Date Published: 18/07/2025

Yecla approves new central parking spaces to ease congestion

Up to 50 additional spots are planned around calles España and Hospital as part of the €88,000 investment

Yecla is set to significantly expand its parking capacity with the approval of new surface parking spaces in the central-eastern area, specifically around Calle España and Calle Hospital.

The Local Government Board has approved the start of the bidding process to award the lease of plots that will be used for public use as parking spaces.

The initiative will create between 40 and 50 new surface parking spaces, substantially expanding the amount of public parking available in Yecla's town centre. These additional spots will complement the 32 spaces already opened in November 2022 on Calle del Niño.

“With these parking spots we not only replace the spaces affected by the works on calles Hospital and España, but we even expand the total parking capacity in the centre,” Mayor Remedios Lajara explained.

“It is a measure designed to facilitate the daily lives of residents, businesses and visitors, thus fulfilling our commitment to improve the streets of our town and the provision of spaces for parking,” he added.

The project represents a significant investment in urban infrastructure, with the municipal budget allocating €40,000 for the lease arrangements and an additional €48,000 for adaptation and conditioning work. These funds were included in the municipal budget for 2025, which was approved in January.

The new parking spaces should be up and running by the last quarter of 2025.

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In early 2025, due to renovation work at the usual office, the service is located on the other side of the Plaza Mayor at Calle Epifanio Ibáñez nº 2 (click for map).

Yecla Tourist Office Yecla is a large municipality in the north of the Region of Murcia, home to just under 35,000 people, and these days is best known for its wines, which enjoy Denomination of Origin status, and its furniture production, which has its origins in the abundance of pine trees on the mountainsides and the high plateaux.

Yecla Tourist Office While visitors in the 21st century may be attracted primarily by wine tourism, the town (or city, as it was proclaimed in 1878) also has a wide historical, cultural and natural heritage, and an identity quite different from the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia. For this reason it is often grouped together with its neighbour and fellow wine-producing area Jumilla as part of the Altiplano area.

Yecla borders with Castilla-La Mancha and the Region of Valencia and is closer to Alicante coastal areas than much of Murcia. These visitors come to see the historic old town itself - an atmospheric and interesting place, crammed full of history - the natural beauty of Monte Arabí, with stunning views for those who enjoy the outdoors, the gastonomy and of course the wine route.

Yecla Tourist Office Yecla boasts cave paintings from 10,000 years ago in Monte Arabí, a Bronze Age settlement at El Arabilejo, Iberian remains in El Pulpillo and a Roman administrative centre at Los Torrejones as well as the remnants of the 11th century Moorish castle on the hill behind the town. More modern (and complete) testimony to the past are the buildings in the town centre, which include the grandiose Basílica de la Purísima, with its striking blue dome, the archaeological museum and the attractive Plaza Mayor, where the 16th century Town Hall stands alongside the Renaissance Casa de los Alarcos, the clock tower and the old grain store.

Yecla Tourist Office The tourist office holds a full selection of leaflets, maps, pre-planned routes, accommodation and restaurant options and information about visiting Yecla for both individuals and groups.