Santa Faz Pilgrimage

Starting out at 8 o'clock in the morning, the route to the Monastery is walked in about two and a half hours, a period that includes the traditional stop -the paraeta- for a breakfast of anise rolls with mistela wine.

The significance of the Monastery is that it contains a relic that according to tradition is a veil with which Veronica wiped the bleeding face of Jesus. The relic is devoutly venerated by the country people of Alicante from the time that the first pilgrimage was made to the Monastery in 1489.

After the religious celebrations in which the pilgrims beg for mercy from the relic, the tradition is for visitors to visit the many different stands selling all kinds of objects (the most typical purchase is an earthenware bell) and then to have a picnic.

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