Caravaca unveils new tourist brochure with fresh design and enhanced accessibility
More than 100,000 vibrant brochures have already been distributed throughout Caravaca de la Cruz
Caravaca de la Cruz is rolling out a major update to its tourist information, with the Town Council unveiling more than 100,000 newly designed brochures. These updated materials, which feature a vibrant new look and the latest content, are now available at key locations including the Municipal Tourist Office on Calle de Las Monjas and the Tourist Information Point on Plaza del Arco.
A standout feature of the new brochures is the street map created by renowned artist Eloy González. This beautifully illustrated map highlights Caravaca’s key monuments and traditions with colourful, engaging visuals.
José Santiago Villa, the Councillor for Tourism in Caravaca de la Cruz, emphasised the map’s importance, noting that it’s the most requested material at visitor services and accommodations.
This is why, he said, the council “wanted to make it more visual, attractive and modern with the help of one of the most outstanding illustrators in our Region, with a very recognisable artistic seal.”
In a significant move towards inclusivity, the updated materials also cater to visitors with communication or language difficulties, including those on the autism spectrum. The brochures now feature easy-to-read texts and pictograms, developed in collaboration with educators and students from the ASCRUZ Special Education Centre.
In addition, all brochures detailing Caravaca’s tourist attractions have been updated, now available in both Spanish and English. These comprehensive guides cover various aspects of the town, including its religious heritage, monumental architecture and vibrant festivals.
Each brochure includes a QR code linking to the Caminos de la Cruz pilgrimage routes.
For more local information, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today
Image: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
Address
Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and sahres boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
