When: Holy Week — the week leading up to Easter Sunday, so it moves each year with Easter, usually in late March or April.
Tickets: Free + paid seats — Watching from the streets is free. Reserved seats (sillas) and balcony boxes (palcos) along the official route (the carrera oficial) are sold in advance and are limited. There's no single ticket — you assemble a plan from the schedule.
What it is
For the week before Easter, elaborate floats (pasos) and hooded brotherhoods process through Seville day and night in one of Europe's most striking religious spectacles.
How to get started
- Get the procession schedule and route map — dozens of brotherhoods march at set times, and knowing where and when is everything.
- Decide between watching free from the streets or booking a paid grandstand seat (silla or palco) on the official central route.
- Book accommodation months ahead — Seville fills completely for Semana Santa.
Tickets & where to buy
Watching from the streets is free. Reserved seats (sillas) and balcony boxes (palcos) along the official route (the carrera oficial) are sold in advance and are limited. There's no single ticket — you assemble a plan from the schedule.
- Where to stay
- Seville books out far ahead and prices spike; reserve early or stay just outside and travel in.
- First-timer tips
- The atmosphere peaks on Holy Thursday night into 'La Madrugá'. Streets are jammed, so pick your spots by the schedule.
- Watch out
- It's solemn and deeply religious for locals — watch respectfully. Crowds are dense; agree a meeting point.
Several of these festivals are tied to Easter or a lunar calendar, so the exact dates shift each year. Confirm the current year's dates and ticket on-sale times from the official source before you book flights.