The McComish Spanish Holiday Villa
________________________________________________________________________________ Scroll down past the menu to view the page, then select an option from the menu to continue to another page. BACK TO THE MAIN SPANISH SITE Home Page MENU Home - Text Only The Villa - Text Only The Area - Text Only Things to Do - Text Only Prices - Text Only Availability - Text Only Booking - Text Only FAQs - Text Only Contact Us - Text Only Site Map - Text Only Terms And Conditions - Text Only BACK TO THE MAIN SPANISH SITE Home Page THE AREA (TEXT ONLY) - Spanish Holiday Villa Choose one of the links below to start discovering The Area | Spain | The La Torre Golf Resort | Murcia | Cartagena | Alicante | he Villa is located in La Torre Golf Resort, which is one of the Polaris World resorts and is located in the region of Murcia in Spain. Within Spain, Murcia is located in the South East.
La Torre Golf Resort has excellent access to the main cities of Spain and Europe, as well as excellent access to airports. The times below show you how long it will take to get to reach some of these places when traveling by car.
The setting that surrounds you at La Torre Golf Resort is incomparable, with a magnificent golf course and the sea only 10 minutes away. All this in one of the regions with the greatest yearly number of sunny days, an average temperature of 21º C, and 250 km of shoreline over two seas: the Minor and the Mediterranean. A land of contrasts, with a landscape that is home to high mountain natural parks, and wonderful beaches such as those of La Manga, Mazarrón and Calblanque. La Torre is a part of the "Minor Sea Shores" complex, a privileged area that brings together all Polaris World Resorts within a radius of a few kilometres. This way residents can enjoy the entire range of complex services, together with excellent access to the region's most important cities such as Murcia and Cartagena.
OVERVIEW The Murcia Region is located right in the middle of the Mediterranean arch, between Valencia, Andalusia, and Castilla-La Mancha. It covers an area of 11,317 km2, ranking 9th in size among Spain's Autonomous Regions. Murcia is one of the regions with the most sunny days a year, an average annual temperature of 21º C, and 250 km of shoreline along two seas: the Mar Menor and the Mediterranean. It is noted for being a land of contrasts, with mountainous national parks, southern basins with steppe landscapes, and wonderful beaches such as those of La Manga, Mazarrón and Calblanque. FESTIVALS, TRADITIONS AND COOKING The most important festival of the region is that of Santisima y Vera Cruz (May). The Easter-Week celebrations in Cartagena, Jumilla, Jorca and Murcia are spectacular. As too is the Patronal of the Purisima Concepcion in Yecla. Other notable festivities are the Tamborada and the many romarios (local pilgrimages), such as San Blas de Santiago de la Ribera(San Javier). And finally, mention must be made of the festivals of the Carthaginians and Romans, and the Moors and Christians. Murcian dishes depend on the excellent quality of the region's market garden vegetables, which when added to the meat, especially pork, recipes and the plentiful fish choices one is spoilt for choice. The Romans left the art of fish preserving and seasoning. The Arabs introduced rice and how to cook it with a thousand spices, condiments and aromatic plants. HISTORY Given its location it is not surprising that the Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Carthaginians all came to Murcia and left their mark. But it fell to the Romans to establish a period of some six hundred years of relative economic prosperity throughout the coastal region. The Arabs, under Abdelaziz, conquered the army of the Visigoth's in 713 at Cartagena and in turn fell under the control of Castile from 1243 onwards, to be eventually expelled in 1492. Some three hundred years of, seemingly, agricultural anonymity was relieved in the eighteenth century by a period of baroque splendour. The nineteenth century was a period of crises and droughts. The twentieth century saw industrial growth (mining) and a transformation of agricultural processes which finally has given the region the necessary economic base to protect its enviable natural heritage and to enable residents and visitors to make sustainable good use of it. COASTLINE AND BEACHES The Costa Calida offers two seas - Mar Menor and the Mediterranean - on one coastline. The Mar Menor was originally an open bay of some 65sq miles that is now virtually enclosed and provides an ideal bathing and water sports sea of no more than seven metres deep. The coastline ranges from impressive cliffs to inviting beaches of white sand that seem to go on and on, until they meet a fishing village or a cove with mirror-clear waters. One can enjoy all of this in almost three thousand hours of sun a year at an average daytime temperature of 18c. But the coast