Costa Cálida

What Cieza is really like: a Murcia Segura-valley town famous for its spring floración blossom, the Almadenes gorge and the Islamic site of Medina Siyasa.

What Yecla is really like: a Murcia Altiplano wine town of Monastrell reds, near the prehistoric UNESCO rock art of Monte Arabí and rugged sierras.

What Jumilla is really like: a Murcia Altiplano wine town famous for Monastrell reds, with a hilltop 15th-century castle and the Sierra del Carche nearby.

What Lorca is really like: an inland Murcia town crowned by the Fortress of the Sun, with a Baroque old town and a famously theatrical Holy Week.

What Murcia is really like: the Baroque cathedral, the Real Casino, huerta tapas on Plaza de las Flores, and the gateway to Costa Calida beaches.

Guide to San Javier on the Costa Cálida — Santiago de la Ribera’s Mar Menor beaches, the international jazz festival, La Manga access and travel tips.

Guide to San Pedro del Pinatar — Las Charcas mud baths, the salt flats and flamingos of the regional park, twin coastlines and Costa Cálida beach life.

Guide to Los Alcázares on the Mar Menor — warm shallow lagoon beaches, military aviation history, air show weeks and quiet Costa Cálida winters.

Guide to Mazarrón — 35 km of Costa Cálida coast: Bolnuevo’s wind-carved rocks, old mining landscapes, quiet beaches and the working port town.

Guide to Águilas — Murcia’s carnival town on the Costa Cálida: three bays, 35 coves, the railway loading dock, castle views and seafood.