Maintenance crews will focus on clearing ditches and vegetation along 100 kilometres of routes throughout Águilas The Department of Agriculture in Águilas has started a new round of cleaning and maintenance works along the municipality’s rural roads. The project aims to make travel safer..

€500,000 needed to complete ambitious exhibition featuring advanced 14th-century gallery Ambitious plans for the Ciufront Medieval Museum in Lorca have hit a major delay, with organisers confirming that the much-loved museum will not be ready to open its doors for regular visits until November..

Measures rolled out to shield residents as PM10 particles spike in city The city of Lorca is offering free urban transport and parking on ORA-regulated spaces in La Alberca and Los Ángeles, with the town now sitting at air quality alert level 3 due to an influx of Saharan dust. The move aims to..

It is now confirmed that human activity continued on the small island well into the 6th century The 2025 archaeological dig at the Isla del Fraile, the small island just off the coast of Águilas in the south-west of Murcia, has resulted in the collection of new data which could help the site to “..

Diving remains a top recreational activity, helping local businesses attract visitors beyond summer Murcia’s diving scene is thriving, bringing a welcome boost to the region’s long-awaited deseasonalisation of tourism. While official summer figures are still awaited, the Association of Diving..

Eighty-three successful interventions highlight teamwork amid challenging beach conditions This summer’s rescue and surveillance plan on Lorca’s beaches wrapped up with a total of 83 lifeguard interventions between Saturday June 21 and Saturday August 31, according to the latest review by Mayor..

Easy underwater tourism for all the family along the Mediterranean coast of Águilas The routes are In their drive to encourage “blue tourism”, the Town Hall of Águilas has created a guide to snorkelling at 13 of the beaches in the municipality, providing an attractive way for all the family..

The municipality of Águilas already boasts numerous established hiking routes El Ayuntamiento de Águilas apuesta por el turismo activo y natural con la construcción de una pista de running conectada a la red de senderos locales Although the tourist industry in Águilas is of course highly dependent..

These major infrastructure projects aim to ease groundwater pressure and provide more fresh water for the area Two large desalination projects are moving forward in Águilas and Torrevieja, with the Confederación Hydrográfica del Segura (CHS) preparing to tender preliminary construction plans..

Go bare by the sea at these peaceful Costa Cálida coves You may have done it already, or maybe you’re just curious, but at some point most people have wondered what it would be like to spend a day at the beach with nothing but the sea breeze and sunshine.   For many in the Region of..

The Lorca shopping centre is on course for some new arrivals very soon Parque Almenara in Lorca is experiencing a new wave of commercial growth, with five more businesses preparing to open in the coming weeks. The shopping centre, which has steadily increased its prominence in the southwest of..

Cartagena leads the way with 10 flags, while the Mar Menor misses out for the ninth consecutive year   The Region of Murcia will have 36 Blue Flags in summer 2025 – three more than in 2024, including 29 for beaches and seven for marinas. According to the annual report released this Wednesday..

The prestigious magazine has selected 25 of the country’s finest coastal hideways, as well as compiling individual lists for various autonomous regions, including Murcia The summer is almost upon us and as the weather heats up, many of us will be wanting to head to a beach to cool down, but..

Residents can now alert the Town Council about problems in real time using the free Línea Verde app Águilas Town Council has introduced a new mobile application service, Línea Verde (Green Line), allowing residents to report local incidents directly from their smartphones. By joining over..

The digital cartography upgrades will guide future housing, business and infrastructure development, mainly in south western Murcia A new €968,000 investment by the Regional Ministry of Development and Infrastructures is set to transform urban planning across 16 municipalities in the Region..

The two projects are laying the foundation for marine species research and water sustainability in Murcia During her recent visit to the Region of Murcia, Sara Aagesen, Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), presided..

From La Manga to Águilas the Region of Murcia boasts some of the finest dive sites in Europe Much is made these days of the need to create and promote “green tourism”, but the regional tourist board of Murcia is campaigning to attract visitors by promoting “blue tourism” during 2022...