Although not everyone has holidays at Easter, there are many people who cannot avoid taking a few days off to enjoy everything that these dates have to offer. Easter is the ideal time to enjoy some beautiful religious days if you like all this atmosphere. Enjoy the holidays and don’t fall into depression after having such a good time!
Spanish destinations to experience Holy Week
- If you like to enjoy the Holy Week festivities and everything that has to do with it, then your best destination is undoubtedly Seville. Its processions, its brotherhoods and the magic in the streets and at Madrugá -the most special night of the year in Seville- will make you experience an incredible Holy Week. You cannot miss the processions of La Macarena and El Gran Poder, they are simply spectacular.
- Toledo is an excellent place to travel during Holy Week, it is a medieval city that if you have not visited you should not miss the opportunity to do so, it has a lot of history and a heritage worth admiring. In addition, Holy Week in Toledo has been declared of International Tourist Interest, are you going to miss it?
- If you like the sea more, Malaga is a better destination for you. Throughout Holy Week you can enjoy the steps –called thrones-, the processions and the saetas sung by the Nazarenes and the women in the mantilla. If you like saetas you will get goosebumps just listening to them.
- Cartagena, Murcia. From the Church of Santa María de Gracia you can start enjoying Holy Week in Cartagena. The sounds of the drums, the penitents and the penitential brotherhoods will ensure that you can enjoy all the processions. The best are those at night!
- With the fantastic Alhambra in the background, Holy Week in Granada becomes something magical that you can enjoy and not forget. These days celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the city there are no less than 32 brotherhoods and you can enjoy spectacular steps and processions, the most admired being the Christ of the Gypsies.
- Caceres, Extremadura. In Cáceres, Holy Week lasts 9 days and its traditions are mixed with Andalusian traditions. If you dare to go to Cáceres at this time, you will not be able to miss the procession of the Black Christ, which is the most important of all.
- Holy Week in Murcia is different from that in Cartagena as it is one of the most important in Spain thanks to its sculptural heritage. There are 15 brotherhoods that are in charge of taking out 93 processions throughout the city. You cannot miss the Los Coloraos procession.
- If you have never visited León before at Easter, this is a good opportunity. It is just as intense as in Andalusia even though there are no saetas. But what is most striking being the “lemonade” that is drunk these days that has nothing to do with lemon, because it is a sangria.
- Any opportunity is good to visit Cuenca and Holy Week is an excellent opportunity. There are 8 days of festivities that will not leave you indifferent thanks to the affection that its people put into each of the processions.
- In this city you can enjoy a special Holy Week and contemplate the polychrome sculptures that have great artistic value. In Valladolid religion and art are linked, so people see their processions all the magic of these days. If you want to enjoy procession to the fullest, you cannot miss the Sermon of the Seven Words.