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Capital City Murcia : Murcia
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Camping & Caravanning Murcia
 Eurocampings - ACSI Camping Guide
Camping & Caravaning en Espana
Holiday Homes / Apartments
Holidaylettings.co.uk
Spanish-Web.com - Self Catering Holiday Rentals
Find your Villa, Apartment or Country House to Rent
Hotels in Murcia
Booking - Hotels in Murcia - Hotel Guide Murcia
Hotels in Murcia, Los Alcázares, La Manga del Mar Menor, San Pedro del Pinatar, El Puerto de Mazarrón, Cartagena, Águilas, Lorca, El Palmar, San Javier, Archena, Librilla, and more.
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.
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Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar - protected area
It is a wetland with sand located in the northern part of the Mar Menor. Inside the protected area there is a
port and a salt mine in operation. In summer its beaches are quite crowded, and there is a tradition of mud baths.
Travel Agencies / Tour Operators
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Thomas Cook
Balneario de Archena - Spa Hotel & Resort Balneario de Archena
Thermal complex covering more than 200,000 m2 in Valle del Ricote, a privileged natural enclave found next to
Río Segura (Segura River) where it flows through Archena, close to Costa Blanca in Mar Menor.
It has three hotels and a spa where balneotherapic treatments are carried out, with water being the main
protagonist. Mineral-medicinal water spa treatments, along with the thalassotherapy treatments that employ
sea water, constitute the indispensable element in the scope of health tourism and water treatments.
Club Nautico Villa de San Pedro
Travel Guides Murcia / Related books
Amazon.com - Travel Guides Murcia
Archena Travel Guide
Archena Complete Illustrated Guide contains essential information on Monuments, Places of Interest, Food, Restaurants, etc ...
In the excellent book by Angel Ortiz and Lázaro Jiménez Ricote Valley. Hiking, biking and canoeing, (editorial
Natursport) reflects two routes that have their starting point and destination Archena Abarán.
Transport / How do I travel to Murcia
Murcia Airport - San Javier
Located on the northern shore of Mar Menor, at a distance of 47 km from the city of Murcia by dual
carriageway. It offers both flights to the principal Spanish cities, and regular or charter flights to other
European airports. Its strategic location makes it an ideal arrival point for destinations along the Costa Cálida,
or for travelling to Murcia, only 25 minutes away down the Murcia-San Javier dual carriageway.
Alicante (El Altet) Airport - , 68 km from Murcia
45 minutes away by motorway. Murcia can then be reached by taxi or using the regular bus service.
See Aena [ Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea ] for information about these Spanish airports.
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Tourist Board Murcia - Murcia Turstica
City Council of Murcia
CARM - La Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia
Costa Blanca
Costa Calida
Águilas - municipality and seaport
Located at the southern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, otherwise known as the Costa Cálida, near the border with the Province of Almería.
Águilas houses numerous beaches, including Cala de la Cueva de las Palomas, Cala de la Herradura, Playa
Amarilla, Playa de Calabardina, Playa de Calacerrada, Playa de Cope, Playa de la Cañada del Negro, Playa de
la Casica Verde, Playa de la Cola, Playa de la Colonia, Playa de la Galera, Playa de la Higuerica, Playa de la
Rambla Elena, Playa de las Pulgas, Playa de los Cocedores, Playa de Poniente, Playa del Arroz and Playa del Barranco de la Mar. See Tourist Board Aguilas and Municipality of Aguilas.
Archena - 24 km from Murcia city
Archena is home to a hot water mineral spa, dating back to Roman Times. See Archena.es.
Caravaca de la Cruz - capital of the northwest Region of Murcia
Caravaca is dominated by the medieval Castle of Santa Cruz, and contains several convents and a fine parish
church, with a miraculous cross celebrated for its healing power, in honor of which a yearly festival is held
on the 3 May. The hills which extend to the north are rich in marble and iron. The town is a considerable
industrial centre, with large iron-works, tanneries and manufactories of paper, chocolate and oil. See Municipality Caravaca.
Cartagena - City Council of Cartagena
A modern city, open to the Mediterranean, with more of 3000 years of history, who believes in his future, invites you to know it, meet their people, and enjoy it history and beauty.
Cartagena - Port Authority of Cartagena
The port of Cartagena has been, throughout all of its history, a required reference for the Mediterranean
maritime traffic. At the present time, due to the services that it renders, and to the continuous evolution of its traffic, the Port of Cartagena is among Spain's first few ports
El Pilar de la Horadada
Pilar de la Horadada has everything to enjoy the sun and the sea. The climate is typically Mediterranean, with
average temperatures of 18 º C, gentle breezes and the sun shining over 3,200 hours per year. The tourists
who go in search of a healthy lifestyle will find here the resources to enjoy the weather and sports in an
enviable framework. On the coast and inland you will find large areas of great ecological significance.
Mountains covered with oaks and pines, broad sandy beaches and small bays with rich and varied seabed.
