Destinations

A natural harbor with layers of history, from Carthaginian roots to Roman ruins and modernista architecture.

A cathedral that layers Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque in one facade.

Vast, warm, and calm saltwater lagoon perfect for family activities and water sports

A protected stretch of wild coves and salt flats offering a raw, facility-free escape from the typical resort coast

A functional, uniquely two-sided sandbar separating the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor lagoon

Baroque palaces under a hilltop castle, in a Murcian city foreigners have not discovered.

One of the Catholic world's five holy cities, built up a hill around a relic and a fortress.

Remarkably preserved Roman theater integrated into a modern museum beneath a medieval castle

A warm, underrated regional capital known for its baroque cathedral and exceptional market garden produce

A quiet Murcian hill town with real streets and no visitors, next to somewhere far better known.

Eroded sandstone towers standing on the sand — the Gredas de Bolnuevo, sculpted by wind into ramparts and figures.

A pine-covered limestone range in the middle of Murcia, with snow wells, Barbary sheep and the region's best walking.

An undeveloped beach within Calblanque Regional Park on the Murcian coast, with limited vehicle access.

Murcia's westernmost port, under a castle and a wide bay, with an unexpectedly grand Carnival in February.

A wine and furniture town on Murcia's northern plateau, with a much-regarded Holy Week and an 18th-century basilica.

A small, sheltered urban cove beach on the outskirts of Cartagena.

A fishing village on a cape with a lighthouse, the best diving in the region and the caldero that comes from it.

The workshop of Francisco Salzillo, Murcia's 18th-century sculptor, and the processional figures he made for Holy Week.

A river falling over a limestone shelf into a pool below Bullas, with a Roman-era dam and channel above it.

An old mining town behind the coast, with Roman fish-salting works and the eroded rocks of Bolnuevo next door.

The old cathedral of Cartagena, gutted in the Civil War, standing over the Roman theatre in partial ruin.