With the arrival of spring starts one of the most popular festivals in Spain: the Holy Week of Easter. In the Valencian city of Crevillent, it takes on a greater dimension year on year. Art, tradition and religion are mixed with passion and popular feeling in a festival whose origins go back to the 17th century and which has become a beautiful and unforgettable celebration. Easter in Crevillent, place of international tourist interest, is one of the most important and beautiful celebrations in Spain.
Crevillent, Valencian city
Within the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, is Crevillent, a small municipality that has two large festivals declared to be of international tourist interest: the festival of Moors and Christians and the celebration of Holy Week. But if something stands out for this town, it is for its traditional carpet industry, which has earned it the nickname ‘Carpet City’.
Crevillent is located on the Serra de Crevillent and the fertile plain of Segura and its municipal area shares the Natural Park of El Hondo with Elche, one of the most special parts of the region. In addition, its historical remains make its core an old town full of monuments and places of interest such as the Church of Our Lady of Bethlehem, the Calvario promenade or its many museums that make Crevillent a city of unique tourist interest in Spain.
Holy Week in Crevillent
The Holy Week of Crevillent is defined by its extreme beauty composed of elements such as art, tradition, religion, roots and popular emotion. All of them give rise to a festival that was declared to be of international tourist interest in 2011.
Apart from the fervour that is breathed in the streets of this Valencian municipality, its beauty resides in the processions, where centuries-old carvings of religious icons are paraded up and down, and the commemorations that take place in the septenary portico in honour of the Virgen de los Dolores.
Easter in Crevillent surrounds the whole town with passion, not only with its religious traditions, but also in its gastronomy, customs and music, which make visitors and native dwellers alike positively vibrate with bands of cornets, drums and choral songs.
If you want to discover a different kind of Spanish Easter, don’t hesitate to visit Crevillent. You will enjoy one of the most moving moments with the Crevillentines: the procession of Camino del Calvario and the Abrazo in La Mosquera valley during the sunrise or the culmination of the festivities on Easter Sunday.
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