Great neighborhood party
The Festival of La Paloma is perhaps the most important of the three large festivals in La Latina/Lavapies (the others are San Cayetano and San Lorenzo). During La Paloma, the entire La Latina neighborhood fills up with visitors, carnival games, and impromptu grills serving sausages, ribs, traditional fried lamb intestines, grilled corn, and all sorts of finger food and sandwiches. Plenty of drinks, too!
You can grab yourself a "mini" of beer (a large half liter beer to-go) and peruse the carnival games, try knocking over some bottles or shooting the air guns, and enjoy the spirit of neighborly fun that comes over the area. The festivities continue way into the night but shift more towards the Las Vistillas area and feature live music and plenty of celebratory inebriation among a more twenty-something crowd.
