Anyone here been to southern spain in spring?

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s a video on the events leading up to Easter:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ34ECX5tjU

I love Spain (been many, many times) but those processions are so macabre!

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The rain falls mainly in the plains.

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I haven’t been to southern Spain yet but I just got back from Madrid & Valencia and the weather was perfect (for the most part). Gorgeous spring flowers, orange trees in Valencia. I think late March through April is probably perfect.

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Bump. I’m a new poster who has booked a southern Spain for DH, me and hs teen, arriving in Sevilla on Palm Sunday for 3 days, then train to Granada for 2 amd then Malaga for 2, before flying home from Malaga via London.

Now the stories about crowds in Seville are making me nervous. Should I avoid Seville completely this time? I can go to other cities in southern Spain instead but the flight into Seville on Palm Sunday is making me sweat.

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Anonymous wrote:From a weather standpoint, spring is great--not too hot. Yes, you want to avoid or at least be aware of religious processions. I got caught in one during the Christmas season and it was very crowded.

I thought the food in Seville was quite good and had no trouble finding local supermarkets.

Granada: I prebooked Alhambra tickets at the official website and it was very smooth. The Alhambra is one of a fairly short list of landmarks that I am happy to visit repeatedly.

Sincerely don't understand attraction of Alhambra - buildings are pretty meh, grounds are blah, way crowded etc. Even the views are just ok. there are way better palaces and castles all around southern Spain. Just not sure what the attraction is/was.

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Anyone going to Southern Spain this spring? Any more recent tips for places like Seville, Granada, Malaga?

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It’s probably best in spring for sightseeing. Cities like Granada , Cordova, Sevilla are too hot in the summer. If you happen to be there for Easter you’ll also get glimpse of the amazing processions and celebrations. You won’t get beach weather but much nicer for sightseeing and hiking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most amazing thing is that almost every city in Spain has gigantic religious processions through the city most days of the week leading up to Easter. Unbelievable. Seville is especially noted for its processions.

This is not amazing! Try getting to a restaurant across town during Semana Santa in Seville! We were like rats in a maze, trying to avoid all the processions. At one point we had to march in the procession to get where we were going.

lol. sorry for bumping this thread but to the op of this post, if you're still on this forum - That must have been interesting..