Semana Santa en Sevilla

La capital andaluza es una de las mejores ciudades de España para disfrutar de las vacaciones de Semana Santa ya que en ella esta fiesta se vive de manera especial e intensa, lo que la hace única. Por eso, lo recomendable es apostar por elegir un hotel en Sevilla adecuado, concretamente un hotel con encanto, donde pasar una estancia inolvidable.

No obstante, se recomienda seguir también estos consejos para lograr ese objetivo:

• Hay que elegir convenientemente las procesiones que se quieren ver.
• Hay que llevar ropa y calzado cómodo para ver las salidas procesionales ya que duran muchas horas y a su paso se encuentran a multitud de personas.
• Es recomendable optar por reservar un hotel en el centro de Sevilla pues así se estará cerca de la carrera oficial, lo que facilitará el ver las mejores estaciones de penitencia.
• Otro consejo es aprovechar la estancia para saborear las exquisitices gastronómicas propias de estas fechas tales como las torrijas o las famosas croquetas de bacalao.

Tips that will help you have a better idea of what Semana Santa is.

If you want to experience something completely different yet extremely fascinating, Semana Santa (Holy Week) is what you are looking for. Each community around Spain has its own way to celebrate this week, but you will definitely feel the real passion and the essence of the festival in Seville. Here are some tips that might help you understand Semana Santa a little better:

• Semana Santa is the staging of the passion of Jesus Christ. Therefore, each church builds beautiful ‘parihuelas’, which carry the most beautiful statures.
• Each brotherhood has to walk from their church, to the Cathedral, and back to their church again.
• Don’t be afraid of the ‘nazarenos’. These are people dressed up with tunics of different colors depending on the brotherhood they belong to. They wear a peculiar mask that covers everything except their eyes and it looks as if they were wearing huge cones in their heads.
• ‘Nazarenos’ are the penitents that walk besides the ‘parihuelas’. It is considered a truly honor to do this; therefore, ‘nazarenos’ are proud of themselves. This opportunity is not available to everyone; it only passes from generation to generation.
• ‘Costaleros’ are the ones that carry the ‘parihuela’ with all the weight of the statue in their shoulders and back. This is a very demanding and risky labor; ‘costeleros’ have to be prepared and willing to work as a team.
• Be prepared to see millions of people. A lot of tourists come to Seville specially to witness the Semana Santa. Streets and hotels in Seville will be completely full and it will be hard to get from one point of the historic center to the other.

It is very important for you to have an open mind to be able to enjoy the Semana Santa as much as possible. It is something you don’t get to see every day.