The bascule in the San Javier section of La Manga allows road traffic to pass between the northern and southern ends  The Estacio bridge which crosses the main channel between the Mediterranean and the Mar Menor in La Manga was built relatively recently, but it has quickly become such a recognizable part of the landscape and the daily life of La Manga that it is hard to imagine it not being there. It was not until residential and holiday..

Regular markets throughout the municipality Spanish street markets are a great way to pick up some amazing bargains and offer an enormous range of products for sale, including clothes and accessories, shoes, beauty products, household items, soft furnishings as well as some of the freshest fruit and veg around. Tips Fruit and veg are generally one of the best options at weekly street markets as the Region of Murcia produces so much..

700 metres of well-used sandy beach with views towards Isla Grosa Playa el Galán runs between kilometres 7.2 and 6.5 on the Mar Menor side of La Manga in a built-up area which contributes to its popularlity, as do the fine sand and the attractive view towards Isla Grosa.  Services and facilities include toilets, footwashes, telephones, beach cleaning, bins, wooden walkways, scuba diving, beach chiringuito beach bars, hire of boats..

A 1.7-kilometre-long Mar Menor beach with soft golden sand Playa Lebeche is one of a series of narrow beaches fringing the central area of La Manga on the Mar Menor side and runs for 1,700 meters between kilometres 5 and 6.5 . As is typical of many of the Mar Menor beaches in this section of La Manga, it’s narrow - an average of only 10 metres wide - and as a result of this and the proximity of built-up areas it has high occupancy..

The northern half of La Manga falls within the municipality of San Javier La Manga del Mar Menor is located to the east of the town of San Javier, about 50 km to the south-east of the city of Murcia, and is a strip of land enclosing the lagoon of the Mar Menor and separating the Mar Menor from the Mediterranean, breached only by narrow channels or "golas". Today it is a focal point for tourism and is shared between the municipalities..

Bicycle hire and cycling holidays for all levels of cyclists in the Costa Cálida Cyclists who have explored the Region of Murcia on two wheels often describe it as an undiscovered paradise for those who share their passion, with large expanses of both flat and mountainous terrain, generally uncrowded roads and of course a driving culture in which those behind the wheel in four-wheel vehicles are more than used to sharing the tarmac with others..

La Manga del Mar Menor falls within both San Javier and Cartagena municipalities Towards the southern end of La Manga, at approximately kilometre 1.4 on the Mediterranean side of the main road, just north of the Gola de Marchamalo, is a local government office which provides many of the bureaucratic and administrative services needed by residents in the area. The southern end of La Manga belongs to the municipality of Cartagena while the..

Basic background information for La Manga del Mar Menor La Manga del Mar Menor is one of the most important summer holiday destinations in the Region of Murcia, and is the name given both to the sandy spit of land which almost completely encloses the saltwater lagoon of the Mar Menor, separating it from the Mediterranean, and to the urban development which has completely changed the face of tourism in Murcia since the 1960s. La Manga..

Tourist information: SANTIAGO DE LA RIBERA TOURIST OFFICE                            Calle Padre Juan. Centro Cultural Príncipe de Asturias Tel: 661572 285 e-mail: turismo@sanjavier.es  / concejaliadeturismo@sanjavier.es SAN JAVIER TOURIST INFORMATION POINT Plaza de España                                                               ..

La Manga del Mar Menor is administered by the town halls of both Cartagena and San Javier, so numbers for some services are different depending on which part of La Manga del Mar Menor the service relates. Municipal Services SAN JAVIER TOWN HALL         968573700 CARTAGENA TOWN HALL     968128800 MUNICIPAL WATER BOARD LA MANGA-SAN JAVIER  968573700 Ext. 5160 Ext, 5161 OMITA-LA MANGA-CARTAGENA    968564951 LA..

Street map of La Manga del Mar Menor La Manga del Mar Menor is located on the long thin strip of land which encloses the Mar Menor and is on the opposite side of the Mar Menor to the main block of the San Javier municipality. Detailed information about La Manga del Mar Menor can be found in the subject heading dedicated to La Manga del Mar Menor under the Tourist Information tab on the main header of the page. Click La Manga del Mar Menor..

