La Tomatina: More than 20,000 people paint Spanish town red with tomatoes Thousands have descended on a small Spanish town for the annual La Tomatina food fight The Independent UK · Aug 26
What I learned about heartbreak and healing at Spain’s La Tomatina festival Spain’s iconic tomato-throwing festival has been running for 80 years – reeling from a break-up and in need of a distraction, Noopur Jambhekar travelled from India to take part The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025
La Tomatina celebrates 80 years of tomato-fuelled chaos at fruit-throwing festival in Spain Some 120 tonnes of tomatoes were hurled across streets as crowds dredged through floods of pulped tomatoes for an hour-long battle The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025
Photos show revelers taking part in Tomatina, the tomato-throwing festival in Spain This year marks the 80th anniversary of the eye-catching Tomatina festival in which people fling overripe tomatoes at each other. Lore says it began in 1945 for local children but these days it draws an international crowd. The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025
Streets awash with red pulp as Spanish town holds tomato-hurling festival Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, paste each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023
Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other and streets awash in red pulp in Spanish town’s Tomatina party Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023