More than three thousand houses populate the village of El Rocío, of brotherhoods or individuals. The houses, owned or rented, are now ready for a long weekend of devotion to the Queen of the Marshes.

When the pilgrimage arrives, rental prices skyrocket. The pandemic boosted the buying and selling of houses in the village, says Inmobiliaria Alonso Torres, who owns a real estate company in the town of Doñana, where the Virgin of theMarshes is buried.