Sevilla boasts two of
the largest festival
celebrations in Spain.
The first,
Semana
Santa (Holy Week),
always spectacular in
Andalucía, is here at
its peak with
extraordinary
processions of masked
penitents and
carnival-style floats.
The second, the
Fería
de Abril , is unique
to the city: a one-time
market festival, long
converted to a week-long
party of drink, food and
flamenco. The
fería
follows close on the
heels of
Semana Santa
. If you have the energy
and time, experience
both.
Semana Santa
Semana Santa may be a
religious festival, but
for most of the week
solemnity isn't the
keynote - there's lots
of carousing and
frivolity, and bars are
full day and night. In
essence, it involves the
marching in procession
of fifty-odd
brotherhoods (many...
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Feria de Abril
The Fería de Abril is
staged a fortnight after
Semana Santa ends and
lasts nonstop for a
week. For its duration a
vast area on the far
bank of the river in the
barrio of Los Remedios,
the Real de la Feria ,
is totally...
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