Exciting trips for youngsters this summer from Caravaca de la Cruz
Water park, river rafting and theme part excursions organized by the Town Hall of Caravaca
Among the sporting and leisure activities organized for the summer of 2024 by the Town Hall of Caravaca de la Cruz is a series of subsidies days out for youngsters aged 7 to 13, with registration opening on June 17 via sporttia.com, by email at deportes@caravacadelacruz.es or by telephone on 968 703563.
The schedule for the summer is as follows:
June 26: Terra Mítica theme park in Benidorm, price 33 euros including admission to three areas of the park, coach transport, lunch and monitors.
July 3: River Rafting in the Almádenes Canyon and adventure park. Price 29 euros including coach transport, monitors and activities.
July 10: A night under the stars in La Junquera. Price 16 euros including coach transport, monitors and admission.
July 17: The water park of Vera in the province of Almería. Price 23 euros including coach transport, admission, monitors and lunch.
July 24: Multi-adventure water park in Tentegorra (Cartagena). Price 21 euros including coach transport, monitors and activities.
July 31: River Safari zoo park in Elche. Price 31 euros including coach transport, monitors admission, activities and lunch.
Image: terramiticapark.com
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Address
Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Caravaca de la Cruz tourist office
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 shares boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Tourist office 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