In the vicinity of the village depart two routes through the dry riverbed and adjacent gully for hiking, a circular
four miles and the other ten-kilometer in-line. Beaches of Pilar de La Horadada : Playa del río, Playa el Conde,
Playa el Mojón, Playa el Puerto, Playa los Jesuitas, Playa las Higuericas, Playa las Villas, Playa Mil Palmeras, Playa Rocamar and Playa Vistamar. See Ayuntamiento Pilar de la Horadada
Guardamar del Segura - ca. 15 km long coastline with lovely sandy beaches
Typical Spanish town with some of the best beaches of Spain, magnificent dunes and natural areas.
Guardamar is a town which for centuries has managed to draw advantage from the vagaries of nature that
more than once it has shaken. Its strategic location at the mouth of the River Segura has largely helped to
determine the history of Guardamar. The archaeological site Cabezo Lucero, where the Dama de Guardamar
bust was excavated, proves that the Greek settlement later was inhabited by the Iberians. The Arabs had a settlement in the eastern part of town where you now can find the dunes.
The earthquake of 1829 swept the first full settlement of the map, so the 'guardamarencos' were forced to
find other places. They settled closer to the sea, where now the current Guardamar is located, and built new earthquake resistant homes.
Late 19th century encroaching sand dunes endangered the new town to become buried. People succeeded
to cut off the sand dunes by long lines of pine plants, a combination that made Guardamar del Segura a
unique place. Today, the eastern part of Guardamar del Segura is coccupied by the "Dunes of Guardamar, a
giant Forest Park of 840 ha that has been declared a Nature Reserve. Also worthwhile is a walk in the Reina
Sofia Park with its beautiful lakes, waterfalls and trails and where the indigenous fauna and flora can be admired. See Guardamar.net.
La Azohía
Come to see this quiet and charming village. Enjoy it calm beaches, great for practicing nautical sports.
La Manga del Mar Menor
The two seas paradise.
Lorca - town, 36 miles SW of the city of Murcia.
Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area [ after Cáceres ] in Spain with 646.8 sq mi. The
town stretches across an entire valley. It has mountains to a height of 1.500 meters to the North ans an 8 km
coastline. The surrounding area is covered with vineyards and olive trees. Lorca is central to a wide
selection of some of the most beautiful countryside in the south east of Spain including the Sierra Espuna, the
Sierra Los Vélez and the Levante Almeriense. The town was seriously damaged by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake on 11 May 2011. See Municipality of Lorca.
Los Alcázares - coastal spa town and former fishing village
Located on the Western side of the Mar Menor. Beaches Los Alcázares: Playa de Las Salinas, Playa de Los
Narejos, Playa de Las Palmeras, Playa del Espejo, Playa Manzanares, Playa Carrión and Playa de la Concha. See Arealosalcazares.net.
Los Belones
Situated in the center of the Calida Coast, between the Mediterranean and the Mar menor, offers to the tourist, 3 golf courses, practice fields and Golf school.
Mazarrón
Is a town famous for its fishing village and traditions.
Moratalla
San Pedro del Pinatar
It limits are, to the north with the town of Pilar de la Horadada (Alicante); to the east with the Mediterranena
sea; to the south with Mar Menor, and to the west with the town San Javier. See Tourist Board San Pedro and Municipality San Pedro del Pinatar,
Torrevieja - seaside city and municipality
Located 30 miles south of the city of Alicante. Torrevieja was originally a salt-mining and fishing village as it is
located between the sea and two large salt lakes (Las Salinas), which give Torrevieja a healthy micro climate.
Monuments, traditions and people make Torrevieja a great holiday destination. See Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja.
Yecla - town and municipality
Yecla has had a thriving trade in grain, wine, oil, fruit and other agricultural products produced in the
surrounding country. Since the second half of the 20th century, furniture making has become a local trade.
See http://www.yecla.es/
Marina de Sal Salinas
Marina of the Salinas,located within the Port of San Pedro del Pinatar in the southwest corner. It is one of the
best ports in the CARM for the quality of design and finishes. It has an extensive shopping and leisure as well as an extensive car park.
Mar Menor [ little sea or small sea ] - salty lagoon in the south-east
The lagoon is separated from the Mediterranean sea by La Manga, a sandbar 22km in length and with a
variable width from 100 to 1200m, and belongs to four municipalities: Cartagena, Los Alcázares, San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar.
Its relatively high salinity, which aids flotation, and remarkable sporting infrastructures make this one of the
most popular places in Europe for the practice and training of all kinds of water sports.
Ricote Valley
The Ricote Valley starts at the southern gateway, which is 23km from the capital Murcia. The eight towns
(from south to north – Archena, Villanueva del Río Segura, Ulea, Ojós, Ricote, Blanca, Abarán and Cieza) in
the valley straddle or sit along side the River Segura. In total the stretch is only 20km, a small portion of one of Spain's major rivers.
