A popular option amongst young people is to book a Tomatina package with Stoke Travel. This travel agency based in Barcelona are specialists in party tours which include camping or hotel accommodation at the Tomatina festival. Another option is to head for the small family-run campsite called La Granjita in Chiva which is only 10km north-east of Bunyol. The owners provide you with the tent, bed, sheets, towels as well as breakfast and an evening meal if you want it.
It also has a small pool which is so inviting once you get back from the fiesta. Whatever you wear is going to get destroyed so make sure you take a change of clothes for the return train journey. We actually found that a snorkel and mask were well worth taking! Afterwards you can try to clean up a little at the public showers near the river but these are generally packed. Until a few years ago the numbers visiting the Tomatina festival were large but manageable.
However, in recent times the event has become a victim of its own success with upwards of 50, people trying to cram themselves into this small Valencian town which has inevitably caused security concerns. As a result the town council of Bunyol have been forced to limit numbers by issuing tickets to those wishing to take part. Alternatively, you can book an organised tour to La Tomatina with numerous companies who will include tickets in their package.
In spite of the mayhem there actually are a few rules and regulations that need to be adhered to during La Tomatina in order to ensure that the maximum number of people get the maximum enjoyment from the day. There was a market stall of vegetable that fell victim of the furious crowd: people started to pelt each other with tomatoes until the local forces ended that vegetable battle. The following year, the young people picked a quarrel by their own decision and brought the tomatoes from home.
Although the police broke up the early tradition in the following years, the young boys had made history without being conscious about it. La Tomatina was banned in the early 50s, which was not a problem for the participants who were even arrested. But the people spoke and the festivity was again allowed with more participants and more frenetic feelings. The festivity was again cancelled till when, as a sign of protest, the tomato burial was held. It was a demonstration in which the residents carried a coffin with a huge tomato inside.
The parade was accompanied by a music band which played funeral marches and it was totally successful. La Tomatina Festival was finally allowed and became an official festivity. As a result of the report of Javier Basilio, broadcasted in the Spanish Television Program called Informe Semanal, the festivity started to be known in the rest of Spain. Since then, the number of participants increased year after year as well as the excitement about La Tomatina Festival.
We're not around right now. Approximately metric tons of tomatoes are used. When the battle is over, you can wash off at the public showers by the river.
Two participants are showered in tomato juice. Buckets of crushed tomatoes are thrown into the crowd. A woman sits on a wall covered by tomato pulp.
A man is almost completely submerged in tomato juice. A young woman gets a tomato rinse. A man receives a shower of tomatoes. By Jenn Harris.
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