Date Published: 11/04/2025

Besieging the Castle, Asedio al Castillo, a mobile phone app for enjoying the history and heritage of Jumilla

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Discover the architecture and history of Jumilla on a quest to take control of the castle of Jumilla!

Besieging the Castle, Asedio al Castillo, a mobile phone app for enjoying the history and heritage of Jumilla The Town Hall of Jumilla in northern Murcia has presented a new tourism initiative consisting of a mobile phone app which invites participants to complete a “gymkhana” game entitled “Asedio al Castillo” (Besieging the Castle).

This culturally and historically informative game takes visitors (and locals!) back to the year 1358, when Jumilla, like the rest of Murcia, had been under Christian rule for only a century or so and was still dangerously close to the Nazrid kingdom of Andalucía. At this time the castle we see today had not been built (that was to come in 1461) but the same spot was occupied by a fortress and a small church.

Anyone who accepts the challenge of Asedio al Castillo (and it is designed to appeal to both adults and children) begins their route outside the Iglesia del Salvador, where the new app was presented by Mayoress Seve González, councillor Asunción Navarro and the director general of Quality Tourism in the regional government, Eva Reverte. They then spend the next 90 minutes or so in the role of Castilian soldiers, covering a distance of 1.3 kilometres and solving 12 puzzles as they try to wrest control of the castle from their Aragonese enemies before reinforcements arrive from the north.

Besieging the Castle, Asedio al Castillo, a mobile phone app for enjoying the history and heritage of Jumilla Along the way, they learn lots about the history and architectural gems of Jumilla on a journey which not only offers and rich cultural and touristic experience but also helps to stimulate tourist activity in the old town centre.

Asedio al Castillo is available 24 hours a day and can be accessed on mobile devices by scanning the QR code which is displayed on plaques along the route. These plaques will be located at the church of El Salvador, at the castle, at the tourist office, in the Plaza de la Constitución and in the Jardín de la Glorieta. No prior booking is required and of course the activity can be enjoyed at any time of year.

For more information about visiting Jumilla, including what's on, local news and all of the bodegas on the Jumilla wine route, visit the home page of Jumilla Today.

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

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These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.