ARCHIVED - Jumilla features in the second season of Enclaves on Amazon Prime TV

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The wines of Jumilla take centre stage in the popular Spanish travel documentary

ARCHIVED - Jumilla features in the second season of Enclaves on Amazon Prime TV The municipalities of Jumilla and Águilas, in the far north and south-west of the Region of Murcia, are both to be featured in the next series of the Amazon Prime TV series “Enclaves”, which is presented by Nacho Rodríguez (“El Viajero”, or The Traveller”).

ARCHIVED - Jumilla features in the second season of Enclaves on Amazon Prime TV This represents a great showcase for the attractions of two very different locations in Murcia, Águilas boasting a spectacular stretch of Mediterranean coastline and a huge range of different beaches, while Jumilla is perhaps best known for its world-renowned wine production. In both cases the towns concerned have fascinating old centres which make it a pleasure to learn about their historical development, and both are overlooked by imposing castles.

The second season of Enclaves takes viewers to some of the most fascinating parts of Spain, showing some of the keys to enjoying local life, and in Jumilla El Viajero meets up with the famous enologist and presenter known as “Wineman”. The program also features the local wine museum, Jumsal and the bodega of one of the most important wine producing concerns in the area, García Carrión. The episode is titled “Una aventura cargada de sabores, historia y tradición” (An Adventure full Flavours, History and Tradition).

ARCHIVED - Jumilla features in the second season of Enclaves on Amazon Prime TV Also featured in the second series of Enclaves are the cities of Valencia and A Coruña, as well as Medina del Campo, Avilés, Campo de Criptana, the bio-reserves of Monfragüe and Tajo Internacional and the Geoparque Villuercas Ibores Jara.

The link to the second series can be found here.

For more local news, events and visiting information go to 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.

Jumilla Tourist Office

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.