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Costa Calida coasts offer great
sightseeing opportunities for the visitors.
Murcia
and
Cartagena are the cities on the spot in Costa Calida. It boasts great
archaeological treasures including the Roman theater, Modernist (Art Nouveau)
buildings and interesting museums. It is a harbor city of 3,000 years of
history. A visit to Murcia and Cartagena is a must on your Costa Calida
holidays.
The
Mar
Menor on the southeast of Murcia is
another beauty of nature. It is considered as the world's largest natural pool
with 170
square
kilometers
of a
shallow
lagoon
in warm
waters.
The Mar
Menor is
separated
from the
Mediterranean
by a
narrow
strip of
land of
22 km.
wide and
this
region
is
called
La Manga
del Mar
Menor,
which is
a
popular
tourist
resorts
on the
Mediterranean.
If
the
visitors
go to
the end
of La Manga
passing
Tomás
Maestre
bridge;
they
find the
Veneziola,
that is
an area
of
canals
and
channels
connecting
the two
seas. In
Veneziola,
visitors
are able
to
stroll
along
the reed
beds
where
the
waters
from the
two seas
naturally
mix
together
with a
great
landscape.
From
Cabo de
Palos
to
Aguilas,
the
Murcian
coast
becomes
a
succession
of
cliffs
and
offer
great
beauties
in the
company
of
solitary
coves
with
turquoise
waters
accessible
only by
sea or
by
trails
through
unspoiled
mountains
studded
with
palmettos
and
terebinthe
trees.
This
stretch
of
coastline
is very
ideal
for
diving,
sailing,
cave
diving,
hiking
and
climbing.
Aguilas
boasts
extensive
solitary
beaches
of La
Higuerica,
La
Carolina
and
Calabardina.
The
region
is very
ideal
especially
for skin
diving.
The Regional Park of Las Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar in
El Mojón is the most important wetlands in the region of Murcia worth to visit.
The park is open to the public and the environment is great with pine trees,
dunes and fine sandy beaches such as La Llana beach that can be visited
on foot or by bicycle. Also a visit to the encañizadas which is a
traditional fishing method in the region and formerly used by the Arabs is a
must.
As for
museums
in Costa
Calida;
there are several interesting museums to
visit
and see
in the
Costa Calida.
The Municipal Museum of Archeology of
Cartagena exhibits interesting collection of objects from the Bronze Age.
The
National Museum of Underwater Archaeology of Cartagena exhibits a collection
of amphoras used on the Iberian Peninsula during ancient times.
The Maritime
Museum of Cartagena exhibits an excellent collection of maritime art and
objects.
The Mining Museum of La Unión displays a didactic presentation
of the evolution of mineral extraction techniques in 19th century Murcian mines. |
