On all the processional days during Holy week in Cadiz, the first exits are in the mid-afternoon so the best time to arrive in the historical quarter of the city will be just after (Spanish) lunchtime. All the processions will start out from here, except Oración en el Huerto who will exit from the more modern part of the city on Easter Thursday – and those temples that are separated by a few streets and squares. If it’s not possible to find a place on the Official Route, it’s good to know that, given the dimensions of many of the tiny streets, only the widest will be able to accommodate the ceremonial platforms of the corteges. Calle San Francisco and Calle Pelota are the widest roads leading up to the Cathedral and are therefore the streets most used by the brotherhoods outside of the Official Route.
Traffic
A good number of the streets used by the confraternities are pedestrianised, and those that are open to traffic are closed for the processions in the early evening. Due to the difficulty of securing parking, the best advice for non-residents of the historical quarter, the Old Town, is to use public transport. During the Holy Week (Semana Santa) there is a special timetable and a more flexible service. Visit the temples Every day, during the morning hours prior to the confraternal exits, the temples are permanently open for visitors who want to view the ceremonial platforms, already finished and ready to go out on procession. There are also other churches open to the public that don’t have a leading role that day but are the canonical headquarters of a brotherhood; here it’s also important to admire the floats that have either already been out on procession or are due to go out in the days to come. Recommendations for children The open spaces that the brotherhoods pass through provide the perfect setting for the little ones among us. All the squares (plazas) that the corteges parade through possess benches that can facilitate better views for the children. |
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