May 17 Family Fun Day morning of activities in Jumilla

Sign up to take part in these free crafty workshops

This Sunday May 17, there will be a morning of free activities for children and families taking place in the Plaza de Santa María in the town of Jumilla.

From 10am until 2pm, there will be several craft workshops and activities set up, including painting, working with clay or ceramics, Macramé working and also traditional Esparto grass weaving.

Don’t worry if you’ve never tried any of these things before – just go along and they’ll show you how! You never know, you might even become hooked!

In addition, there will be a mid-morning brunch served at 11am and a magic show at 11.30am! This is a great option for families with children in Jumilla to experience some fun, creative crafts and spend some quality time in the open air.

Anyone interested in going along and joining in can sign up by filling out this Google Form. It’s absolutely free, but there are only spaces for the first 50 families who sign up, so be sure to get in there now!

Directions to the Plaza de Santa María in Jumilla can be found on Google Maps here.

For more local news, events and visiting information please contact the Jumilla tourist office by telephone on +34 968 780 237, email oficinaturismo@jumilla.org) or 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.