

If you wear flip-flops, you may get hurt, or you could lose them easily during the battle

You must squash the tomatoes before throwing them as this reduces the impact.Do not bring bottles or hard objects as they can cause accidents and hurt other participants.Once the tomato pulp is flushed, the ground is clean due to the acidity of the tomato. The authorities seem more concerned with cleaning the town than cleaning the visitors, so some people find water at the Bunol River to wash themselves, although some kind residents will hose passers-by down. The cleaning process involves the use of fire trucks to spray down the streets, with water provided from a Roman aqueduct. At this point, no more tomatoes can be thrown. Once it begins, the battle is generally every man for himself.Īfter an one hour the fighting ends. The signal for the beginning of the fight is firing of water cannons, and the chaos begins.

In practice this process takes a long time and the festival starts despite no one reaching the meaty prize. Technically the festival does not begin until one brave soul has climbed to the top of a two-story high, greased-up wooden pole and reached the coveted ham at the top. The tomatoes come from Extremadura, where they are less expensive. La Tomatina Ticket Options > When is La TomatinaĪt around 11am many trucks haul the bounty of tomatoes into the centre of the town, Plaza del Pueblo. Remember You Must Have a Ticket! No Ticket : No Entry
