomato smell first…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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