Localities
Regarded by many authors as the "Palestine of Murcia", this municipality, thanks to its climate and the good work of its inhabitants, has come to be an oasis in the Murcian desert
Festivities
Abanilla
The miraculous apparition of Our Lady and Vera Cruz of Abanilla in the district of Mahoya is the origin of these patron saint festivities. Faith and devotion mark the start of the traditional Romería (Religious pilgrimage) that, currently, is one of the most important festivities in the East of Spain. The access to posts like "Captains", "Lieutenant", "Sergeant" and "Cabin Boy", vital figures of these festivities, is through an auction. Apart from the acts in honour of the Cross, there are some Moors and Christians celebrations completing this way these festivities, which are worth a visit.
Tourist offices
Abanilla
La Oficina de Turismo de Abanilla está situada bajo la Iglesia Parroquial de San José. De lunes a viernes: de 8.30 a 14.30 h Verano: de 8.30 a 14.00 h.
Rock art
Jumilla
El Abrigo del Buen Aire se encuentra a unos 800 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Las pinturas rupestres pertenecen al: Arte Levantino encontrándose figuras humanas, en escenas de caza, danza...; y animales, bóvidos, cérvidos y cápridos. Arte Esquemático figuras humanas y de animales, pinturas de un trazo realmente abstracto.
Monuments
Yecla
It is a Renaissance house which was built in masonry stone work and ashlar stone on the corners in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It belongs to Gil de Alarcos and Palao de Alarcos noble families. On its façade there is a coat of arms representing the “Calatrava cross” on a denticulated frieze and a window with the following words: LATEST MEMORIAE ET TUA ET INETERNUM NOM PECABIS, year 1659. The meaning of the legend and the representation of the angel as a crest seem to be destined to immortalise the memory of a deceased child.
