Oh, highlight of highlights. Week that we look forward to months in advance.
For sure we will see us in the centre of Málaga. Once, twice or the whole week.
From all over the province and beyond we will head to Málaga, every late afternoon, park our car outside of the city centre and then walk to the old town.
As always in Málaga, La Alameda and the Calle Larios are the 2 hot spots: you can't miss them, just go with the flow of the crowds. Since it can be too crowdy sometimes, you might also decide to walk further on, and enjoy the tapa bars in the alleys with an occasional glimpse of the processions.
Elegance and magnificence, ambiance and respect
In Andalucia, the Semana Santa or Holy Week, is something that needs to be treated with the upmost respect.
Nowhere in Spain it's celebrated with so much elegance as in Málaga.
The professions are impressive, the ‘throne men’ wearing their elegant clothing. Waving on the rhythmic cadence, sober and accompanied by the typical music, the processions pass by with distinction, filling all malagueños and a shared feeling of pride and honour for their thrones and religious culture.
We could talk for hours about the Holy Week in Malaga, its history, its peculiarities and what it means for us. But why do so? The best way to find out, is simply to live it. Come to Malaga during the Holy week and make sure to be see at least some of the processions.
When to go?
Follow the pace of the brotherhoods. Obviously the nicest experience is when there are several out at the same time - especially when the sun starts to set or the night is starting.
Here are the processions per brotherhood:
PALM SUNDAY:
10.00 14.30 La Pollinica
16.45 23.00 El Huerto
15.00 22.15 Dulce Nombre
15.45 23.15 La Salutación
17.20 01.00 La Salud
17.20 01.00 Prendimiento
MONDAY:
16.10 23.30 Crucifixión
17.15 22.30 Los Gitanos
20.00 03.00 Dolores del Puente
17.00 23.40 La Pasión
19.00 01.30 Estudiantes
19.45 04.00 El Cautivo
TUESDAY:
15.45 02.30 Nueva Esperanza
17.30 01.15 Las Penas
20.15 02.15 La Humillación
19.00 01.45 El Rescate
19.45 02.30 Sentencia
20.00 03.30 El Rocío
WEDNESDAY:
16.30 00.00 Salesianos
17.45 00.30 Fusionadas
19.15 00.30 La Paloma
19.35 02.00 El Rico
20.55 02.15 La Sangre
23.45 05.00 La Expiración
THURSDAY:
19.40 03.30 Zamarrilla
23.00 05.30 La Esperanza
16.00 22.10 La Santa Cruz
17.10 22.30 La Cena
17.30 00.30 Viñeros
19.50 01.30 Mena
20.35 02.30 La Misericordia
FRIDAY:
17.35 23.00 Dolores de San Juan
17.25 23.55 Descendimiento
16.20 01.30 Monte Calvario
19.30 02.30 El Traslado
18.45 03.00 Amor
20.15 02.45 La Piedad
21.00 02.55 El Sepulcro
22.45 04.00 Servitas
RESURRECTION SUNDAY:
10.30 14.00 El Resucitado
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This is really an awesome experience. The streets are crowded with hundreds of thousands of spectators, and the emotion of the moment makes me happy tourist who experiences Holy Week in Malaga always remembers the event.
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