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Mazarron Holidays
Travel information about Mazarron Murcia and Costa Calida |
Travel information about Mazarron Murcia and Costa Calida
Tourist information about Mazarron in Spain. Travel to Mazarron and let Spain-Holiday.com guide and accommodate you |
Mazarron
is located on the South Eastern corner of Spain, to the West of the historic city of Cartagena. There are excellent road links and airports at Alicante and Murcia (San Javier - Murcia Regional Airport) offer regular flights to Europe and beyond. Mazarron boasts some of the best beaches in Spain and a wonderful climate; the area is relatively undeveloped when compared to the more popular Spanish Costas and as such provides an excellent location for a peaceful family holiday.
Travelling time to Mazarrón is about 1½ hours from Alicante airport, and about one hour from San Javier in an average family car.
Mazarron is actually two towns in one. There is the main town with its town hall, daily indoor fresh produce market, banks, medical facilities, shops etc. Then, there is its pretty seafront sister, Puerto de Mazarron.
The coast town of Puerto de Mazarron is known as the Cornwall of Spain with its pretty coves and harbours and pedestrianised walkways. The coastline of Puerto has many kilometres of fine unspoilt sandy beaches with safe bathing. The municipality has been awarded the coveted Blue Flag for water quality over consecutive years and The World Health Organisation recently declared the province of Murcia the cleanest area in Spain with the least industrial pollution.
During the long hot summer months, the water temperature in La Costa Calida rises to that of a warm bath so its the ideal place to master sports such as sailing, windsurfing, water and jet skiing as well as providing safe bathing for children.
The Mar Menor sea inlet, Europes biggest salt-water lagoon created by the spit of land known as La Manga (literally “the sleeve”), is believed to have great curative properties for ailments such as rheumatism and arthritis.
The coastline to the south of La Manga, i.e. Mazarron, is popular with Spanish holidaymakers and until recently stayed largely overlooked and undiscovered by foreign tourists. Nonetheless, the combination of low cost housing and year-round sunshine are now proving powerful magnets for international investors and many British ex-pats who have bought permanent or holiday homes here. However, since much of the area is a national park there are many building restrictions. Also the lack of large hotels means that this is not a resort but rather a typical Spanish town, frequented by the Spanish. This is the real undiscovered Spain, far from the tourist resorts further north in the Alicante area.
The Town Hall organises many attractions for all, including mountain walking, sub-aqua diving, sailing and a variety of other activities like live music and street party most evenings during the summer. At other times of the year it can be very quiet which makes it ideal for that quiet "get away from it all" style holiday favoured by many.
Mazarrón is famous for its plethora of wonderful seafood dishes; mouth-watering local dishes include bonito fish with noodles, peppers, garlic, sauté tomatoes and aniseed; Mazarrón sea bass oven baked with pepper, potatoes, tomatoes dressed with pine nuts and speciality rice with lobster.
There are a number of golf courses in the vecinity, including the famous La Manga club.
Viva-Calida offers beautiful Holiday Villas in Murcia on the spanish Costa Calida and on the Costa Blanca. These Costas are situated just north of the Costa del Sol. For people who are looking for the real spain.
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