Semana Santa Spain

Semana Santa - When & Where Semana Santa Spain usually takes place during Easter week in Seville in Spain but it can be enjoyed throughout most Spanish cities and towns.

Semana-Santa starts from Easter Sunday on March 28th 2010.
This festival is celebrated in the city of Antigua in Guatemala

What to Expect From Palm Sunday to Easter Monday 130 large floats which recreate and explain the origins of Easter are carried through the streets starting in

Seville on Calle Campana on it's way to Avenida de la Constitucion, then on to the Catedral. It takes almost 75,000 people to carry these stations by almost 80 different brotherhoods of the Spanish Church. In Seville you can stand by the processions for the Good Friday Parade - which is the biggest and best with millions of people following the processions through the streets. If possible try to get to where the procession enters the Catedral. Semana Santa in Antigua city in Guatemala is a more livlier performance then that of Seville.

Getting there Book a flight into Seville or any Spanish or Guatemalan Airport here or take a train in Spain here

Semana Santa Fiesta

Where to stay Book your accommodation for Fiesta Semana Santa in advance. There's quality hotels or cheap accommodation in both Spain and Guatemala available here.

Semana Santa Espana 2010

History of Semana Santa Festival

History

Semana Santa celebrates Christ's Cruxifixion and the stations of the cross. It has been celebrated fsince the Middle Ages.

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