Where to watch the mock bullfights on the Feast of San Sebastian

One of the most recognised tourist festivities. On Candlemas, many young mock bulls manoeuvred by kids and young boys barge through the streets before gathering in the plaza. It is undoubtedly the most colourful festivity of this kind in the Region of Madrid

In San Blas, the "dogs" appear in Miraflores de la Sierra. They are young men dressed in white who wear large cowbells attached to their belts that they ring continuously. The cowbell runs through the entire town and, later, an authentic heifer is released ... The "simulated" is the one who finally runs through the streets accompanied by the dogmen.

San Sebastián, patron saint of the town, is celebrated with a very simple heifer: a wooden structure covered with a burlap fabric as a body and horns simulating the head. The "Jews", dressed in flowered overalls, accompany the heifer on its journey through the town.

Without any religious ties, solely as a rite of passage, the heifer in Pedrezuela appears on January 20. It is profusely adorned and with the company of the "cowboys", dressed in the Andalusian country style. They also have the escort of the "currumaches or gurrumaches", dressed grotesquely and carrying a long stick.

Declared a Festival of Tourist Interest, this celebration is characterized by the great simplicity of the heifer's clothing. It is accompanied by the cowboys who, with cowbells, accompany the tour. At night, on the eve of the Saint, the songs of San Sebastián are sung.