Entierro de la Sardina

The end of the Entierro de La Sardina festival approaches. We have experienced unprecedented days in Murcia. It is wide after midnight and the Sardineros on the big parade cars have their hands full to distribute all the little presents. After the last parade car has passed by, we go to the Plaza Martinez Tornel. […]

Once a year, in the week after Easter, something special happens in Murcia. The city celebrates the festival “Entierro de La Sardina”, the Burial of the Sardine. Saturday evening is the great parade before the sardine undergoes a cremation. This is the highlight of the celebrations. The Gran Via del Escultor Francisco Salzillo is already […]

It will be a long day respective a long night. Daniel Robles invites us to a delicious lunch at the Hotel Catalonia Conde De Floridablanca*. Well strengthened for the upcoming event, we go with our international group to the nearby starting point for the upcoming grand parade of the Entierro de la Sardina. First spectators […]

Finally, the Saturday after Easter arrived. It is the day when all hell has broken loose in Murcia. 900.000 people move through the city, which itself has “only” 450,000 inhabitants. In the morning, a small parade, the Parade – Dona Sardina, takes place. When we arrive in front of the town hall, the Bolivian groups […]

The Parade – Testament of the Sardine, Desfile de “Testamento de la Sardina”, is the second highlight of the festival “El Entierro de la Sardina”, The Burial of the Sardine. While we wait, the Sardineros groups are moving through the streets to reach the starting point of the parade. Even the samba drummers loudly attract […]

Further guests, invited by Daniel Robles for Entierro de La Sardina festival, arrive around the lunchtime. From Spain, the Tourism Manager Tomeu Fiol from Mallorca and the Marketing Manager Rayko Lorenzo Martín from Granada with their families are present. Travel journalist Nani Arenas has traveled from A Coruña. Antonio Postigo Alarcón with his son from […]