Trip to see La Processo de Verges, Thursday 16th April, 2009
Often referred to as La Dansa de la Mort or the dance of the dead, and always held on Thursday's the day before Easter Good Friday.
I'd heard about this from some friends who said it was unmissable, so this year we made a determined effort to see it. Verges is about a half hour drive from Girona, going due east, on the way to coast. You'll pass very near to it if you go to places like Estartit and L'Escala.
The procession starts well late, at around 10pm for the first part. As we had left early we took a slight detour and popped into nearby Pals for a refreshment stop. When we got to Verges at about 10-ish parking the car was getting hard, but we managed to find a space. There's a theatrical-type bit at the start which requires a ticket and for those in the know is best bought in advance. The leaflet I'd picked up in Girona's tourist office had the info, but I had missed seeing it.
But on seeing the sold out signs and tickets at about 15 € each I thought we'd skip that bit.