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On May 3 takes place in Granada and its province one of the most popular festivities in Andalusia: the day of the Cross. For this day the streets, squares, courtyards and even shop windows are decorated and filled with wonderful altars in honor of the Holy Cross. It is also a feast celebrated in the towns of the province.

The feast of the Day of the Cross 2025 will be celebrated in Granada from Friday, May 2 at 14.00 until Saturday, May 3 after midnight. This festival, which attracts thousands of visitors from all over Spain every year, has pagan and Christian origins. In the year 1625 an alabaster cross was made in the neighborhood of San Lázaro and all the neighbors of the area celebrated it by singing and dancing next to it.

Later, the tradition continued in the more typical neighborhoods, such as the Albaycín and the Realejo, and children began to build small altars decorated with manila shawls, ceramics and copper objects.

This year 2025 there will be 62 crosses installed in the capital. A novelty is the May cross that Cervezas Alhambra will install in the esplanade of the Palacio de Congresos to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

Semana Santa, also known as Holy Easter week, is a festivity you will never forget, especially when you celebrate it in Granada! In 2025 Easter in Granada is celebrated from 13 to the 20 of April. During this week processions take place through the city center of Granada leading through the beautiful cathedral of the city!

This Catholic Festivity is very unique when you compare it with other cities in Andalucía. Granada is known as one of the most beautiful cities because of its unique surroundings of the processions and their “pasos” that are known as float of thrones with important religious icons.  

Palm Sunday-  13 April
Palm Sunday is the last day before the lent starts. This day they celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, 1 week before his resurrection.
On this day 5 fraternities (also known as cofradías) are going through the streets of Granada. Around 16.00h the Church Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro gives the opening of the holy week by letting out “La Burriquilla”. The best place to see tis procession is from de Arco de Elvira, that is situated behind the large street Gran Vía.

Holy Monday – 14 April
On this day the neighborhood Zaidín which is located in the south of Granada starts its Holy Week by starting their procession at 16.30 h from the church Corpus Christi. They start with their youngest fraternity Santismo Cristo del Trabajo and Nuestra señora de la Luz.  

Holy Tuesday – 15 April
This day around 18.00 h at Plaza Nueva, many people wait to see a spectacular procession that comes from the church of San Gil. The procession is named as Nuestro Padre Jesus del Gran Poder and Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza.

Holy Wednesday – 16 April
Holy Wednesday is a big day in the neighborhood Sacromonte where the gypsies (los gitanos) live. They say that this is one of the most beautiful and impressive procession of the Holy Week. The name of the procession is María Santísma del Sacromonte and starts around 19.20 h at Calle Ganivet. The best way to see it is when it is on his way back to the Abadía del Sacromonte.

Maundy Thursday – 17 April
This is a big day in the old Moorish neighbourhood Albaicín. People are standing in the small streets of Albaicín to watch La Estrellla, La Aurora and La Concha.

Good Friday – 18 April
On good Friday there are 6 processions in Granada.  Around 15.00 h nearly 5000 people will be at Campo del Príncipe in the neighbourhood Realejo to see El rezo al Señor de las favores.

Holy Saturday – 19 April
On Saturday there is only 1 procession which starts at 17.30 h. The procession begins at the church that is located inside the Alhambra namely Santa María de la Alhambra.

Easter Sunday – 20 April
The last day of Semana Santa: The bells of the churches toll joyfully in Granada. There are processions in the morning that close this beautiful week: at 09.00 h starts a procession from the church San Miguel; the last one starts at 11.00 h from the church of Sagrario that is located next to the Cathedral.

For further information regarding the programme of the International Tango Festival in Granada visit the official website

During the festival students can also combine a Spanish course with Tango workshops at our school.

The 39th edition of the Goya Awards will be held on 8 February 2025 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Granada. This was announced on Wednesday by the president of the Film Academy, Fernando Méndez-Leite, and the mayoress of the city, Marifrán Carazo, who were also accompanied by the vice-president of the institution, Rafael Portela, and the city's councillors for Culture and the Presidency, Juan Ramón Ferreira and Jorge Saavedra.

‘It is very exciting to start with a new edition of the Goya Awards in a city as emblematic and unique as Granada, which will surely be enthusiastic about our gala with the excitement of the first times,’ said the president of the Academy, who thanked the mayoress and the city “for their firm commitment” to host the Goya 2025 ceremony. ‘Our films and those who make them possible will be the protagonists of a selection of events -exhibitions, screenings of nominated films, meetings, educational activities...- that will be held here during the more than 10 months that separate us from what will be our big night’, stressed Méndez-Leite.

Focused since three decades ago on the discovery of new talents and the diversity of contemporary cinema, Granada Film Fest has a special interest in upcoming filmmakers of all nationalities, open to films decided to explore new audiovisual forms regardless of their definition, genre, format or duration.

For further information and tickets visit the festival website.

The festival is held at various locations throughout the extraordinary city of Granada including: Palacio de Carlos V, Casa de los Pisa, Peña La Platería, Auditorio Manuel de Falla and the Teatro Isabel La Católica.

The Granada International Guitar Festival was created in 2017. The European Guitar Foundation leads an international agreement in which the Granada City Council and the California State University is involved. This university celebrates a highly specialized summer course during a month in the city of Granada. This attracts the best concert artists on the international scene to teach 30 students per year. At the same time these artists offer concerts within the festival. The festival quickly established itself as the reference within the festivals dedicated only to the Spanish guitar.

One of the most popular activities during the summer is undoubtedly going to the cinema. If you add to that the option of being able to watch the screen outdoors in the cool of the evening, the experience is even more satisfying. And to top it all off, if the backdrop is the Alhambra, one of the most beautiful monuments on the planet, it can be described as something unique and special.

This is what the Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte offers during the summer season. A place that is in a privileged location. Throughout the year this place serves as a museum of everything related to the culture and history of one of the most emblematic places in the city of Granada: the Sacromonte.