Holy Week in Seville

In Seville the processions move slowly and the whole city moves with them. A paso is a platform bearing a sculpture of Christ or the Virgin, and it goes through the old town with its brotherhood, the nazarenos, in their hoods and robes.

About seventy brotherhoods take part in Seville, with roughly 120 pasos and more than 60,000 nazarenos. Each one leaves its own church on its day, walks to the Carrera Oficial, the official route from Plaza de la Campana along Sierpes and Plaza San Francisco to the Cathedral, and then returns to its church. The week runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, and the city has had International Tourist Interest status for it since 1980.

The peak is the Madrugá, the night from Thursday into Good Friday. In 2026 six brotherhoods processed through it: El Silencio, El Gran Poder, La Macarena, El Calvario, La Esperanza de Triana and Los Gitanos. People stay up all night on the streets to see them.

How to go. The week depends on Easter, so the dates move: in 2027, by the calendar rule, Palm Sunday is 21 March and Easter Sunday 28 March, and the Madrugá is the night of 25 to 26 March. Watching the route is free, but the boxes and chairs on the Carrera Oficial have to be booked months ahead. Rooms in the centre fill and cost more than usual, so reserve early. Check each brotherhood's schedule on the official sites before you plan the evening, since times and routes can change.