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June 2024 Guided tours of the historic city centre of Lorca

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Relax and enjoy the explanations of qualified tour guides as you discover the magnificent buildings and monuments of Lorca

June 2024 Guided tours of the historic city centre of Lorca There is so much history and so many architectural highlights to see in the city of Lorca that a visit to the old quarter can be difficult to manage for sightseers, but these thrice-weekly guided walks solve the problems of map-reading and organization so that you can relax and enjoy the rich heritage of the “City of the Sun”.

This is a walking tour and entry to the monuments is not included, but the route takes in the exteriors of the medieval city walls, the Porche de San Antonio, the Lorca archaeological museum, the religious complex of Santo Domingo, the Plaza de España, the Town Hall, the former Collegiate Church of San Patricio, the Palacio de Guevara, the Casino, the Casa de los Condes de San Julián, Calle Corredera, the church and convent of San Francisco and the Teatro Guerra.

June 2024 Guided tours of the historic city centre of Lorca The walk begins on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Centro de Visitantes de Lorca (in the former Convento de La Merced, Calle Puerta de San Ginés at 19.30 and lasts approximately 90 minutes.

Prices are set at 10 euros for over-16s, 9 euros for 12- to 16-year-olds and holders of the Lorca y Tú card and free for under 12s, and bookings are available online here. Further information is available by phone on 968 479003 and 968 959646.

June 2024 Guided tours of the historic city centre of Lorca

When visiting Lorca one of your first ports of call should be the tourist office in Plaza de España (telephone 968 441914, email lorcaturismo@lorca.es).

For more local events, news and visiting information go to the home page of Lorca Today.

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

Lorca Tourist Office

The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites, and historic buildings, around which the modern City has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, the Jewish Quarter of the castle and Synagogue, Lorca Tourist Office Plaza de España, Colegiata de San Patricio, Museo de Arqueologico Municipal, Iglesia de San Francisco, Casa Huerto Ruano, Palacio de Guevara, Iglesia de San Mateo, Pósito de los Panaderos, Convento Virgen de las Huertas, Antiguo Convento de la Merced, Iglesia del Carmen and the Teatro Guerra.

Unfortunately Lorca has also been prone to natural disaster, suffering a Gota Fría on September 28th 2012, as well as an earthquake which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives. Since this earthquake the city has been rebuilding, winning recognition for its Lorca, Open for Restoration initiative, which used the restoration of the city as a tourist attraction whilst it rebuilt its historical buildings, some of which are currently still not open.

Lorca Tourist Office The tourist office itself has temporarily relocated until the renovations are completed and is on Calle San Patricio near the church.

Lorca also has an area of coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of, Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Lorca Tourist Office Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only through agricultural exploitations.

However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a Lorca Tourist Office series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.