Spain offers flower festival with religious twist

For a whole day full of free events and traditional Spain, Sitges offers Corpus Christi Floral Art.

The annual festival takes place on June 6 and celebrates the Sunday following Corpus Chrisi - the miracle by which the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ during the Eucharist.

The Catalonian town celebrates with detailed floral carpets known as alfombras de flores, which adorn its streets and consist of carnation petals, grass and rice.

A key part of the celebrations is the main plaza where crowds gather before an altar where a huge collection of carnation petals is released over everyone.

For more floral delights, visitors can visit the National Carnation Exhibition in the gardens of L'Hort de Can Falc, which features blooms from across Europe.