Where to see the Easter Week processions in Palma

September 19, 2025

The Easter Week in Palma is one of the island's most important religious festivities and an event steeped in tradition and fervour. This year 2025, the processions return from the 11 to 20 Apriloffering residents and visitors the opportunity to experience one of Mallorca's most emblematic celebrations.

Origin and history of Easter Week in Palma

The Easter in the city has its origins in the procession of the Holy Christ of the Bloodone of the most venerated images on the island. There are historical records that show that the Holy Thursday procession was already being held in 1554 and that the image of the Santo Cristo de la Sangre was accompanied by its own brotherhood. Furthermore, the General Hospital, founded in 1456 with the authorisation of Pope Calixtus III, became the place where the image was venerated, consolidating itself as the basis of Holy Week in Palma. Since 1564, the image has presided over the Maundy Thursday Processionorganised by the Cofradía de la Sangre to collect alms for the hospital.

Outstanding processions in Palma 2025

This year, Easter Week will feature 11 processions in which the following will participate 33 brotherhoodsThe oldest confraternity is the "cofradía", with a total of 4,000 members distributed in 45 "pasos". The oldest brotherhood is the "Antiquíssima Confraria de la Creu de Calatrava".founded in 1902 and belonging to the Church of Nuestra Señora del Socorro.

Here is a summary of the main processions and their routes so that you can organise your visit:

Friday of Sorrows (11 April)

Estendards Process

Departure: 18:00 h. from Sant Antoniet Convent

Route: Calle Sant Miquel, Plaza Mayor, Plaza Marquès del Palmer, Calle Colom, Calle de la Cadena, Plaza de Santa Eulalia, Calle de Sant Francesc, Plaza de Sant Francesc, entrance to the Basilica of Sant Francesc.

Palm Sunday (13 April)

Procession of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

Departure: 18:00 h. from the Church of Sant Jaume

Route: Santa Magdalena Square, Botanical Garden, Costa de la Sang, La Rambla, Riera Street, Unió Street, Mercat Square, Passeig del Borne, Sant Feliu, Sant Gaietà, ending at Sant Cayetano Church.

Easter Monday (14 April)

Several processions will pass through the city:

Procession of Sant Crist de l'Agonia (20:00 h. from the Convent of Santa Clara)

Processó de Nostra Sra. de l'Esperança i de la Pau (Our Lady of Hope and Peace Procession) (20:30 h. from the Basilica of Sant Francesc)

Procession of the Sant Crist del Boters (21:00 h. from the Church of Sant Joan de Malta)

Processó del Buen Perdón (20:30 h. from Sacred Heart Parish Church)

Fat Tuesday (15 April)

Procession of the Verge de la Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows)

Departure: 21:00 h. from the Church of Sant Nicolau

Route: Plaça Frederic Chopin, Carrer Unió, Passeig del Born, Plaça Joan Carles I, Carrer de la Riera, La Rambla, Costa de la Sang, ending at the Church of the Annunciation.

Holy Wednesday (16 April)

Procession of Sant Crist de Sant Creu (20:30 h. from the Church of Santa Creu)

Processó del Camí de Getsemaní (Procession of the Way of Gethsemani) (21:00 h. from the Church of the Sacred Heart)

Maundy Thursday (17 April)

Procession of the Sant Crist de la Sang This is the most important procession of Holy Week in Palma.

Departure: 19:00 h. from the Church of the Annunciation

Route: Plaza del Hospital, La Rambla, Calle Sant Miquel, Plaza Mayor, Calle Colom, Plaza de Cort, ending at the Palma Cathedral.

All the brotherhoods take part, making it one of the most solemn moments of Holy Week in the country. Mallorca.

Good Friday (18 April)

Procession of the Holy Burial

Departure: 19:00 h. from Sant Francesc Basilica

Route: Plaza de Sant Francesc, Plaza de Cort, Bosseria Street, Plaza d'en Coll, Calle Corderia, Plaza Quartera, Plaza Mercadal, ending at the Church of Nuestra Señora del Socorro.

At the end of the procession, the Solemn Ceremony of Holy Burial.

Easter Sunday (20 April)

The processions of the encounter are held in different parishes in Palma and in several towns on the island.

Angel's Day 2025 (27 April)

This feast is celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter in the Bellver Castle.

Opening hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

At 1.30 p.m. the traditional Paseo del Ángel takes place.

There is a free bus service from Camilo José Cela Street every 10 minutes.

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