Caravaca de La Cruz
06 NOV - 31 DIC
Ulea and Abanilla are also added to the itinerary as places where fragments of the True Cross are venerated As preparations continue for the Holy Jubilee Year in Caravaca de la Cruz in 2024 it has been announced that a new branch of the pilgrimage and hiking routes to the Holy City is to be added to the already extensive network. The new route includes the towns and municipalities of Granja de Rocamora (in the Vega Baja area of the province of Alicante), Abanilla and Ulea (both in the Region of Murcia) which are united by their traditional..
Caravaca de La Cruz
13 DIC - 31 DIC
Caravaca and its neighbours Cehegín, Bullas, Calasparra and Bullas all offer a fascinating range of experiences to visitors The city of Caravaca de la Cruz is one of only 5 to have been awarded the status of ¿Holy Cities¿ by the Vatican and is celebrating its latest Holy Jubilee Year in 2024, when large numbers of pilgrims and hikers will be making their journey to the Santuario de la Santísima y Vera Cruz. But at the same time, Caravaca is also the capital of the north-western area of the Region of Murcia and along with its neighbours..
Caravaca de La Cruz
31 ENE - 31 DIC
Caravaca de la Cruz is a focal point for spirituality and culture during 2024 Source: ITREM, regional tourist board of Murcia, ¿La belleza de lo Extraordinario¿ It¿s always a great time to visit the Region of Murcia but in 2024 that¿s doubly true, as this year we are celebrating the Holy Jubilee of the city of Caravaca de la Cruz. Every seven years the history city becomes a focal point of spirituality and culture with the holding of the Jubilee Year, a richly religious and cultural event which offers a unique experience to..
Caravaca de La Cruz
20 SEP - 31 DIC
Hiking, kayaking, birdwatching and the simple joy of the countryside in Caravaca, Cehegín and Calasparra Source: ITREM The River Argos is far from being a major waterway but it is one of the natural jewels of the north-west of the Region of Murcia as well as being an important contributor to the scarce water supplies of south-eastern Spain. It flows over a distance of 45 kilometres from its source in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz into the River Segura, which it joins in Calasparra, also flowing through Cehegín on the way...
Caravaca de La Cruz
26 FEB - 31 DIC
From Yecla and Moratalla in the north to Isla Plana in the south, Murcia was home to cave-dwelling artists as long as 10,000 years ago Hidden away in caves and rock shelters of the Murcia countryside is evidence that the forefathers of modern humans inhabited these lands millennia ago, and that their first leanings towards artistic creativity found a means of expression in the primitive images they formed on the walls of their shelters in rocky outcrops. What¿s more, it is possible to visit some of these places and to fully appreciate..
Caravaca de La Cruz
18 JUN - 31 DIC
Enjoy the city centre as you discover some of the favourite snacks of Caravaca! In 2025 the Town Hall of Caravaca de la Cruz has joined forces with local restaurants to launch a series of five easily affordable gastronomic routes in and around the city under the name of Sabores del Camino, enabling visitors (and locals!) to enjoy the local cuisine whether they are exploring for the first time or retracing familiar ground. One of these routes is the ¿Camino de la Vera Cruz¿ (The Way of the True Cross), named after the holy relic housed..
Caravaca de La Cruz
14 OCT - 31 DIC
Explore the region¿s scenic wonders with cycling and walking trails for every season Murcia¿s network of ¿Greenways¿ offers more than 170 kilometres of dedicated cycling and walking trails that make the most of the region¿s varied landscapes. From dramatic coastal promenades to peaceful vineyards and pine forests, these routes showcase the best of Murcia¿s nature and history, making them perfect for locals and visitors of all ages. Seaside and Industrial Heritage: Hornillo de Águilas Pier Greenway If you love coastal..
Caravaca de La Cruz
27 MAR - 05 ABR
The main processions in Caravaca are on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Easter Week In the Holy City of Caravaca de la Cruz the first known documentary references to the celebration of Semana Santa, or Easter Week, date back to the 16th century, and there are now seven ¿cofradías¿ (brotherhoods) taking part in the processions. Most of the sculpted figures and tableaux paraded date from the 17th and 18th centuries, although it was not until the 18th that some of the processions began to climb the hill to the castle/sanctuary which..
Caravaca de La Cruz
17 ABR
St John of the Cross was canonized 300 years ago and made a Doctor of the Church 100 years ago San Juan de la Cruz (1542-91) was a Catholic priest and mystic and a Carmelite friar who spent various years in Caravaca, which he visited seven times, at times as an envoy of Santa Teresa de Jesús and at other times in his role as head of the Carmelite order in Andalucía. Among his work in the city of Caravaca was overseeing the spirituality of the convent of the barefoot Carmelites, founded by Santa Teresa de Jesús, and the founding of the monastery..
