The Coronation of the Virgen del Carmen in La Isleta and processions
The Coronation ceremonies of the Virgin of Carmen de La Isleta will take place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday, 3 May 2025.
The procession of the image to the Naval Base, where a mass will be celebrated and the canonical coronation will take place, will generate street closures in La Isleta, Puerto, and Mesa y López. There will also be a fireworks display during the return of the Virgin to the temple.
15:00 The image will depart on Saturday from the church located on Calle Umiaga and then continue along Benartemi, La Naval, Benecharo, Juan Rejón, Albareda, Parque de Santa Catalina, Presidente Alvear, Avenida José Mesa y López streets to the Naval Base.
Road closures:
The procession will close, starting at 13:00, Umiaga, Malfú, Fontanales, Tecén, Tauro, Anzofé, Benartemi, La Naval, Juan Rejón, Benecharo, Doctor José Guerra Navarro, Artemi Semidán, Pérez Muñoz, Mahón, and Princesa Guayarmina streets, as well as inside the Avenida Marítima tunnel towards Pérez Muñoz.
In the Santa Catalina sector, road closures will be in Albareda, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Sagasta, Salvador Cuyás, Hierro, Pedro Castillo Westerling, Padre Cueto, Alfredo L. Jones, Luis Morote, and Nicolás Estévanez.
In the Mesa y López sector, road closures will occur in León y Castillo, Presidente Alvear, Franchy Roca, El Marino, Isla de Cuba, Cirilo Moreno, Montevideo, Ruiz de Alda, Juan Manuel Durán, and Avenida José Mesa y López.
Return procession
Once the mass and coronation are over, the Virgin of Carmen will return to her parish with a procession that will pass through the intersection of the Naval Base and the Santa Catalina Seafront onto Avenida Marítima, Plaza de Canarias, Luis Morote, Eduardo Benot, López Socas, Rosarito, Pérez Muñoz, Tauro, Artemi Semidán, Tecén, Benecharo, Fontanales, and Benartemi.
The roads affected from 6:00 p.m. in the Santa Catalina Sector will be the intersection of the Naval Base and Mesa y López, Luis Morote, Eduardo Benot, Alfredo L. Jones, and Gran Canaria.
In the Isleta sector, traffic will be cut off on López Socas, Rosarito, Mahón, Pérez Muñoz streets, and the access tunnel from Avenida Marítima, Juan Rejón, La Naval, Gordillo, Anzofé, Tauro, Artemi Semidán, Tecén, Benecharo, Fontanales, Tanausú, Juncalillo, Osorio, Arauz, Guayedra, Tenesor, Tamarán, Romeral, Benartemi, and Umiaga.
General closures will also be in place starting at 13:00 on Saturday at the intersection to Alcaravaneras from Torre Las Palmas and Avenida Marítima heading north, León y Castillo between Néstor de la Torre and Avenida José Mesa y López; and Néstor de la Torre between Presidente Alvear and León y Castillo.
The roads will reopen gradually after the image passes, both to the right and back.
