July 2025 The Las Fuentes del Marqués beauty spot in Caravaca welcomes the Wizard of Oz!
Dorothy travels through the wonderland of the Caravaca park on her quest!
Following the huge success of last year’s summer productions of Alice in Wonderland in the beauty spot of Las Fuentes del Marqués, just outside the Holy City of Caravaca de la Cruz, this year a dramatization is being performed of the Wizard of Oz, with the park converted into an extended stage set among the streams and wooded areas of this wonderful green area.
This adaptation of the story is entitled “El Nuevo Mundo de Oz” and combines humour, fantasy and excitement as the tale and Dorothy travels through Las Fuentes del Marqués. As Councillor José Santiago Villa explains, it is based on the classic film made in 1939 (adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum) but has been adapted for the public over 85 years later, and if last year’s experience is anything to go by will prove a huge hit with both locals and visitors from all over Europe during the summer.
The evening shows begin on Monday 14th July and last right through until the end of August - during July there are performances every day of the week except on Sunday, and the show begins at 22.00.
It is worth noting that, as actress Lola Salcedo explains, this is a family show designed to encourage reflection on the role of relatives and family members, and also that the design of props and scenery, in the hands of local artist Keke Calvache, has been made as ecological as possible, using recycled materials and respecting the natural environmental balance of Las Fuentes del Marqués while strengthening the narrative of the production.
Tickets are priced at 13.20 euros for adults, 11.00 euros for those aged 6 to 18 and 6..60 euros for those under 6, and are available online here. The maximum audience on any given evening is limited to 130 so book well in advance!
For more local events, news and visiting information contact the tourist office and information points or go to the home page of Caravaca Today.
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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 shares 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
