SEMANA SANTA – Holy Week is Spain’s biggest religious holiday and Good Friday is a day off for the whole country. The week preceding Easter is intended to remind the faithful of the Passion of Christ, but Spaniards prefer to suffer in a fun and noisy way. The schedule of processions and their routes are…

On the eve of Lent, the festival of Carnaval takes place. Between February and March (the date varies from year to year) for just over a week, the pagan festival takes over the streets of the city, filling it with music, costumes and joy. Of all the festivals celebrated in Alicante, after the Bonfires of…

“Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is so named because of the special rite of sprinkling the ashes of burnt palm (or Palm) branches left over from Palm (Palm) Sunday of the previous year on the heads of the faithful at masses on this day. The rite symbolises repentance, humility and the frailty of…

The following actions will help to protect against an invasion of ocupas: Signing a contract with a security company and installing an alarm system. In the event of unauthorised entry into the house, the alarm company will be alerted. Police officers will arrive at the moment of entry and will arrest the intruders red-handed. Illegal…