Votive candle at Our Lady Church in El Rocio, Spain - Fotografia de stock

El Rocío village (municipality of Almonte, Huelva province, Spain) is located 15km from Matalascañas beach and next to Doñana National Park. The village consists of whitewashed houses and sandy streets, with which makes it really unique. The center of the village is the chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of El Rocío, one of the most venerated images of Virgen Mary in Spain. El Rocío is surrounded by nature that belongs to Doñana National Park and the means of transportation within the village are horses and horse carriages that you can hire to go for a ride in the surroundings. Annually there is a pilgrimage in springtime of organized brotherhoods, who arrive on foot, horseback or in chariots pulled by tractors, gathering almost one million people from all over Spain. This colorful event with music and songs devoted to the virgin of El Rocío is a performance that lasts a whole weekend, until the night of Monday of Pentecost.