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They will be established in San Francisco, Santo Domingo, Guevara Palace, Tourist Office and Juan Carlos I Avenue with Santa Clara Avenue.
Programs have been published in Spanish and English.
The Councilor for Tourism in the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has reported that the Municipal Council will deploy an extraordinary operation of information and attention to visitors on the occasion of the celebration of our Biblical-Passion parades of Holy Week.
Montiel Sánchez has stated that the plan that will develop until the conclusion of our processions is the greatest effort of those who are carried out by this area of ​​work.
It is a question of intensifying as much as possible and with the greatest possible efficiency the work of the Council, in close collaboration with the different social agents of the municipality.
The city not only "dresses" for the occasion, but also prepares itself conscientiously to welcome the visitor with his best smile by participating the citizens themselves with the decoration of their balconies with hanging, shops and establishments with the use of elements Related to the Holy Week placed in their shop windows, the brotherhoods adorn the surroundings of their headquarters and the administration improves the decoration and gardening of numerous squares and public buildings.
As for the Tourism Service of the City of Lorca, it coordinates an information device and welcome visitors from several weeks before the start of Easter Lorca: publication of specific brochures with program and guide of procession of Good Friday as well as points Of tourist information that are exceptionally placed during these 10 days of celebrations
The Councilor for Tourism has indicated that this project of attention to the visitor contemplates the location of 3 extraordinary points of assistance thanks to the collaboration of two companies of the municipality, which, in response to the call made by the City Council, will collaborate with this Deployment through the establishment of half a dozen sponsorship agreements.
Thus, the companies Hermanos González Lucas (Los Trincheras), sponsor the point of attention that will be located in the Palacio de Guevara, while Carrefour will do the same with those that are going to be located in the churches of Santo Domingo and San Francisco.
Francisco Montiel has also anticipated that 10,000 copies of the classic publication "El Cortejo" will be distributed.
It is a manual with detailed and ordered information of the elements and groups that parade by the Avenue Juan Carlos I during the procession of Good Friday.
Their distribution will start on Holy Wednesday at the tourist information points.
Among the innovations found in this brochure are the expansion of information from the network of embroidery museums (Il Maestro, MASS, MuBBla and MUPAEN) with the aim that the tourists and visitors of our city have information about them and encourage To visit them outside of Easter.
The objective is to continue working in the deseasonalization of religious tourism / brotherhood in our city.
This publication, which is also available in English, has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of Cajamar, Chamber of Commerce, Ceclor, Parque Almenara and Cydemir
The Edil de Turismo has indicated that 5,000 units have also been printed with information on the peculiarities of our Holy Week, information on parades, processions and Lorca embroidery.
These are detailed information of the embroidery museums, as well as tips and additional information to make the most of the visit to Lorca during the Easter days, including advice to acquire localities.
WEEKLY TIMETABLE 2017 ACCORDING TO INFORMATION POINT
SCHEDULES OFFICE OF TOURISM
DAY
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY OF PAIN
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
SATURDAY OF PASSION
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
PALM SUNDAY
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
HOLY MONDAY
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
HOLY TUESDAY
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
WEDNESDAY
10 to 15 and 16 to 20
HOLY THURSDAY
10-20
HOLY FRIDAY
10-20
SATURDAY GLORY
10 to 15 and 16 to 19
EASTER SUNDAY
10 to 15
PIT SANTA CLARA
DAY
SCHEDULE
HOLY THURSDAY
11:30 to 7:30 p.m.
HOLY FRIDAY
11:30 to 7:30 p.m.
SHOWERS
GIANT / SHOWERS
SCHEDULE
COME FROM PAIN
11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. and 5.30 a.m. to 20 p.m.
SATURDAY OF PASSION
11 to 14
PALM SUNDAY
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.
MONDAY
11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm
TUESDAY
11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm
WEDNESDAY
11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm
HOLY THURSDAY
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
HOLY FRIDAY
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY OF GLORY
11 to 14
The Councilor for Tourism has explained that within the special operation of Easter, Lorca Taller del Tiempo will conduct a series of guided tours that offer Lorca and visitors a unique experience.
The first of these is the special visit "The Other Holy Week", specially designed to know the ins and outs of our passionate biblical parades, declared of International Tourist Interest.
You will be able to know unique aspects that are not usually known by visitors as a trial of costaleros, flower arrangements of thrones, preparation of carts, floats and horses, the passion of a neighborhood for its images and the prayer of a Via Ancestral Crucis, among others.
Visits will start at 8 pm from the Visitors Center and each day will have a different tour.
Specifically, on April 8, Saturday Passion, will visit the brotherhood of Paso Negro, the monumental environment and explain the formation of the procession.
Holy Monday will be started by visiting the ship of the White Pass, its monumental surroundings and will attend a trial runners of Paso Azul.
The Holy Martes will explain and visit the monumental environment and will attend the procession of the meeting of the Incarnate Pass.
Finally, on Holy Wednesday will return to visit the ship of the White Pass, its monumental surroundings, and also visit the Paso Morado and give an explanation of the arrangement of thrones.
The price is € 7 adults, € 4 children (5 to 12 years) and free for children under 3 years.
In Easter there are also scheduled visits to the Castle of Lorca.
Tourists can explore the history of the various civilizations that have passed through the castle, including walls, cisterns and towers.
You will be able to make guided visits to the Alfonsina Tower and the Jewish Quarter knowing the only Synagogue in Spain that has not been used by another cult since the XV century.
You will enjoy in family with the children's animation, the theater visits and the flight of birds of prey in falconry exhibitions.
All this in one of the best green spaces in Lorca where you can also relax while restoring forces in the restaurant "Las Caballerizas del Castillo de Lorca", taste the local gastronomy.
The schedule will be from 10:30 am to 7:30 p.m., with the last entry being at 6:30 p.m.
From 7 to 12 April, different activities will also take place, among them the Teatralized Visit "El juglar del Rey", at 12:30 hours, in which the minstrel of the Castle who through stories, romances, legends And picaresca will interact with you to tell you how your life is in the service of King Alfonso X El Sabio.
Guided visit to the Archaeological Park and Synagogue with the following hours: 11:30, 13:30, 16:30 and 18:30 hours.
Guided visit to the Alfonsina Tower at 12:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The prices are 5 € the entrance, 3 € / pax Theatrical visit and 4 € / pax each guided tour.
There is also a special offer for € 10 which includes admission and 2 guided tours.
Among the activities to be held from 13 to 16 April and 18 April are the Teatralizada Visit "El juglar del Rey", at 12:30 p.m. and 16:30 p.m., in which the minstrel of the Castle Who through stories, romances, legends and picaresque will interact with you to tell you how your life is in the service of King Alfonso X El Sabio.
Guided visit to the Archaeological Park and Synagogue with the following schedule 11:30, 13:30, 16:30 and 18:30 hours.
Guided tour of the Alfonsina Tower at 12:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Children's Animation, from 15 hours to 16 hours, in which an entertainer will entertain the little ones of the house.
Finally, at 14 hours, there will be an exhibition of falconry, an expert falconer will perform demonstrations of different birds of prey in the courtyard of the castle.
The prices are € 8 admission, € 3 / pax Theatrical visit and € 4 / pax each guided tour.
There is also a special offer for € 13 which includes admission and 2 guided tours.
In addition, from 13 to 16 April, will also be available the tourist train that will go up to the Castle starting from the Visitors Center.
You will have uninterrupted hours from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the price will be 3 € up and down and 2 € just up or down.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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