Cosmopolitan Spain Traveler Fall 2018

Cosmopolitan Spain Traveler

Region of Murcia

M urcia retains its traditions not only through its culture, but also in the way that the land is cultivated . La huerta murciana is a valley through which the Segura River flows, with a millenary irrigation system (the oldest in Spain) that was initiated by the Romans and perfected by the Moors. The huerta murciana shows an immense mosaic of dispersed settlement population due to the need of inhabit- ants to live next to their crops.

It’s a natural environment which highlights its typical vegetation of fruit trees, where the lemon tree stands out in a space lined with veg- etables and with the abundant presence of the mulberry tree.

Murcia region also means getting to know its 270 miles of coastline where small beaches and cliffs alternate. Its geography provides one of the most important coastal areas of Spain: La Manga, the tongue of land that forms the Mar Menor with smooth and gentle waters in which to swim and enjoy the sun.

To complete the tourists attractions of this region, Murcia offers a magnificent representation of buildings that treasure modernist and Art-Deco works: The Llagostera House and the Alessón Building in Cartagena and the old Agrarian Chamber Building in Lorca.

Downtown Cartagena City Photograph by Michael C. Snell

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