Basílica de la Macarena
Guide
Photo: Pirado · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A bright modern basilica built around one figure: the much-loved Virgin of Hope, the Macarena, in her robes and jewels, beside a stretch of the old city walls.
A brief history
The statue is carried through the streets in the early hours of Good Friday, one of the most emotional moments of Seville's Holy Week.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, then walk the old walls next door
- Cost
- Free (museum extra)
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open mornings and evenings, closed in the early afternoon (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The centre and the Alameda: Shopping streets, Las Setas and the Alameda de Hércules, a long square of bars; plenty of hostels.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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