The most striking and attractive feature of the valley is the contrast between the lush green of the land around the river and the dry, stark and rugged mountains which envelop the area. See for more Murcia-exposed.co.uk.
Muhyiddin Muhammad Ibn Arabi - see Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society
Cuisine - Recipes from Murcia
Murcia cuisine has influences from the nearby kichens of La Mancha, Valencia and Granada. Belonging to the
Spanish East, the marine character of many dishes are evident [ a wealth of seafood cuisine ].
Gastronomía de la Región de Murcia
Murcia recipes
The Murcia region serves authentic Mediterranean cooking : cereals, vegetables and olive oil are the base of
this cuisine, which finds its source of inspiration in the market garden - natural, authentic, tasty and with a character all of its own.
Murcian rice
Murcian wines
There are three D.O.'s [ Denominations of Origin ]: Jumilla, Yecla and Bullas
Yecla Wines (DO)
History Murcia
The history of the Region of Murcia is like the historical development of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula.
A territory inhabited since ancient times and because of its Mediterranean location a witness to the passage of numerous cultures and civilizations.
The Region of Murcia is one of the most privileged parts of the Peninsula in terms of post-Palaeolithic cave
paintings, and in particular the sites at Monte Arabi and Cantos de Visera [ Yecla ], El Peliciego, Canto Blanco, El Buen Aire and La Calesica [ Jumilla ].
Remains of villas and factories from the Roman culture have been discovered at Los Torrejones [ Yecla ] and Los Cipreses [ Jumilla ].
History of Murcia
Historia de Murcia
Origins of Murcia and place names, Medieval Muslim (IX to XIII centuries), Christian Era (thirteenth to fifteenth
centuries), Modern Age [ XVI and XVII century, Eighteenth century ], Nineteenth Century [ The early years of
the twentieth century (1901 - 1930), Second Republic and Civil War (1931 - 1939), The Franco dictatorship and developmentalism (1939 - 1975), The Transition and Democracy (1975 - 2000), XXI Century.
Historia de la Región de Murcia
Archeological Museum Lorca - Museo Arqueologico de Lorca
Sima de las Palomas
The Sima de las Palomas [ Torre Pacheco ], located in the Cabezo Gordo [ one of the elevations of the Campo
de Cartagena - Mar Menor ] is a 20 m deep karst sinkhole in which numerous human remains have been found
, the second oldest in the Iberian Peninsula after the Sierra de Atapuerca. Deposits with remains of hominids
dating back to about 120,000 years ago in the Middle and Upper Pleistocene, and numerous climate indicators and the fauna and flora of the time.
Taifa of Murcia
The Taifa of Murcia was one of the Taifas of medieval Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain. It became
independent as a taifa centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Omayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (11th century). Moorish Taifa of Murcia included Albacete and part of Almería as well.
Culture of Argar.
Breve historia de la Región de Murcia. Murcia: Tres Fronteras
González Castaño, Juan (2009), ISBN 9788475645278.
Music, Culture & Events
Banda de Unión Musical Torrevejense
Museo del Mar y de la Sal in Torrevieja [ Museum of the sea and salt ]
Ethnological museum, mainly dedicated to Torrevieja and its seafaring and salt industry. Contains a range of thematic objects and images.
Ricardo Lafuente Museum
Devoted to Ricardo Lafuente Aguado teacher, choir director and orchestra Salinas de Torrevieja and creator
of many of Habana. In 1985, Ricardo Lafuente published his book "The habanera Torrevieja", a collection of
154 Havana, ancient, contemporary, popular, unknown and of his own, leaving a written record of folklore Torrevieja. See Youtube, Tribute to D. Ricardo Lafuente Aguado, creator of the Habanera "Torrevieja".
Holy Week Museum 'Tomás Valcárcel "
Open throughout the year, except Easter itself. All the assets of the passion processions, pictures, thrones, banners, exhibitions of sculpture, paintings and other objects.
Certamen International de Habaneras
The International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony of Torrevieja. Choral singing, especially the melodies of
habanera. The habanera is a genre of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. It is a creolized form
which developed from the contradanza. It has a characteristic "Habanera rhythm", and is performed with sung lyrics. It was the first dance music from Cuba to be exported all over the world.
Festivities in honor of the Santisima y Vera Cruz de Caravaca
May 1. Processions accompanying the Cruz de Moros y Cristianos (2 and 3 May). Fiesta de la Santisima y
Vera Cruz (May 3). Moors and Christians parade (May 4). Procession of the Holy and Vera Cruz. (May 5).
Fiestas de la Virgen - Yecla, December 6 to December 8.
In honor of the patron saint, the Virgen del Castillo.
La Huerta - international folklore festival and feast
Celebration of the region's [ Los Alcázares ] status as the market garden of Spain.
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores [ Águilas ]
Friday before Easter, folk festivals and procession with the holy sculpture of Our Lady.
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