Date Published: 09/07/2026

Makeover and modernization completed at the beautiful botanical garden of Jumilla

The park in La Estacada has been delighting locals for over half a century

Makeover and modernization completed at the beautiful botanical garden of Jumilla Although it’s not usually top of the list for visitors to Jumilla, surpassed by the castle and the historic buildings around the Plaza de Arriba, the botanical garden of La Estacada, just a couple of minutes’ drive outside the town centre, is one of the favourites among locals and is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon surrounded by gorgeous trees and impressive collection of plants, flowers, shrubs and bushes, and great care is always taken to ensure that it remains in prime condition throughout the year.

This year the garden has once again been improved, this time through regional government funding to the tune of 600,000 euros, and the completed work has been visited by the president of the Murcia government, Fernando López Miras in the company of the regional minister for tourism and local Mayoress Seve González, along with other local dignitaries. What they found was improved accessibility and a modernized watering system, along with (as is always the case) carefully looked-after plants, many of which have been renewed or replanted and a selection of over 150 species in the 35,000-square-metre area.

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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.