Escape to Tortosa this Easter. A historic city in the Ebro Lands with a fascinating monumental heritage, surrounded by two natural parks: the Ebro Delta and Els Ports. Located in the heart of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Tortosa is the ideal starting point to explore the region and all it has to offer — whether by cycling along the Greenway of Val de Zafán and the Natural Trail from Tortosa to Deltebre, hiking, or enjoying adventure sports.

Closer than you think, in the Ebro Lands, the air feels different — live experiences that will stay with you.

Tortosa Just a step away from living intensely

 

Tortosa is the setting for the most crowded and spectacular events that make up Holy Week in the Ebro Lands. All this allows you to discover the territory, from the Natural Park of the Ports to the Natural Park of the Ebro Delta, while also enjoying the processions and ancestral traditions, sacred music, and tasting authentic cuisine.

Come during the Easter holidays and enjoy a city that blends tradition and popular devotion, with crowded processions such as the Passion on Palm Sunday, with over 1,500 participants and 11 floats, and the heritage, where highlights include the impressive cathedral, which faces directly onto the Ebro River, the Royal Colleges, a Renaissance jewel in Catalonia, or the more than 6 kilometers of city walls, built between the 10th and 18th centuries.

HOLY WEEK PROGRAM

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

20.00h.- Presentation of the Holy Week leaflet by the Cofradía de la Purísima Sangre. Location: Holy Week Interpretation Center.

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

20.00h.- Concert ‘The Prodigal Son’, oratorio by Carles Baguer, performed by Vespres d’Arnadí and the Francesc Valls choir. Location: Cathedral of Santa Maria of Tortosa. Donation: 15 €.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8

20.00h.- Holy Week photography exhibition. Location: Holy Week Interpretation Center.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9

18.30h.- Award ceremony for the 20th Drawing Contest. Location: Holy Week Interpretation Center.

THURSDAY, APRIL 10

20.30h.- Holy Week Proclamation by the Most Rev. Dr. Sergi Gordo Rodríguez, Bishop of Tortosa. Location: Holy Week Interpretation Center.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

20.00h.- Concert in Remolins by the Polifonía Choir and the Banda Primitiva from PAIPORTA. Organized by: Cofradía de la Purísima Sangre. Location: Church of Saint James of Remolins. Free entry.
21.00h.- 5th Popular Drum Parade in Remolins. Start of Holy Week. Organized by: Cofradía de la Purísima Sangre. Location: Plaza de la Inmaculada (Remolins).

SATURDAY, APRIL 12

20.30h.- Concert ‘Bagpipers of the Passion’ by the traditional Colla Jove de Dolçainers de Tortosa, with the collaboration of La Compañía. Organized by: Cofradía de la Virgen del Rosario. Location: Church of the Rosary. Free entry.

SUNDAY, APRIL 13 – Palm Sunday

11.00h.- Exhibition of the Floats from the Passion Procession. Location: Plaza de la Cinta.
11.00h.- 5th Drum Parade in Jesús. Organized by: Band of Drums and Timpani of the Cofradía del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (gathering in front of the Novitiate of Consolation – Jesús). Route: Novitiate of Consolation to the Church of Saint Francis.
20.00h.- Passion Procession. Location: Plaza de la Cinta.

MONDAY, APRIL 14

17.30h.- Children’s workshop for Holy Week. Organized by: Cofradía de María Inmaculada and the Sagrada Familia Workers’ School Patronage – Collaborates: Nati Dulces. Location: Sagrada Familia Workers’ School Patronage.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

20.00h.- Cycle of conferences by the Cofradía de los Hermanos ‘Holy Week, an opportunity in school’ by Mons. Tomás Mor Puig, Diocesan Delegate of Education and Director of the Diocesan School Sagrada Familia. Location: Holy Week Interpretation Center.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

00.00h.- Procession of Silence (gathering at 23:30 h in Plaza Inmaculada). Route: Plaza Inmaculada, from Remolins to the Church of the Purísima.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18

07.30h.- Stations of the Cross. Location: Parish of Saint Francis of Jesus.
10.30h.- Stations of the Cross. Location: Calvary of Santa Clara.
9:00 to 13:00 h and from 17:00 to 18:45 h.- Vigil for the Holy Christ of the Purísima.
20.00h.- Procession of the Holy Burial of Tortosa. Location: Plaza de la Cinta.
22.00h.- Procession of the Holy Burial of Jesus. Location: Jesús.