Most visitors arrive in Águilas expecting beaches, seafood and one of Spain’s most famous carnivals. Few realise that this quiet Mediterranean town was once one of the most important mining export ports in southern Europe and that its skyline was shaped as much...
A few miles north of San Juan de los Terreros, the coastal road passes through an apparently ordinary corner of eastern Andalusia. There are fields, low hills, greenhouses, scattered houses and a broad Mediterranean shoreline. Nothing in the landscape immediately...
Puerto Lumbreras stands at one of the most important crossroads in southeastern Spain. Situated in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, close to the border with Andalusia, the town has served for centuries as a natural gateway between the Mediterranean...
he Carnival of Lorca is frequently presented as one of the Region of Murcia’s major annual celebrations. Colourful parades, elaborate costumes and a lively atmosphere attract thousands of visitors every year, leading many travellers to expect an event comparable...
At Spain’s southernmost corner of the Province of Alicante, the municipalities of Pilar de la Horadada and Torre de la Horadada occupy a strategic position that has connected travellers, merchants and armies for more than two thousand years. Today they are known...
