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Semana Santa in Huelva
Guide to Holy Week / Semana Santa in Andalucia
Semana Santa processions explained in detail
Like so many others, the Holy Week processions in Huelva are certified as "Fiesta of National Touristic Interest" and thus touted as one of the best in Spain (we'll leave that to each visitor to decide). Locals undoubtedly rate this as one of their biggest and best festivals (after the carnival perhaps?).
The towns of Ayamonte, Isla Cristina and Aracena in Huelva province also put on especially spectacular processions. Throughout the province you can expect to find the traditional celebrations which schedule solemn processions throughout the week, but saving the height of the activity for Thursday, Friday and Saturday in anticipation of Easter Sunday.
As in cities across the region, the entire ambience of Huelva and many of its town and cities changes with the onset of Holy Week. You can expect traffic to be cut off to the city centre and robed members of Catholic brotherhoods and "cofradías" to be out and about as they carry out business related to the festivals and prepare for their processions.
Remember to taste the flavours of Holy Week, ask at local restaurants and bakeries for a serving of the most typical Semana Santa Gastronomy in the capital city and in each village to see how the traditional Catholic prohibition to eat meat during this time has inspired local cuisine.
Discover more about Semana Santa in Andalucia.
Semana Santa in the towns of Andalucia
Málaga's Holy Week celebrations were declared to be of interest to International Tourism in 1965 and they have also obtained the regional stamp of approval "Fiesta of National Interest". Thousands… More →
Each procession has a short name and an official long ecclesiastical name representing a part of the Easter story. the processions are organised by the brotherhood associations. The processions… More →
There are six days of processions in Estepona during Semana Santa. These days are Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramas), Easter Wednesday (Miércoles Santo), Easter Thursday (Jueves Santo), Good Friday (… More →
Málaga's Holy Week celebrations were declared to be of interest to International Tourism in 1965 and they have also obtained the regional stamp of approval "Fiesta of National Interest". Thousands… More →
Jaen capital is yet another Andalusian city that has a certified "Fiesta of National Touristic Interest" and as in every other corner of the province, jinienses (residents of Jaen) believe their… More →
Like so many others, the Holy Week processions in Huelva are certified as "Fiesta of National Touristic Interest" and thus touted as one of the best in Spain (we'll leave that to each visitor to… More →
Processions take place throughout the province along with Passion Plays as well. There is one more special claim to fame by the provincial capital in that no where else in Andalucia can you… More →
Semana Santa is celebrated in Córdoba capital and throughout the province with numerous villages having obtained the government stamp of approval "Fiesta of National Touristic Andalucia".
Semana Santa in Cádiz province is celebrated with great fervour and passion. The provincial capital, Cádiz, holds tremendous, extravagant processions - on par with those of all the other… More →
We hear a lot about Holy Week in Seville and a few other provincial capitals like Huelva and Málaga, but very little about Almería. You might be surprised then to learn that Almería deserves more… More →
Strictly speaking this is a religious festival, but for most of the week, solemnity isn't the keynote - there's a lot of carousing and frivolity, and bars are full day and night with entire… More →
In 1993, a young woman from the village of Luque in Cordoba had the idea of creating an hermandad (church brotherhood which goes out in a procession in Holy Week) specifically for women. The… More →
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