Until August 15 Annual sporting events during the Feria and Fiestas of Jumilla

From chess to the annual 6.8-km cross-country race as Jumilla celebrates its annual August fiestas

Until August 15 Annual sporting events during the Feria and Fiestas of Jumilla While much of Murcia takes the month of August off, in Jumilla it’s perhaps the busiest time of the year as the grape harvest begins while the town celebrates its annual fiestas in honour of the new wine season and the patron, the Virgen of the Assumption.

July 28 to August 2 – The 25^th annual “Ciudad de Jumilla” tennis tournament at the Polideportivo La Hoya.

July 31 to August 2 – The 25^th “Ciudad de Jumilla” handball tournament at the Pabellón Carlos García.

August 9 – the 21^st annual swimming competition at the municipal outdoor pool (starting at 9.30).

August 11 and 12 – Badminton and table tennis tournaments at the Pabellón Carlos García.

August 13 – 3x3 basketball at the Pabellón Carlos García (starting at 9.30).

August 14 – Pickleball competition at the Pabellón Carlos García (starting at 9.30).

August 14 – Evening chess tournament in the Plaza de Santa María (starting at 20.30).

August 15 – The 45^th annual cross-country race starts at 9.00 at the Pabellón Carlos Garcóa. Registration to take part can be found online here.

For more information about visiting Jumilla, including what's on, local news and all of the bodegas on the Jumilla wine route, visit 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.