Totana
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The Easter Week processions and traditions are upheld in Totana (Note: if and when tickets for stands in the streets go on sale, details will be added here. Alternatively, seek information from the tourist office of Totana in the Plaza Balsa Vieja.) The Semana Santa or Holy Week celebrations in Totana are particularly well regarded and are among the most important of the Region of Murcia, featuring processions which date back to the 18th century. Nowadays the events are organized by 16 Cofradías (brotherhoods or guilds) who parade nearly..
Caravaca de La Cruz
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The main processions in Caravaca are on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Easter Week In the Holy City of Caravaca de la Cruz the first known documentary references to the celebration of Semana Santa, or Easter Week, date back to the 16th century, and there are now seven ¿cofradías¿ (brotherhoods) taking part in the processions. Most of the sculpted figures and tableaux paraded date from the 17th and 18th centuries, although it was not until the 18th that some of the processions began to climb the hill to the castle/sanctuary which..
Águilas
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The major Semana Santa processions in Aguilas take place between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday The Semana Santa week processions and events in Águilas take place during the whole of Easter Week, concluding on Resurrection Sunday (or Easter Sunday). The processions and acts of penitence are, of course, events charged with religious importance, but the sheer beauty of the rows of penitents, flowers and sculptures which parade during this important week are also popular with those of all religious denominations, bringing colour and spectacle..
Lorca
27 MAR - 05 ABR
Lorca celebrates Easter week in inimitably spectacular style Semana Santa in Lorca is an extraordinarily flamboyant event, the most important element of which is the famed biblical processions, a unique manifestation of faith which features the exquisite embroideries for which the city is so famous as well as exciting feats of horsemanship. These are displayed throughout the year in the embroidery museums of the Cofradías (brotherhoods or guilds), and although the most spectacular pieces are the vast cloaks worn in the main biblical processions..
Yecla
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The traditional Easter processions of Yecla date back to at least the 16th century As in many other parts of the Region of Murcia Semana Santa is a very important week in the calendar of Yecla and a number of impressive processions are held featuring the town¿s religious and artistic heritage. These are organized by the ¿Cofradías¿ (or brotherhoods) who undertake the religious parades of penitence, and have been declared as being of Regional Tourist Interest. Yecla also has an excellent Semana Santa museum in the atmospheric former..
Mazarrón
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The traditional Easter processions in Mazarrón go back to the 16th century The documented history of the Semana Santa processions in Mazarrón goes back to 1579, and the oldest ¿cofradia¿ or brotherhood taking part in the events is that of Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, which was formed between 1653 and 1655 and then reconstituted in 1876. It was in the second half of the 19th century that the brotherhoods grew sharply in popularity ¿ at the same time as the town grew due to the increased mining activity ¿ and others were formed..
Cartagena
29 MAR - 05 ABR
Visitors can explore the 15th-century Santa María in Águilas A full-scale replica of the Santa María, the ship Christopher Columbus captained on his 1492 voyage to the Americas, is visiting the port of Cartagena from 29th March to 5th April, spanning the whole of Easter Week, and is open for public tours. The vessel will be moored alongside the Patacha, the floating restaurant alongside the whal'es tail sculpture, and offers visitors a chance to step aboard and experience what 15th-century seafaring was like and tours run from..
Murcia
31 MAR - 31 DIC
English language guides are available for these visits in Murcia, Caravaca, Cieza, Jumilla and Yecla Away from the magnificent beaches of the Region of Murcia, visitors can absorb thousands of years of history, architecture and local tradition in any number of inland towns and cities, going back to the years of Moorish rule which ended almost 800 years ago and, in many cases, even further. In many of these locations the regional tourist board has arranged for free guided tours to be offered through numerous qualified tourism experts, many..
Molina de Segura
01 ABR
A reenactment of the Stations of the Cross just outside Molina de Segura One of the most unusual of the many Semana Santa celebrations in the Region of Murcia takes place every year on Easter Wednesday, and was first organized in the 1980s by José Moreno, the parish priest of Torrealta, an outlying district of Molina de Segura. Sr Moreno¿s celebration consisted of a living representation in the streets of the town of the Via Crucis, and when he left the village and the tradition died out, many locals missed it. However, in 1997..
Águilas
01 ABR
Discover the secrets of Águilas museums with the help of medium guides Isabella and Fidel! This original tour of the main museums of Águilas on Wednesday 1st April allows you to discover some of the mysterious secrets they contain, with the visits conducted by two prestigious mediums, Isabella and Fidel, as they take visitors around the Archaeological Museum, the Carnival Museum and the Centro de Interpretación Paco Rabal. Along the route they may homage to the achievements of various people associated with the museums, all of them much..
Lorca
01 ABR - 05 ABR
The 33rd annual Easter artisans¿ market is being held in the Plaza de Calderón in Lorca The annual Semana Santa arts and crafts market in Lorca is being held this year between April 1 and 5 in the Plaza de Calderón de la Barca, with stalls opening both morning and afternoon every day of the event. This market always attracts large numbers of people who are in Lorca for the spectacular Semana Santa processions and on this occasion there will be 31 stands set up by craftspeople from all over Spain. Products include jewellery, glassware..
Los Alcázares
02 ABR
Four days of revelry in Los Alcázares while the rest of Murcia enjoys its Semana Santa processions While most of the rest of the Region of Murcia spends Easter Week preoccupied with its religious processions, some of them solemn and some rather less so, Los Alcázares heads in another direction and celebrates the local history with the Fiestas of the Berber Pirate Raids (¿Incursiones Berberiscas¿). These fiestas are a relatively recent addition to the calendar in Los Alcázares but, as they reach their 25th edition, have become extremely..
Cartagena
02 ABR - 05 ABR
88 craft compete in the Mar Menor with World Championship places at stake The municipality of Cartagena is proud to welcome the Spanish Cup competition in the Snipe sailing class between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday, when more than 80 yachts will be racing in the Mar Menor during an event based at the Club Náutico de Los Nietos. The results of this event are taken into account when selecting the Spanish team for the World Snip Class Championships in September of this year at the Club Náutico de Mahón in Menorca. It¿s bound..
Mazarrón
02 ABR - 05 ABR
4 days of fun, entertainment and bargain hunting at the marina of Puerto de Mazarrón Easter in Puerto de Mazarrón is being accompanied this year by a 4-day medieval market in the marina, billed as ¿four days full of magic, history and fun by the sea¿. Stands and stalls are selling handmade goods and jewellery and serving food based on the menus of the Middle Ages, while alongside there is a children¿s corner to keep the kiddies amused. At the same time musicians, stilt walkers, troubadours and even mythical beasts will be roaming..
Lorca
02 ABR - 05 ABR
Join the medieval knights defending the impregnable fortress above the city of Lorca! Throughout the long weekend of Easter a special activity for all the family is being held at the ¿Fortaleza del Sol¿, the imposing castle which has stood on the hill above Lorca since the expulsion of the Moors from the territory in the 1240s. During the Middle Ages the castle was never taken by enemy forces, and between 2nd and 5th April you¿re welcome to try your hand at helping the knight commanding the fortress in keeping new waves of attackers..
Yecla
03 ABR
Witness the ¿Acto de la Cortesía¿ during the Good Friday morning procession in the Plaza Mayor of Yecla This special tour of Yecla coincides with the Good Friday procession through the streets of the town with participants learning about the sculpted images and tableaux which are paraded in the Plaza Mayor. Information is also offered about some of the curiosities of Yecla¿s processions, one of which is the central feature of the visit: the Acto de la Cortesía. This pivotal moment during the Procesión de la Pasión del Señor is..