is not solely about beaches and water sports; there are protected natural areas such as the salt marshes of San Pedro and the wildlife reserve of Calblanque close to La Manga and the village of Cabo de Palos. COUNTRYSIDE, WILDLIFE, ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS In environmental terms Murcia is halfway between Africa and Europe which helps to explain its variety of landscapes and habitats. In a relatively small area one can pass from mountains to arid, steppe-like, plains, to the forests of the Betis Sierras and then to the rich meadows of the Segura basin and finally to one hundred miles of coastline. This environmental diversity is faithfully represented in the nineteen specially protected countryside and wildlife areas. The most important ones are – Parque Natural de Sierra Espuña, the regional parks of Carrascoy and El Valle, Sierra de Pila, the salt marsh of Don Pedro del Pinatar, Cablanque and Cape Cobo, and Calnegre Point, the Nature Reserve of Sotos, and the riparian forests of Cañaverosa. The region is an excellent place for activity holidays in the countryside. Throughout the whole length of the coast from Cabo de Palos and Portman, as far as Cartagena the Country park of Calnegre, offers great scope for walking and hiking. Further inland there are interesting routes for walking, horse riding and mountain biking as well as complete packages for the more energetic sports of climbing, caving, rafting, paragliding, hang-gliding and cave-diving. There are also courses on agro-tourism, including the traditional crafts of cheese-making and confectionary The Mar Menor offers an ideal location to take-up or to perfect such sports as sailing, canoeing, swimming, diving, water-skiing and similar sports in the many clubs and schools around the sea.
Very few European cities have the rich and monumental history that is possessed by Cartagena. It was founded almost 2,300 years ago under the name of Quart Hadast. It name as we know it today is derived from its Latin Title Cartago Nova. As well having an abundance of culture Cartagena is also naturally blessed with a coastline that is nothing short of spectacular. One of its beaches Calblanque beach - is part of a nature reserve. The rich legacy of Cartagena stretches along the shores of its marina. It is a maritime legend and was hugely important in the War of Spanish Succession and the in the War of Independence. The Sea Wall marks the boundaries of its historic quarter. Next to this walled historic quarter is the Military Arsenal, Its walls house the only entrance gate to the city still standing. The city's seafaring history is evident in many areas and through some of its monuments and architecture. Visitors can enjoy pondering over the prototype submarine designed by the inventor from Cartagena Isaac Peral and the National Museum of Maritime Archaeology which houses the National Centre of Underwater Archaeological Investigation. The entrance to the town centre is dominated by the Palacio Consistorial or City Hall, a gem of modernist architecture. Amongst the various places of interest that are essential to visit are Cathedral Vieja (the Old Cathedral) or the Cathedral of Santa Maria; whose remains stand on the steps of a Roman Theatre discovered in 1987. This structure dates from the 1st century BC and is one of the most important in Spain. Many of the pieces found on this site can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum, In Torres Park the medieval Castillo de la Concepcion; whose ruins are surrounded by fine gardens, commands a splendid view of the city and harbour, the Byzantine Wall; which, despite its name, is also Roman, and it is the remainder of the Roman road, and the Castle of la Concepcion; a fortress of Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoth's, Arabs and Castilian's.
Alicante, and its wonderful boulevard with palm trees and shopping streets, is one of the most well-known towns along the Costa Blanca. Known for its miles of sandy beaches, Alicante is a starting point for thousands of tourists every year. With many historical buildings around the entire city, Alicante offers countless sightseeing attractions, from cathedrals to churches and of course a wonderful harbour area. Additional to sightseeing, direct from the harbour area, a long wide sandy beach leads its way up to San Juan. Just drop your towel on the sand and enjoy a wonderful day in the sun. During summer time, Alicante with its Airport, is a starting point for many Costa Blanca tourists, while during the winter months tourists and residents tend to live along the coast in places like Benidorm, Calpe and Denia. Alicante has about 340 000 habitants (2005 numbers) and lies directly at the Mediterranean sea. The Alicante weather in winter is around 16 ºC. However in the summer the average is around 32 ºC. HOME | CONTACT | SITE MAP | ACCESSIBILITY | TERMS & CONDITIONS | MAIN SITE | FLORIDA VILLA |