The castle and the Sagrera windmill both offer stunning views, and the CIMAR Aquarium and railway, Hornillo and archaeological museums all offer interesting journeys into the past... The municipality of Águilas offers a number of interesting and enjoyable options either for an enjoyable day trip or for a longer visit, and alongside the extensive beaches and natural areas includes a number of museums and information centres which can be visited..

Concerts, ballet, a wide variety of free guided visits and a great choice of cultural and social events as Águilas settles into autumn... In some Mediterranean coastal resorts it is fair to say that the arrival of October brings with it the closure until the following spring of many of the restaurants, events venues and other items of interest to visitors and locals, but in Águilas in the south-west of the Region of Murcia this is far from being..

Callas Diva at the seafront auditorium in Águilas This year’s Paco Rabal Amateur Dramatics Festival in Águilas, named after one of the town’s most famous and best-loved sons, continues on Saturday 24th October with a performance of the musical biography Callas Diva, performed by Aladroque Teatro company from Cartagena and directed by Lito Campillo. The action concerns the rise of the opera singer Maria Callas and contains plenty of music..

Learn about the 18th century Castillo de San Juan in the coastal town of Águilas This regular guided tour is held monthly in Águilas, giving visitors a chance to enjoy the spectacular views from the fortress of San Juan de las Águilas which was built in the 18th century. The first known fortification was erected here as a 16th-century defensive fortress to protect against pirate attack, although it is likely that the Romans constructed..

The Rider Girl Sureste Group invite everyone to their charity fundraiser outside the seafront auditorium Lady bikers from the Rider Girl Sureste Group are holding an event in Águilas on Sunday 25th October to raise funds for the Águilas Down association, gathering outside the Auditorio Infanta Doña Elena after a ride through the town. The meeting begins at the auditorium at 9.00 and half an hour later the riders set out on a tour of the..

The Myrtus Festival Orquesta perform works by Ibert, Mozart and Beethoven at the seafront auditorium in Águilas The new A Tempo season of classical music events begins in Águilas on Friday 30th October with this conert entitled “El Gesto Heróico” (The Heroic Gesture), with two great orchestral pieces performed by the Myrtus Festival Orquesta under the baton and musical direction of Jonatan Rives and featuring Antonio Cánovas, the conductor..

El Malentendido at the seafront auditorium in Águilas This year’s Paco Rabal Amateur Dramatics Festival in Águilas, named after one of the town’s most famous and best-loved sons, continues on Saturday 31st October with a performance of the musical biography El Malentendido, performed by the Foromutis Teatro company from La Nucia in the province of Alicante and directed by Sergio Sempere. The play is called Le Malentendu (The Misunderstanding..

Senectute at the seafront auditorium in Águilas This year’s Paco Rabal Amateur Dramatics Festival in Águilas, named after one of the town’s most famous and best-loved sons, continues on Saturday 7th November with a performance of the musical biography Senectute, performed by the Druida Teatro company from Alcobendas in the province of Madrid and directed by Manuel Pérez. The action is set in a home for the elderly ruled over by four..

Find out how Águilas has attracted settlers and developed over the course of its history This guided tour (in Spanish), which is relatively easy to manage for those of limited mobility, reveals to those joining it a little of the history of Águilas, taking in the port (with comments on the castle and the lighthouse of Punta Negra), the Plaza de España and various important monuments and buildings, such as the Ícaro (Carnival monument)..

The lyricism and beauty of 19th century classical music at the at the seafront auditorium in Águilas Two masterpieces of the Romantic chamber repertoire come together in “Afinidades Románticas”, a programme of striking contrast and intensity. Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat major combines lyrical warmth with an almost orchestral sense of colour, while Brahms's First Piano Quartet moves from introspection to the irresistible energy of..

Four beaches and a fascinating array of flora and fauna on this coastal walk in Águilas To celebrate the long holiday weekend all over Spain between 9th and 12th October this special free guided walk is being held in Águilas along the coastline in the Cuatro Calas area in the west of the municipality. The SL-MU 18 “Cuatro Calas” footpath follows a route which is entirely within the protected landscape of Cuatro Calas, or four coves, and..

El Barbero de Picasso at the seafront auditorium in Águilas This year’s Paco Rabal Amateur Dramatics Festival in Águilas, named after one of the town’s most famous and best-loved sons, comes to a close on Saturday 21st November with a performance of the hilarious comedy drama El Barbero de Picasso (Picasso's Barber), written by Borja Ortiz de Gondra, performed by the professional actors of the Teatro Español and directed by Chiqui Carabante..

A 2-hour walk on the environmentally friendly route along the seafront of Águilas town centre The network of “Senderos Azules” is an initiative promoted in Spain by ADEAC, the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education, to recognize and promote sustainable and environmentally friendly walking paths, this contributing to the enjoyment and preservation of nature and ethnographic heritage. The “Tres Bahías” (Three Bays) route..

Learn about the 18th century Castillo de San Juan in the coastal town of Águilas This regular guided tour is held monthly in Águilas, giving visitors a chance to enjoy the spectacular views from the fortress of San Juan de las Águilas which was built in the 18th century. The first known fortification was erected here as a 16th-century defensive fortress to protect against pirate attack, although it is likely that the Romans constructed..

Discover how Águilas has attracted settlers and developed over the course of its history This tour, which is easy to manage for those of limited mobility, reveals to those joining it a little of the history of Águilas, taking in the port (with comments on the castle and the lighthouse of Punta Negra), the Plaza de España and various important monuments and buildings, such as the Ícaro (Carnival monument), the Monument to the Railways..

A selection of pieces performed by the Euphonia Trio at the seafront auditorium in Águilas The new A Tempo season of classical music events continues in Águilas on Sunday 29th November with a concert in which voice, clarinet and piano come together in a programme of delicate intimacy, centred on the Romantic song and its many shades of expression. Spohr's “Sechs deutsche Lieder” inhabit a world of confidences, longing and restrained emotion..

The Tempus Trio perform the Gassenhauer Trio by Beethoven at the seafront auditorium in Águilas The new A Tempo season of classical music events continues in Águilas on Saturday 5th December with a programme which offers a more intimate view of Beethoven, setting aside for a moment the monumental image of the great symphonist. In his piano trios we encounter a composer fascinated by instrumental dialogue, the art of variation and the possibilities..

The DNA concert includes works by Sibelius, Vivaldi, Falla, Halffter, Lili Boulanger and Skalkottas at the seafront auditorium in Águilas The new A Tempo season of classical music events brings down the curtain on 2026 in Águilas on Sunday 20th December, with a concert in which the multi-award-winning Dianto Reed Quintet presents “DNA”, a distinctive project that takes the musicians' own origins as the starting point for a musical journey..

The Mobile Ecopark continues to travel around the municipality to promote recycling among the public The ‘Mobile Ecopark’, the roaming recycling point in Águilas made out of a shipping container, continues to be moved around the town to make it easier for people to recycle a large amount of waste which cannot be deposited in the usual rubbish containers.   The Councillor for Cleaning in Águilas, Noelia Ruano, said, “It is a..