Dragon Festival, S. Spain, FREE, late March 2007

[William of Walworth]

Just William, please.

We'll be booking our flights over Christmas

[Boris]

Currently me & Mrs. Boris plan to attend

[William of Walworth]

We have now booked our flights for this mad exciting festival

We will be flying out on the Thursday and back on the Tuesday, around Easter weekend. Luton to Malaga, for cheapness ....

Boris, about to contact you.

Can someone give us an indication how rough the ground is onsite?? May be tough to pitch a tent perhaps ...

Edited January 1, 2008 by William of Walworth

[5co77ie]

Festivals on only at night confuse me.

[William of Walworth]

Festivals on only at night confuse me.

Edited January 3, 2008 by William of Walworth

[mollymoo0oo0]

Festivals on only at night confuse me.

[William of Walworth]

I believe the temps in the hills near Granada in mid/late March won't be excessively hot at all -- early 20s Centigrade in the daytime?

But I've never been to Spain (YET!) so others may be able to confirm more exactly.

Molly, we'll be meeting up with Boris and Mrs Boris so will most likely meet up with you as well at some point.

[mollymoo0oo0]

Molly, we'll be meeting up with Boris and Mrs Boris so will most likely meet up with you as well at some point.

[mollymoo0oo0]

hmmm.... does anyone know where i should get the bus to from Madrid? all the info on the website about getting there seems to assume everyone is arriving from *outside* spain, lol.... i just can´t work out the nearest place for a bus!

m.x

[dandare]

wow this sounds amazing. Myself and a mate are going to go. We will fly into granada.

Does anybody want to join us in hiring a car/van.

What time does the festival start... is it in the evening and then non-stop for 24 hrs?

Are there any nice places to stay nearby afterwards like a half decent cheap hotel (to mix the rough with the smooth!)

d

[mollymoo0oo0]

wow this sounds amazing. Myself and a mate are going to go. We will fly into granada.

Does anybody want to join us in hiring a car/van.

What time does the festival start... is it in the evening and then non-stop for 24 hrs?

Are there any nice places to stay nearby afterwards like a half decent cheap hotel (to mix the rough with the smooth!)

d

[samuwel6]

After lookin at this festival for a while now and hearin loads about it from mates who are takin soundsytems over i thought, yes please, i fancy a slice of this.

Been huntin round for ages, tryin to decide how to get to the festi. Finally decided: Flights from stansted to almeria with easyjet £170 then rent car from almeria airport for £50 (£25 each between me n matey). VOILA!!!

Any further advice people offering out? Any idea what weather to be expecting?

cheers

(f**kin pumped now!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Boris]

well i can´t personally vouch for any local accomodation, but i found these links which may be useful to you:

http://www.orgiva.org/hotels.html

Search results from www.hotels.com when i typed Orgiva and the dates for Sunday + Monday ....hotels.com is a great website for cheap deals on good hotels in spain

of course, if you´re like me you might want to explore a bit of Granada afterwards, so you could look for accomodation there instead.

hope that helps!

m.x

[William of Walworth]

Looks like we're sorted for accomodation in Granada before and after the festival. (Boris check latest PM).

Samuwel6 asked about the weather ... I'm not too sure, but by Easter the weather in Southern Spain should have become pretty pleasant -- early 20s C in the daytime? With plenty of chance of sunshine.

But the festival site is in the hills, so I'm also expecting it to be quite chilly at night, this early in the year.

[samuwel6]

all booked and ready to go now! Watched a few video's of the festival from youtube, most showing happy party folk and beautiful blue sky's with lovely scenery but a few showing some nasty police brutality. Anyone know the cause of the aggressiveness from the police?

[mollymoo0oo0]

all booked and ready to go now! Watched a few video's of the festival from youtube, most showing happy party folk and beautiful blue sky's with lovely scenery but a few showing some nasty police brutality. Anyone know the cause of the aggressiveness from the police?

[William of Walworth]

well of course i don´t know what vids you have seen, but perhaps it´s worth you reading a bit of the history of the festival here and some of the press coverage here to get a fuller picture.

[William of Walworth]

Badly in need of information about advance-bookable and fast coaches between Malaga (our airport of arrival) and Granada.

All info/links generously receieved, no time to search systematically right now.

[mollymoo0oo0]

Badly in need of information about advance-bookable and fast coaches between Malaga (our airport of arrival) and Granada.

All info/links generously receieved, no time to search systematically right now.

[William of Walworth]

Thanks for this molly, only just seen your post. Will get onto this as soon as I have time, and may end up PMing you too cos my Spanish is non existent ...

[William of Walworth]

Hey hey just under four weeks to go now!! Yay!

Look at these very recent updates to the main DragonFest website -- hunt around!

And some recent new stuff on the

MySpace page for the Green Dragon Stage at DragonFest -- that stage look like it's going to be pretty cool ....

Edited February 25, 2008 by William of Walworth

[mollymoo0oo0]

Hey hey just under four weeks to go now!! Yay!

Look at these very recent updates to the main DragonFest website -- hunt around!

And some recent new stuff on the

MySpace page for the Green Dragon Stage at DragonFest -- that stage look like it's going to be pretty cool ....

[hereheisagain]

yep been now going to the dragon for the last 5 years or so good old school festival plenty of fairys ect...

you will need to take good boots with you as the place is full of big rocks that bpop out in the night at you all so take a good torch as people have ended up in the toilets late at night (nit a good sight)

only 2 weeks to go the matress is in the van and setting sail.......

[mollymoo0oo0]

yep been now going to the dragon for the last 5 years or so good old school festival plenty of fairys ect...

you will need to take good boots with you as the place is full of big rocks that bpop out in the night at you all so take a good torch as people have ended up in the toilets late at night (nit a good sight)

only 2 weeks to go the matress is in the van and setting sail.......

[hereheisagain]

woo! thanks for the tips on boots n torches ...looks like i´ve enlisted a couple more groovas to come along - with van - so i´ve also decided to bring along a continuing work-in-progress canvas for people to paint too (all fabric paint contributions appreciated!)