Holy Week in Granada 2024: Activities and processions 🕯️

Holy Week in Granada It is one of the most outstanding religious commemorations and not only in Andalusia but in all of Spain, an exhibition of Andalusian sentiment. Here a religious appointment is also a party, and the entire physiognomy of the historic center, Realejo, Albaicín and Sacromonte, and everything, is modified in order to convey to the visitor and spectator the message of Christ Crucified, Dead and Risen. Any visitor will be struck by how this ritual of culture, commitment and passion is experienced.

During Holy Week, the Alhambra monument usually sells out all its tickets, if you intend to visit it, do not hesitate to book a Alhambra tour in advance. If, on the contrary, you have already visited the Alhambra and want to discover other parts of the city during the Holy Week dates, consult our tours in Granada.

If you do not know Holy Week processions in Granada you are not aware of the great show you are missing. The parades and processions of Granada go through the most popular areas culminating with the most characteristic sunset, without a doubt, also highlighting the beautiful landscape that the Albaicín offers from its labyrinthine streets with the Sierra Nevada and at its feet the extraordinary Alhambra, without forgetting the night procession through the neighborhood with the most duende and folklore, the Sacromonte of the gypsies. The rhythms of day to day are altered, traffic and passage are cut off, for a moment the whole of Granada surrenders to the dedication of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods.

Of course, in order not to get lost in this party, it is necessary to have some clear concepts.

When is Holy Week celebrated in Granada in 2024?

Every year the dates of Easter vary, coinciding with the first full moon of the spring equinox. This year 2024, Holy Week in Granada is celebrated from March 24 to 31, starting with Palm Sunday.

What to do at Easter in Granada?

• EXCURSIONS AND TOURS

  If you want to know the history and curiosities of the city, we recommend our guided walking tours for see the Alhambra, yes still you don't have or can't find tickets try to join one of our tours, if you couldn't either get tickets we leave you the best tips and tricks. We also have a different format of visit alhambra, for this tour you don't need to buy tickets and still you can see the Alhambra and its surroundings from the hands of experts.
  If what you are looking for are alternative plans to the city, a great idea would be to visit The Alpujarras or spend the day Costa Tropical of Granada also accompanies the good almost summery weather of April.

• VISIT MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS

  The Lolita's team values ​​the most interesting activities for our dear visitors, for example, you can't miss the natural acoustics in the Carlos V Palace coliseum, it also has free access, even though you have to pay for La doble de Oro for €5, the Chapel Real, the price is also €5 and it is where the coffins of the Catholic Monarchs are still kept, the original crown of Isabel and her throne or the sword of Fernando.

• ENJOY LOCAL TAPAS

  In Granada it is an obligatory ritual to walk its streets in search of the best tapas that the local bars offer. Here we offer you our suggestions of the 5 best tapas bars recommended by the official guides of Lolita's Tours.

• ROUTE OF VIEWPOINTS

  Luckily this year the eastern enter with good weather and we do not know better advice than to walk in search of the best viewpoints in the Albaicin, Sacromonte and Alhambra. The most popular is the Saint Nicholas' lookout there you will find its drinking water cistern Sierra Nevada. Andhe hidden Carvajales viewpoint located in the lower Albaicín, very close to Plaza Nueva. One of the most exclusive and special is the San Miguel Alto viewpoint, access is the most intense of all, however the climb made by hundreds of people every day is the most satisfying, especially when you get to see what this wonderful point on the Sacromonte hill offers, also many artists and musicians did not hesitate in recording their songs and video clips or feeling the inspiration from there (La Mari de Chambao or our local artist Vinila Von Bismark). Other viewpoints that are as worthwhile as these previous ones are: the Moor's chair (located on the hill of Generalife, in the hill of the sun), San Cristobal viewpoint y the Garden of Carlos.

Easter processions this 2024

• Palm Sunday – March 24

  Holy Week in Granada begins with the procession popularly known as "la Borriquilla", which will begin at 16:00 p.m. from the parish of San Andrés Apóstol and is the procession of the Brotherhood of the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and Our Lady Peace.
  In addition, they inaugurate this Palm Sundays the processions of the Brotherhoods: Cautivo de Granada and Virgen de la Encarnación, Santa Cena Sacramental and María Santísima de la Victoria, Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Sentencia and María Santísima de las Maravillas, and finally, the Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesús Despojado de their garments.

• Holy Monday – March 25

  Holy Monday is the day on which the processions of the Brotherhoods from the neighborhood of Zaidin. This day also takes place the procession of one of the most veteran brotherhoods, that of the Santísimo Cristo de San Agustín. They leave from the Church of Corpus Christi.
  In addition, there will be processions of: the Virgen de los Dolores, Nuestro Padre Jesús del Rescate and the Brotherhood of the Prayer of Our Lord in the Huerto de los Olivos.

• Holy Tuesday – March 26

  We open Holy Tuesday in Granada The Lanzada leaving at 16:45 p.m. from the Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows, by the Roman Bridge crossing the Virgin Race about 19:00 p.m.
  The church of San Gil and Santa Ana, in Plaza Nueva, the oldest, and dresses up to see Nuestro Padre Jesús del Gran Poder and Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza come out around 18:35 p.m.

  in the Realejo open the doors of Church of Santo Domingo to give way to the Lord of Humility accompanied by Solitude. They leave at 19:15 p.m.

• Holy Wednesday – March 27

  This is one of the most special days and the biggest for Sacromonte. The Christ of the Gypsies It will leave around 16:45 p.m. from the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Gran Via de Colon, going back through the Walk of the Sad under the watchful eye of the entire crowd during the risky ascent of the Cuesta del Chapiz, which will be around 23:00 p.m. with fires all over Sacromonte path, songs, compliments and saetas without ceasing until the confinement in the Pilgrims Abbey late in the morning.

  The day will continue with more processions and steps:  the Nazarene, Students, the Three Falls and the Penalties.

• Holy Thursday – March 28

  To highlight on Holy Thursday are the processions of the neighborhood of the Albaicín:  the Aurora, the Cocepción (the Shell) and the Star. Seeing such a maneuver of the costaleros and the leaders through the alleys and each one more narrow and entangled, will make you feel that everything is possible with patience and thoroughness.
  At 00:00 they process one of the most popular, the Christ of Silence from the Church of San Pedro and San Pablo, in the Darro Race.

• Good Friday – March 29

  Good Friday is the biggest day for the Realejo, Granada's old Jewish quarter.
  To highlight the following processions: Holy Sepulchre, the Christ of the Favors, the Railwaymen and the Christ of the Expiration.

  One of the most anticipated and impressive of all the processions takes place in the Campo del Príncipe and at exactly 3 in the afternoon every year thousands of locals pray 3 Our Fathers and ask for 3 wishes from the Christ of Favors.

• Holy Saturday – March 30

  Holy Saturday is reserved for a single procession: the stately procession of Our Lady of Angustias Coronada de Santa María de the Alhambra, Starts at 17:15 from the Church of Santa María Virgen de la Alhambra, passing through the Gate of justice to one of the most privileged places, The Cuesta de Gomérez dropping down until New Square about 19:00 p.m.

• Easter Sunday – March 31

  A very different Brotherhood leaves at 10:30 in the Church of Santo Domingo, announce with bells the parade of the Sweet Name of Jesus. They are called the Facundillos to what opens the way for the youth and the most passionate little ones.

  If you come with your little ones and want to star in a procession, this Brotherhood distributes bells to all those who have the illusion of participating, yes, in exchange for a small donation.