Last updated on March 24, 2019
‘Carnaval’ is to Spain as Halloween is to the US and UK. A chance to get dressed up as a monster or your favourite super hero.
And in Gijón, it’s another excuse to take a stroll along the waterfront and loiter at the main sidrerias (cider bars), for niños to claim the streets as their own.
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