Monasterio de Carmelitas Descalzas de Jesús María y José — Attraction in Vélez-Málaga

Now still existing Carmelitas in Velez - Malaga, Spain. You can still donate anything through old wooden cylinder device. Front door in the middle is opened about from morning time to evening time almost everyday. You can see this still using ancient wooden cylinder device right inside old thick wooden front door. You just put your donation(money, food...etc.) with your short prayer request memo(in spanish or english) inside this wooden cylinder device and spin this cylinder 180 degree and ring the bell above this cylinder and a ascetic will respond to you. Right side big door is church. You can attend Mass 8:00 am(mon - sat) 9:00am(sun) everyday. 1 Mass offerings request for a person costs at least 10 euro. You can also request mass offerings for a person through this wooden cylinder with your request memo and euro payment. You can also see the very old no longer using wooden confession place in this church during the mass session. Good thing is a bus stop is right at the corner of this Carmelitas building. You can go here by bus. In front of this Carmelitas building, there is the Velez - Malaga city hall building. You can experience special thing in this place. And also, if you climb up to the top of this village(about 15 - 20 minutes by walk) from this Carmelitas, you can also visit the special church for Virgin Mary. There is the big, big beautiful Virgin Mary statue in this church. It is called 'Virgen de Los Remedios, Velez -...

Based on the 5-star rating, I was expecting to be able to see the monastery from the inside. This is not possible. So it’s a yellow building as in the pictures. On top of that the plaza in front was...

Para todos los transeúntes que vivimos y pasamos por el Monasterio de las Carmelitas descalzas a diario, es muy dificil ver abierta la capilla del edificio a no ser que sea en dias muy, muy señalados como los dias santos de la Semana Santa que en Vélez es una autentica maravilla. Curiosamente, por fin vi las puertas abiertas del templo y pude sacar estas fotos... muy agradecida por la oportunidad de conocer su interior, discreto pero algunas visibles para los curiosos que nos gusta la...