Category Archives for Semana Santa
Semana Santa dates in Seville, Spain (2024)
Semana Santa dates are flexible. In other words, they vary from year to year and can take place from later March to late April.
Easter activities (2023): daily schedule of the Semana Santa processions
In Seville, Easter activities must be perfectly organized. In this sense, the processions’ schedule has to be strictly coordinated and respected as every day 8 or 9 processions can take place.
What is Easter in Seville? Semana Santa activities (2023)
“What is Easter?” is probably the most frequent question I’m asked when it comes to Seville. And I can understand why: apart from the Cathedral, the Alcázar and other hidden gems, this gorgeous city is very well know for its Holy Week celebrations.
Seville: Semana Santa glossary
In Seville, Semana Santa celebrations are really impressive. It’s definitely my favorite holiday for many reasons. The city transforms itself into a place of repentance, grief and symbolic darkness, despite the aesthetic couldn’t be more colorful.
Sevilla: Semana Santa hermandades (brotherhoods)
In Sevilla, Semana Santa is the most important event of the year for the hermandades (brotherhoods), also known as cofradías.
How to survive Holy Week in Seville with children
Are you wondering how to survive Holy Week in Seville with children? There’s nothing to worry about.
When to visit the home churches during Easter (Seville)
The religious period known as the Semana Santa is the week before Easter. Seville comes alive during the Holy Week, when all sorts of events take place and more particularly the processions.
9 tips to make the most out of Easter in Seville
Easter in Seville is observed from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. For 7 days, crowds of people join the brotherhoods (hermandades and cofradías) with austerity, fervor and enthusiasm.
Holy Week Seville: What to see each day (2023)
There’s nothing greater than Holy Week, Seville’s biggest celebration of the year. Between Palm Sunday and Easter, 60 processions will take place. So many cofradías and pasos invade the streets simultaneously that you’ll need to have a look at the schedule to plan your route.
Live the Semana Santa in Seville as locals do
Semana Santa in Seville is probably the most famous Holy Week celebration in the world.