Join a million other revellers at the world's largest street party in the Calle Ocho district of Miami. Covering 20 blocks in the Little Havana district, the street fiesta finishes the Carnaval celebration with a bang.
Although, when it comes to bangs, it's hard to beat the Las Fallas festivities in Valencia. At fireworks displays taking place almost every day during the festival's three-week March duration, you'll be treated to some of the loudest pyrotechnics imaginable - so thunderous that pregnant women are banned from attending. Another highlight is incredibly detailed cartoon-like papier-mache sculptures, which are set on fire as the celebrations end. But for perhaps the world's biggest party city...
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