Murcia, located along Spain's Costa Calida, is known for its year-round warm, sunny climate which attracts holidaymakers to the region. With an abundance of villas for rent on the beach resorts such as the La Manga Strip, Murcia Beach Villas With Private Pools, Mar Menor Golf Resort, La Torre Golf Resort and El Valle Golf Resort tourists can rent luxury La Manga Strip villas with private pools or affordable low cost apartments rentals and take full advantage of resort facilities such as communal pools, playgrounds, tennis courts and nearby restaurants.
If you're planning on looking for Holiday Rentals in Murcia this summer make sure you explore the local area and visit the many beautiful beaches on offer with some of our Mar Menor Villa Rentals. Murcia, also known as the Costa Calida in Spain offers over a hundred beaches for everyone to enjoy, whether you want to travel by boat to a picturesque deserted cove, or relax on a stretch of sandy beach to soak up the sun.
Simply travel a short distance from Murcia city to the coast to explore popular areas. Beach towns to visit include Mar Menor, San Javier, Cartagena, Mazarron, Aguilas, San Piedro del Pinatar and Lo Pagan. The Mar Menor in particular ( a large salt water lake effectively) is a really popular area to visit, with its warm Mediterranean waters and vast, golden beaches, shallow waters and small waves; Murcia beaches really cater for everyone
TOWNS (from north to south)
SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR / LO PAGAN
A compact but important town, with a good shopping centre and weekly street market on Mondays. San Pedro is well liked and has a pleasant centre with plenty of shops and entertainment all year round. It is of easy access with the motorway nearby. The suburb of Lo Pagan boasts a long beach and promenade area with a marina.
SANTIAGO DEL RIBERA
Long palm-lined promenade. Relatively undeveloped but this is shortly to changed with several large urbanisation’s planned on the edge of town. The town centre boasts a small but attractive shopping street, which starts on the promenade and goes inland.
SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR, SAN JAVIER
San Javier is another medium sized centre on the Mar Menor. It has a beautiful church and narrow streets. As usual it has banks, supermarkets, shops etc... A few developments have a foothold here.
SUCINA
Small inland typical Spanish village. Located about 10km inland between San Javier and Murcia. An almost perfectly strait road takes you directly to Sucina which burst into view in front of mountains with its church tower in its middle. With a new urbanisation being built within walking distance of its centre and a new golf course planned for 2005 in the vicinity, this village promises to become a major centre for ex-pats. Despite its small size, it boasts a few banks, a pharmacy, a post office, a couple of supermarkets, restaurants etc.
LOS ALCAZARES
Largest settlement on the Mar Menor. Mile long promenade, large marina, and beautiful beaches. A larger centre than other towns on the coast, with many shops, restaurants, bars, and a new shopping mall with a Cinema are being built in the northern side of town.
LOS NIETOS
Small seaside resort also with a promenade, safe beaches, and a small marina. Several developments under construction.
PLAYA HONDA
New town. Major developments and low prices have resulted in a large influx of foreigners. Flat, safe beaches. Sea front promenade planned.
CABO DE PALOS
Ancient fishing port and marina, with famous lighthouse. Many gourmet restaurants. Now becoming very popular with expatriates. The marine reserve of the Hormigas Isles lies a few miles offshore. Although located at the southernmost tip of the almost non stop developments starting in Torrevieja, one could scarcely tell. Cabo de Palos has every aspect of a small, isolated Mediterranean fishing village. Its small pedestrian streets and quaint shops belie a strong dependence on tourism. Unlike La Manga however, Cabo de Palos has an all-year-round economy and a most singular feature would be the Aussie Bar near the Marina.
CARTAGENA
Ancient seaport and naval dockyard, where the first submarine was built in 1900 and where they are still built today. Large shopping centre, with a Corte Ingles department store due to open in 2004. Unlike Murcia which has no direct route from Torrevieja, and Alicante which is linked only by busy roads, Cartagena is easy of access and a growing commercial centre. It is the ideal centre for the Costa Calida Developments between Puerto de Mazzaron and San Pedro del Pinatar.
PUERTO de MAZARRON
Busy fishing town with port and marina. Increasingly popular with ex-pats. Very pleasant surroundings. It will not become another Torrevieja or Benidorm mainly because of the lack of space for developments in it's immediate vicinity. It does, nevertheless, have a lot of potential for limited growth and will eventually become the commercial heart of the Southern Costa Calida.
AGUILAS
Much as Los Nietos, Playa Honda, etc.
LA MANGA
The 30km peninsula is now about 80% developed, mostly with apartment blocks. The Mediterranean and Mar Menor coasts are mostly sandy, and it boasts three marinas. Formerly a ‘summertime only’ resorts it is becoming increasing popular as a residential area.
Nearby is the renowned La Manga golf complex, consisting of three 18-hole golf courses of international standard
Local Markets
Monday: San Pedro del Pinatar.
Tuesday: La Unión, Los Belones y Los Alcázares.
Wednesday: Santiago de la Ribera, Cartagena y El Mirador (in the afternoon).
Thursday: San Javier y Los Urrutias.
Friday : El Algar y Torrevieja.
Saturday: Los Narejos y Torre Pacheco.
Sunday: Cabo de Palos ,Los Nietos y Autocine Mar Menor
