Aguilas
Tel 968 493 285 – Sat Market
Every Saturday – Antique & Collectable Market near the Railway Station. From 10am.
Sunday 8th March – Free Theatrical Tour – 10.30am from Tourist Office
Sunday 8th March – Children’s Musical Theatre @ Auditorio Infanta Elena 4.30pm & 7pm 18€
Saturday 14th March – Free Guided Tour of Historic Aguilas – 11am from Tourist Office
Saturday 14th March – Chirigotas Competition @ Auditorio Infanta Elena 9pm
Sunday 15th & Sunday 22nd March – Lunchtime Theatre for Children @ Casa Cultura 12pm 3€
Friday 20th March – Adult Theatre @ Auditorio Infanta Elena 9.30pm 16€
Saturday 21st March – Doble K Teatro @ Auditorio Infanta Elena 9pm 8€
Sunday 22nd March (Spanish) & Saturday 28th March (English) – Ruta del Ferrocarril (Railway Route)
Sunday 29th March – Route of Cuatro Calas
Enjoy the natural and cultural values included by the European Commission in the Natura 2000 Network as a place of Community Interest, including the Cañada Brusca Saladar, proposed as a Botanical Micro-Reserve and the volcanic outcrop of Punta Parda which is of Geological Interest. 10am from Calarreona Beach. 4km. 2hrs. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes & hat. Take water, sunscreen and swimwear (in summer!)
Reserve at Tourist Office
Tel 670 307 818
Auditorio Infanta Elena
Promusica Concerts – 9pm -10€/15€ (season ticket 100€/45€ for children/students)
Friday 6th March – Chamber Music Concert with pianists Bertrand Giraud & Bruno Canino
Friday 27th March – OSRM playing Tchaikovsky & Mendelsson
Saturday 28th March – Forever Queen
Alhama de Murcia
http://turismo.alhamademurcia.es/
Tel 968 633 51 – Tues Market
There are some fabulous walks in the Sierra Espuña National Park.
Go tohttp://turismo.alhamademurcia.es and click on Paths of Sierra Espuña. You will find full details of all walks available and a map that you can download.
Saturday 28th March – Free Walk – La Sabiduria del Bosque 10am
Tel 968 431 430 for more information
Sunday 15th March – Free Theatrical Tour
Actors characterized as historical figures such as Jaime I El Conquistador and Marqués de los Vélez, will tell them how they lived in their respective times whilst visiting the most important cultural points in Calle La Feria, San Lázaro Church, Plaza Vieja, Casa de la Tercia, etc. with entrance to the Archaeological Museum Los Baños.
11am from Tourist Office
Fuente Alamo
Sat Market
Every Wednesday – Hacienda del Alamo Women’s Association Coffee Morning @ The Club House 10am-12pm
Lorca
Tel 968 441 914 – Thurs Market
Lorca Castle – general entry 6€. Guided Tours available in English for 4€ on Thursdays at 10.30am for 22€ to include lunch, with special packages Mon-Fri (15€). Check at Tourist Office for full details.
Saturday & Sunday – Full day visiting Moorish Lorca 12€
Full details from Tourist Office
Thursday 19th March – Visit Collegiate Church of San Patricio and its Three Squares
11.30am from Tourist Office. 5€ for over 13yrs. Booking essential
Mazarrón
Tel 968 594 426 – Sat Market
Free Guided Tours in Mazarrón area.
Visit the Tourist Office or www.visitamazarron.es for full details of all tours.
Mazarrón Sports Schools
Activities include Mountain Bike, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Beach Volley and are aimed at children and young people between 3 and 18 years and are priced at 75€ for the whole year (except for the two related to water sports taught by Bahía Surf Club and Escuela Grímpola, which cost 100€ and 150€ respectively). The table tennis school is completely free. There are discounts for members of large families and for those who can certify a 33% disability.
More information at the Town Hall.
Real Madrid Foundation – 7th Year
There are more than 60 places available for children between 5 and 17 years. They have already given almost 500 children from the area the experience of playing football with the Real Madrid camp. Each week, in the municipal sports complex of the Media Legua, sessions are held for minors from the local social services for an education in Values and Sports and Football Training.
Puerto Lumbreras
Tel 968 436 153 – Fri Market
Saturdays (6.30pm) & Sundays (11am) discover the historical and patrimonial wealth of Puerto Lumbreras through Medina Nogalte visiting its cave-houses and the Nogalte Castle. From Craftsman workshop cave house, reception of Medina Nogalte. 7pm. 3€ (under 10’s free). Payment due 2 days prior to visit @ ES 12 3058 0204 15 2732000020-City Hall of Puerto Lumbreras.
Totana
Tel 968 418 153 – Wed Market/Fri in El Pareton
Saturdays & Sundays – Guided Visit to La Bastida 4€. 10am/12pm. 10 people required for the tour
Right on your doorstep is one the important discoveries in European Prehistory, famously known as the Troy of Murcia.
The historical site of La Bastida was built 4,200 years ago and archaeologists believe that the fortification was designed by people with advanced military knowledge from the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, after a crisis laid waste to their regions 4,300 years ago. Constructed using a design never before seen in the West, the military innovation of the postern gate was not adopted by the Hittites and Mycenaeans until 400 and 800 years after the Murcian fort was built.
The fort was built on the rise of a hill and protected a city of four hectares, constructed with three metre thick walls, square towers that reached over seven metres high, a monumental entrance with a postern gate and a pointed arch, which still remains intact. This Bronze Age fortification was built for defence and combat and was unique in the art of conducting and resisting sieges (poliorcetics). Strong evidence suggests the emergence of a state structure and hierarchy which then caused a spectacular increase in violence.
“La Bastida was probably the most powerful city in continental Europe during the Bronze Age.”
La Bastida reflected a social and political change; the start of a trade system which at the time would have been unheard of, with clear evidence coming from the incredible artifacts found on the site and now on show in the museum. This incredible piece of history can be viewed with an English tour guide.
Reservations: at the Tourist Information Office situated in the Balsa Vieja (the square) in Totana town centre.
Tel 968 418 153 (English speaking)
Email turismo@totana.es
Saturdays – Free Guided Visit Museum Of The Tower Of Santiago 10am
The first level hosts the chapter house that refers to the lands of Totana; the Order of Santiago. The second level is the choir of the church, which shows the Mudejar coffered ceiling of the temple and the explanation of its chapels. The next level is known as ‘the bride’s room’, which was the old house of the bell ringer. The fourth level cannot be visited as it contains the current clock. The last level is the bell tower, where the second oldest bell of the Diocese is located, dating from 1470.
Ruta de Club Senderista 7.30am
Sunday 1st March – Al Berro. 16km (difficult)
For more information go to https://www.clubsenderistatotana.es