FESTIVALS

Six National Tourism Interest festivals, and 31 Regional Tourism Interest festivals provide an idea of the Murcia Region´s lengthy festive calendar, of great interest to residents and visitors alike.

January 6th - Fiesta when Spanish children receive their gifts. Murcia and Cartagena have special fiestas.

Easter Period - La Semana Santa (The Holy Week)
Starts on the Friday 10 days preceding Easter and lasts till Easter Sunday. All towns will hold fesrivities but the main ones are in Murcia, Cartagena and Jumilla.

Tuesday after Easter - Bando de la Huerta
In Murcia local people are wandering through the city in typical costumes.

Saturday after Easter - Entierro de la Sardine
Closing of the spring festivals. A parade with fanfare music and people dressed as giants and dwarfs go through the city. Toys are handed
out from the floats to the children in the crowd. At night there is a big fair and a huge firework spectacle.

June
Jazz festival - San Javier

July
Jazz festivel - San Javier

August
Folk festival in San Pedro del Pinatar and Lo Pagan
Fiesta de la Vendimia in Jumilla - celebrate the harvest.

September - 2nd Tuesday - Romería de la Fuensanta
Silent parade, in honor of the virgin Fuensanta, from the cathedral of Murcia to a church in the mountains.

September feasts - Fiestas de Septiembre
From the first Friday in September till the second Monday afterwards. During these days there is a large fair for young and old, concerts are given
and various bull fights can be visited.

September
Romans & Carthaginians - Cartagena.

MARKETS

Monday San pedro del Pinatar Caravaca de la Cruz

Tuesday Alicante Jumilla Los Alcazares Molina de Segura

Wednesday Cartagena Alcantarilla Cieza Totana Yecla Santiago de la Ribera

Thursday Murcia (2) Lorca San Javier Alicante

Friday cartagena El Algar

Saturday Alicante Aguilas Molina de Segura Torre Pacheco Fuente Alamo

Sunday Mazarron Cabo de Palos

WATERSPORTS

Murcia offers a wide choice of watersports activities to suit everyone. The shallow waters of the Mar Menor is ideal for beginners and the Med itself is beckoning for the more experienced sailor. Windsurfers will love La Mota beach, a completely natural course for speed, taking advantage of the wind without taking any risks of the sea.. Along the coast there are extensive beaches used for diving - all situated in the Salinas Regional Park.