Registration open for the pilgrimage to the Virgen de la Cabeza
Six routes from 55 towns in Jaén, Córdoba and Granada will arrive at the Sanctuary from February 23 to 28, 2027, for the 800th anniversary of the Apparition. Registration, with a donation of 25 euros, is done on the website of the Cofradía Matriz de Andújar.
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The Real Cofradía Matriz de la Virgen de la Cabeza has opened registration for the Marian Jubilee Pilgrimage, which, from Tuesday, February 23 to Sunday, February 28, 2027, will bring 75 delegations to the Santuario along six routes. Pilgrims will gather in Andújar on Saturday, February 27, and in the early hours of Sunday, February 28 they will go up along the Camino Viejo.
The routes, town by town
- Route 1: El Carpio and Cardeña (February 25), Montoro and Villa del Río (26) and Marmolejo (27).
- Route 2: Cabra (24), Bujalance, Cañete de las Torres, Baena, Luque and Albendín (25), Lopera, Santiago de Calatrava, Higuera de Calatrava, Valenzuela and Porcuna (26) and Arjonilla (27).
- Route 3: Alcalá la Real (23), Castillo de Locubín, Alcaudete and La Bobadilla (24), Martos, Torredelcampo, Los Villares and Jamilena (25), Torredonjimeno, Villardompardo and Escañuela (26) and Arjona (27).
- Route 4: Colomera, Benalúa de las Villas, Montillana and Noalejo (23), Campillo de Arenas, Torres and Jódar (24), Mancha Real, Carchelejo, Pegalajar and La Guardia (25), Jaén and Fuerte del Rey (26) and Lahiguera (27).
- Route 5: Sabiote and Baeza (23), Canena, Begíjar and Torreblascopedro (24), Linares and Villargordo (25), Bailén, Mengíbar, Espeluy and Cazalilla (26) and Villanueva de la Reina (27).
- Route 6: the ascent from Andújar to the Santuario, on Sunday, February 28.
The dates are those of the day on which each town sets out.
How to sign up
Registration is done on the website of the Real Cofradía Matriz de Andújar until November 15, 2026, choosing the route and the town from which you set out: you can walk just one stretch and join wherever suits you best. The donation is 25 euros and includes accident insurance and the pilgrim's kit (wristband, pilgrim's staff ribbon, booklet, guide, keyring, pen and bag). Transport, meals and accommodation are separate.
The pilgrimage is one of the major events of the Jubilee Year for the 800th anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgen de la Cabeza, which the Diócesis de Jaén celebrates from October 4, 2026 to December 8, 2027. After that will come the Centenary romería, on Sunday, April 25; the night of the Apparition, on August 11 and 12, and the Virgen's stay in the Catedral de Jaén, from September 25 to October 2.
Sign up on the Cofradía Matriz website (opens outside the portal)