Malaga Car Hire

It is that time of the year again: Semana Santa is round the corner and Malaga is abuzz with the preparations for this annual extravaganza. This religious festival is the star attraction for tourists in

Malaga, which is characterised by splendid holy pasos or processions. Celebrated in the Easter Week, the main events are held on Palm Sunday.  Each of the processions is led by the traditional religious brotherhoods in

Malaga. The oldest among them are La Hermandad del Cristo de la Veracruz and La Archicofradia del Cristo de la Sangre- with origins back in the 15th and 16th century respectively.

The weeklong festivities are characterised by spectacular processions with the statues of Jesus Christ on the Cross-and the Virgin Mary in mourning. The members of the different brotherhoods are dressed in their traditional robes and they solemnly carry the statues in the procession from the different churches in and around Malaga.

Not many tourists know of the interesting fable attached to Semana Santa: The story goes that during the reign of Charles III, the Eater Week celebrations were put on hold due to an outbreak. The prisoners rebelled against this, broke the prison and escape. They then proceeded to carry their statue of heir statue of Jesus Nazareno into the streets on their shoulders. They returned to their cells in the prison after they returned the statue to the temple. When the king heard of this, he started the tradition of releasing a prisoner each year as a mark of the event.  The tradition is followed to his day and thus Semana Santa is also known for the freedom that one of the prisoners gets each day.

For all the excitement and activity, this festival also has a great emotional value. Devotion, art, colour and music are the flavours of the week that commemorates the death of Jesus Christ. A truly unforgettable and must see experience.

Malaga- the city of Museums- has a latest addition to its remarkable tradition.

Principia- Interactive Science Museum in Malaga promises to make learning fun. Open to the general public, the museum is located

Luis Bunuel Avenue. The museum aims to entertain and educate with a view to disseminate and popularise science and technology.

Principia is comprised of three big rooms: Santo Tomas Hormigo, featuring over 60 interactive modules to understand the underlying principles of many natural phenomena; Faraday, where live experiments are conducted; and the magical Planetarium, lighted by over 1,200 stars.

The museum is a great source of inspiration, and learning for teachers and students. Not surprisingly, school visits are quite common. However, grown ups too can have fun here and learn a few things in turn. In fact, the interactive museum is even more attractive as a place to learn, think and try out new things.

Principia - InteractiveScience

Museum

Address: Avda. Luis Bunuel, 6
City:

Malaga
Telephone: 95 207 04 81
Fax: 952 103 849
Website: www.principia-malaga.com

The Christmas spirit has set in Malaga and the whole city wears an excited an air. The preparations begin here in Malaga in the first week of December. The most awaited party of the year has begun and the streets and squares of the city are brilliant with huge Christmas trees, lights, ornaments, and flowers.

The city is dazzling with over 3 million lights, 900 lighted ornaments, 143 flowerpots, 100,000 Easter lights, bells, boxes and humongous. Ten meter high Christmas trees adorn the five major squares in Malaga: Plaza de la Constitucion, the Plaza del Marques de Larios, Plaza Jeronimo Cuervo, Plaza Felix Saenz and Huelin Park.

Fun activities for whole families include cribs skating rinks, music concerts, Christmas parties for children. Also, , the main principal postal Administration and the Telecommunications centre organise a brilliant festival, with performances by singers, magicians, illusionists and other artists of the city

The Christmas celebrities are rounded off by procession of the “Three Wise Men” very important Christmas tradition here.

On 5 January every year, at 5 p.m., the Three Wise Men arrive precisely at Malaga Port. They are seated in their beautifully decorated carriages. Then a child, representing all the children in Malaga, reads an Epiphany letter to the three kings.

The procession starts at the Paseo del Parque, finishes at the Town Hall building. The Three Maggi- Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar also appear at the procession every year. They are accompanied by a dozen carriages, and five music bands and a chorus.

As they pass through the city’s main avenues, all the members of the Procession will throw a million and a half sweets at the hundreds of thousands of who attend the cortege every year. Following the splendid entry of the Magi, sweets are distributed and toys and games are given as presents.

We are sure now you want to be a part of the celebrations too. Don’t miss out on such a glorious and memorable experience…bring your kids and tell your friends!

We look forward to welcome you in Malaga for the Holidays.

Wish You All a Very Merry Christmas

Welcome to the Dragon Cars Blog.

It’s that time of the year again when compliments of the season pour into your life from all areas.. look around you, the shops seem to be brighter and smiling at you, houses more decorated and cleaner, the air telling you its the holiday season yet again and time to be home with your loved ones.

As we start this blog during the holiday season, would like to share with you why grapes are lucky during the Spanish New Year, and not just a handful or few grapes, specifically 12 of them

On the midnight of the 31st of December, it is traditional to hear the 12 chimes from the clock at Puerta del Sol in Madrid. Each time the clock chimes, one grape is to be eaten and the one who finishes the fastest is said to be the lucky one!

It is said that the King of Spain had a big grape harvest and had distributed them on New Years Eve to everyone, continuing this tradition, Spanish residents still try to finish the 12 grapes every New Years Eve.

I’m sure it must have crossed your mind to visit Spain and try getting lucky. Please do!

Wishing all our clients Happy Holidays and looking forward to more years of car rental services with them in Spain as we have over all the past years.

& of course, a very Happy Birthday to our Natalie!