{"id":1450,"date":"2014-04-11T21:34:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T21:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2014-07-11T10:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:40:18","slug":"easter-celebrations-in-malaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/easter-celebrations-in-malaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter celebrations in M\u00e1laga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a special place to get away from it all in Easter? If you go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/\">M\u00e1laga<\/a>, you will witness Holy Week, a colourful celebration that starts in M\u00e1laga City, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/spain\/\">Spain <\/a>and takes in the most secluded, smallest villages in the hinterland, with processions, floats, flowers, penitents and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_859130352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1453\" title=\"shutterstock_85913035\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_859130352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_859130352.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_859130352-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the most moving moments during Holy Week is\u00a0Holy Monday morning\u00a0during\u00a0the procession of Captive Jesus. After holding Mass at dawn, the image is taken around the traditional district of La Trinidad, people throwing red carnations at Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The cloak of Our Lady of Sorrows\u00a0\u2013 made entirely of fresh flowers \u2013 the procession of El Rico\u00a0(during which one local prisoner is set free) and the parade of the\u00a0Spanish Legion escorting the Christ of Mena\u00a0are also must-sees.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most memorable Easter celebrations take place in the smaller towns. For instance,\u00a0the Passion performances in Riogordo and Ist\u00e1n, which see locals re-enacting the Life, Passion and Death of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrations aside, Easter is a great time of year to\u00a0go to the beaches of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/costa_del_sol\/\">Costa del Sol<\/a> and to soak up the city\u2019s culture and sample local delicacies. Keen golfer? You\u2019ll have no less than 70 courses to choose\u00a0from in Costa del Sol, while nature lovers will love the beautiful coastal landscapes and wealth of outdoor activities to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/averages\/\">weather<\/a>\u00a0over Easter in Malaga is another good reason to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/flights\/\">book a flight<\/a> toute suite \u2013 to check a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/forecast\/\"> 14-day weather forecast<\/a> here. And before you go, check out our comprehensive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/holidays\/#guide_content\">holiday guide<\/a>\u00a0and top tips for things to do and places to go in April, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/malaga\/averages\/april\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitacostadelsol.com\/\">Vista Costa del Sol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a special place to get away from it all in Easter? If you go to M\u00e1laga, you will witness Holy Week, a colourful celebration that starts in M\u00e1laga City, Spain and takes in the most secluded, smallest villages in the hinterland, with processions, floats, flowers, penitents and more. One of the most moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":1132,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-resort-malaga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}