About Murcia - Costa Colida - Spain

 [ Maps of the Murcia area below ]

The 'Warm Coast', Costa Calida lives up to its name and its reputation. But although it indeed does have excellent weather, and some quite beautiful beaches, Costa Calida is also a region that remains, in some parts at least, relatively untouched by the concrete hand of tourism.

Property prices have recently started to hot up, however, now that the motorway has been lengthened to connect Alicante with Cartagena and Murcia. The area is steeped in fascinating history, and offers a truly Spanish lifestyle.

The region's capital is the ancient city of Murcia. Founded in 831 by the Moors, who irrigated the plains around the River Segura, Murcia today is a very busy and thriving commercial city with a small town like feel, boasting a multitude of cathedrals, palaces and other grand public buildings adorning its narrow streets.

Less 'touristy' than the other major population centres of the region, you can expect to be speaking Spanish with the friendly Murcians, and to be eating wonderfully authentic tapas in pleasant local bars in quiet squares.

On the coast southeast from Murcia is the remarkable Mar Menor, with its natural breakwater, known as the La Manga strip, which forms a huge, warm and shallow lagoon.

With 320 sunny days a year, miles of gorgeous beaches dotted with almond and palm trees and water sports galore on offer, it's extremely popular for family holidays. The Spaniards flock there during the summer, not least because the 'healing' mud of Mar Menor bay reputedly has powers to relieve rheumatic arthritis and various skin conditions.

At 2,300 years old, the port city of Cartagena can boast a history as proud as any European city. Indeed, only recently the remains of a 1st century Roman theatre were discovered nearby its 13th century church.

This heritage is reflected with the beautiful buildings and museums to be found here, but also with its natural harbour.

Cartagena has remained important, and today it is a modern city. Being just 25 minutes from the Tailormade Retirement Village, and with all the shops and other benefits of a city, Cartagena is a desirable patch of Spain.

What to do

In the Region of Murcia, visitors can engage in activities related to:

• Cultural heritage (monuments, museums and exhibitions, theatres, visitor centres).
• Nature (natural areas, beaches, footpaths, caves).
• Health and beauty (thermal spas, thalassotherapy centres, spas).
• Routes and excursions (tourist routes, guided visits, excursions by sea).
• Sport (charter nautical, yacht facilities, golf courses, adventure tourism companies, sports federations).
• Gastronomy (restaurants, foods of the region, recipes).
• Leisure (film showtimes, casinos, bullrings, weekly markets, shopping centres).
• Handicrafts (craft centres, traditional markets).
• Religious tourism and Language tourism
• Regional festivities and Cultural activities.

Map of the area - Camposol / Mazzaron, Murcia, Spain:
Additional Maps of Murcia Area below.

Tailormade Lifestyle Villages is situated 12kms directly inland from the coastal town of Mazarrón. Access is via the new Cartagena/Vera motorway which effectively passes right through the Camposol Urbanization. Or heading inland from the coast, continue on the main road through Mazarrón.