About Murcia

Region of Murcia is located in the southeastern of Spain, between Andalusia (west), Castilia-La Mancha (North), Valencia (East) and Mediterranean Sea (South).
The city of Murcia is the capital of the Region. Other major cities are: Cartagena, Lorca, Caravaca de la Cruz, Jumilla, Yecla, Bullas, Mazarrón, Aguilas ...

Stats

Cabezo de la Jara Natural Park


 "Cabezo de la Jara is the highest mountain in the municipality of Puerto Lumbreras (Region of Murcia), with a height of 1,247 meters above sea level. At this point the municipalities of Puerto Lumbreras (Murcia), Vélez Rubio and Huércal-Overa (Almería, Andalusia) concur, to which the Cabezo belongs, in addition to its northeastern quadrant that corresponds to the term of Lorca.

It is a calcareous cap on slate rocks (schists) that is considered a Site of Community Importance (SCI) at the proposal of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia next to the territorial framework of the Rambla de Nogalte, with an extension of environmental protection of 1325 .69 hectares" (From official tourism website of Puerto Lumbreras)

At that place you can find: youth hostel (for  80 people), themed trails (botanical and astronomical), astronomical observatory (to look at the stars), chasms (to do caving), MTB trials.

Comentarios

Entradas populares