{"id":1439,"date":"2010-07-14T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2010-07-14T18:02:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:02:03","slug":"virgen-del-carmen-processions-a-must-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/virgen-del-carmen-processions-a-must-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgen del Carmen Processions &#8211; a must see!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"sunsetbeachclub\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/virgen-del-carmen-processions-a-must-see\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1440\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Virgen-del-Carmen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1440\" title=\"Virgen del Carmen procession\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Virgen-del-Carmen-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Virgen-del-Carmen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Virgen-del-Carmen.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &quot;Virgen del Carmen&quot; procession<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Friday the 16th July many coastal towns throughout Spain will celebrate the festivities of the \u201cVirgen del Carmen\u201d. This is a special day for many of the small original fishing villages (I know, they\u2019ve changed a lot!) on the Costa del Sol as the Virgen del Carmen is actually the patron saint of fishermen (she\u2019s also the patron saint of the Spanish Navy) and no fishing boat sets to sea without her image on board.<\/p>\n<p>Head down to \u201cLa Carihuela\u201d in Torremolinos, Los Boliches in Fuengirola or even the Marina in Benalmadena, \u00a0and you will witness the beautiful processions which pay homage to the Virgen del Carmen. Each locality will have a slightly different ritual but all include the amazing procession of the Virgen del Carmen in the sea. She will be carried from the church to a beach or port and then placed on one of the fishing boats surrounded by flowers; what follows is a beautiful spectacle as dozens of boats surround the \u201cStella Maris\u201d \u2013 as she is also referred to- \u00a0and follow her out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen this procession, I recommend you take a drive down to the port in Benalmadena (or any of the other fishing ports and villages mentioned), you won\u2019t be disappointed! You might even be able to see the boat procession from the terrace of our Panorama Bar as they often come up as far as the hotel; make sure you bring your binoculars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This Friday the 16th July many coastal towns throughout Spain will celebrate the festivities of the \u201cVirgen del Carmen\u201d. This is a special day for many of the small original fishing villages (I know, they\u2019ve changed a lot!) on the Costa del Sol as the Virgen del Carmen is actually the patron saint of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,533,528],"tags":[154,211,876,808,277],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-costa-del-sol","category-things-to-do","category-whats-on","tag-benalmadena","tag-costa-del-sol","tag-procession","tag-things-to-do-2","tag-virgen-del-carmen"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}