What about going in Holy Week (Easter)?

If you are on pilgrimage in Holy Week you may see some famous processions::

Camino Francés

Burgos

• Holy Monday: Via Crucis.
• Maundy Thursday: meeting of Jesús con la Cruz a Cuestas and Nuestra Senora de los Dolores in Plaza del Rey San Fernando.

Sahagún

• Holy Saturday morning: Before Procession of Los Pasos visitors are carried shoulder-high to knock on door of the chapel where the religious floats are stored.
• Good Friday afternoon: Procession of El Santo Entierro.

León

• Religious brotherhoods are known as 'papones'. Processions date from the 16th century.
• Maundy Thursday: musical procession of El dulce nombre de Jesús Nazareno.
• Good Friday:  The Procession of Los Pasos. 9am Meeting of La Dolorosa and San Juan in Plaza Mayor.
• Holy Saturday: El Desenclavo; afternoon opposite Puerta del Perdón in San Isidoro.
• Links: www.semanasantaleon.org

Astorga

• Processions each day, especially Maundy Thursday night El Silencio and Good Friday, some in the early hours of Friday morning.
• Race of San Juanin in Plaza Mayor - the race of the image of St John hurrying to tell Our Lady Of Sorrows of the death of her Son.
• Links: www.semanasanta-astorga.com

Ponferrada

• Easter Saturday after dark: Salve to Virgen de la Soledad in front of San Andrés.
• Easter Sunday: procession of the sacrament accompanied by the women of the town.

Via de la Plata

Salamanca

• Maundy Thursday: Procession of the Brotherhood of El Cristo del Amor y de la Pazincludes prayers in front of New Cathedral.
• Good Friday: Descent from the Cross in Patio Chico.

Zamora

• Holy Monday: Procession of Penitential Brotherhood of El Santísimo Cristo de la Buena Muerte departs from church of San Lazaro, accompanied by singing of motetJerusalén, Jerusalén by Miguel Manzano.
• Maundy Thursday: midnight, El Canto del Miserere, Plaza de Viriato - flaming torches line the street , singing of Jesús Yacente.