Sabores del Camino gastronomy route in Caravaca de la Cruz
Local restaurants in and around Caravaca join forces to promote their mouth-watering specialities!
A new initiative launched by the Town Hall of Caravaca de la Cruz has gained the support of 30 local bars and restaurants, all keen to promote their culinary expertise under the banner of the “Sabores del Camino” program.
The establishments taking part form 5 separate routes based on the different paths taken by pilgrims to the Holy City of Caravaca (the Camino de Levante, the Camino de la Vera Cruz, the Camino de San Juan de la Cruz, the Camino Espiritual del Sur and the Camino del Mediterráneo), thus offering a chance not only to eat well but also to discover aspects of the historical and gastronomic heritage of the city. Among the specialities on offer are tapas, snacks and desserts, ranging from traditional favourites to the most innovative recent creations of the chefs involved.
The 5 routes are as follows:
Camino de Levante
Las Delicias del Horno, La Despensa del Peregrino, Bar 33, La Bodega, Restaurante el Progreso, Bodegón Isi, Cafetería el Horno
Camino de la Vera Cruz
Arce Bar, Qué Giro, El Edén, Felymar, Cafetería Plaza
Camino de San Juan de la Cruz
Bar Pizzería Capry, El Patio de Mi Casa, Bar Rodeo, Paladar, Doña Luisa
Camino Espiritual del Sur
La Loma, Cafetería Tati, Molière, Saborea, el Horno Prolongación, Los Valencianisimos
Camino del Mediterráneo
Pasará Café, Bar Tere, Bocattas, La Tasca de Enfrente, Camino del Huerto, Monkeys Coffee
Full details of the Sabores del Camino establishments and their specialities can be found at www.saboresdelcamino.com, and the routes remain in operation at least until the end of 2025, with more than 3,000 route maps already having been printed in the style of the “credencial” used by pilgrims during the 7-yearly Holy Jubilee events.
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Address
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
