It’s here! One of the busiest times of year in Cancun is Easter Week, called Semana Santa (Saints Week). Beginning today, March 30th, Cancun sees many vacationers from within Mexico including Mexico City, Guadalajara, Veracruz and all over the country people flock to the white sandy beaches of Cancun.

This also marks the end of American and Canadian Spring Break. Cancun doesn’t have a chance to recover from the intense parties and extremely fun nightlife that happens during March for Spring Break before we jump right into Semana Santa for one of the busiest weeks of the whole year.

Semana Santa is the holy week at the end of the 40 day Lent. Most churches celebrate the week with parades and pageants with mass on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Mexico is 90% catholic, so this is considered the 2nd most important holiday after Christmas. It is a Mexican tradition to break “cascarones”, which are colored egg shells filled with confetti over the heads of family and friends.