San Javier boasts both Mar Menor and Mediterranean beaches San Javier has two distinct sections of beaches, one being in Santiago de la Ribera, close to the main centre of San Javier town on the shore of the Mar Menor, and the other on the opposite side of the Mar Menor on the spit of land called La Manga, where there are both Mar Menor and Mediterranean beaches. The beaches of the Mar Menor are within the protective circle of Europe's..

The northern tip of La Manga del Mar Menor This area of land is as far north as it's possible to go in La Manga del Mar Menor before the land disintegrates into a series of wetlands which ultimately meet the salinas, or salt pans, of San Pedro del Pinatar. Residential development also comes to an end here with the Urbanización Veneziola, and what was intended as a major leisure complex remains only semi-developed, but it is a very interesting..

1,500 metres of Mediterranean beach at the northern end of La Manga Playa del Pudrmiel is close to the northern end of La Manga del Mar Menor, and services the Aldeas de Taray and Las Góndolas residential areas between kilometres 17.2 and 16.3. At 1,500 metres it is a long natural beach, and at an average of 18 metres wide it is one of the largest in the area.  The sand is naturally fine and greyish, and makes it a very attractive ..

1.5 kilometres of sandy beach at the northern end of La Manga del Mar Menor The Playa la Veneziola is close to the northern end of La Manga del Mar Menor, and services the residential development of the same name kilometres 18.6 and 16.4. This is a long, thin natural beach, 1.5 kilometres long but only 10 metres wide on average, lying on the Mar Menor side of the spit. The sand is coarse, but the beach falls within the programme of maintained..

Playa Alíseos is a long Mar Menor in the San Javier section of La Manga Playa Alíseos runs between kilometres 4.2 and 5 of La Manga del Mar Menor, in a heavily built area with construction on both sides, and although the sand is relatively coarse is popular among visitors and residents throughout the year. Services and facilities include toilets, footwashes, telephones, drinking water, a children's play area, beach grooming service, bins..

A 2.6-kilometre long Mediterranean beach with Blue Flag status in La Manga Playa Ensenada del Esparto is a vast semi-urban beach which runs down a fairly low density area of La Manga del Mar Menor at the northern end of the spit between kilometres 16.3 and 13.9. It’s so huge that there is always lots of space on the 2,600-metre stretch of sand which is an average of 20 metres in width, all of it consisting of lovely natural fine Mediterranean..

A long sandy Mar Menor beach on the Mar Menor coast of La Manga Playa Chica is a long, thin Mar Menor beach, located towards the northern end of La Manga del Mar Menor between kilometre 16.4 and km 14.6, and although it’s 1.8 kilometres long the average width is just 10 metres. As a result, occupation is higher at the points near services and main built-up areas, and low in the patches where there is less construction. This area is fairly..

Half a kilometre of sandy Mar Menor beach near the Dos Mares marina in La Manga Playa La Isla runs for half a kilometre along the internal coastline of the Mar Menor and is the sourhernmost La Manga beach in the municipality of San Javier. It runs between kilometres 3.7 and 4.2 of La Manga in a heavily developed area, which means that there is hig occupancy, especially, of course, in July and August. Services and facilities include footwashes..

3 kilometres of open, sandy Mediterranean beach in La Manga Playa Pedrucho is a vast Mediterranean coastal beach, offering 3 kilometres of unbroken sand, and averaging 18 metres in width, and should not be confused with Playa de Pedruchillo, which lies on the other side of La Manga on the shore of the Mar Menor. The beach runs between kilometres 4.9 and 7.9 of La Manga in an area where the spit of land widens out sufficiently to have allowed..

Playa Banco del Tabal is a 1400 metre long Mediterranean coastal beach with soft golden sand Playa Banco del Tabal is one of a series of glorious wide, open Mediterranean beaches which run down the Mediterranean coastal side of La Manga del Mar Menor, is 1400 meters long and 15 metres wide. Banco del Tabal beach is close to the beginning of this long strip of land enclosing the Mar Menor and lies between kilometres 3.5 and 4.9, servicing the..

A 2.9-kilometre stretch of sand on the Mediterranean coast of La Manga Playa Estacio is a 2,900-metre-long semi-urban beach with an average width of 18 metres and fine, golden sand, typical of the vast beaches along the Mediterranean coastline of La Manga del Mar Menor. Occupancy is generally low to medium as this part of La Manga is long fairly slender, reducing the local population, although the beach is also next to the Tomás Maestre..

A 3.3km long Mar Menor beach Playa Matagordas is a long, thin Mar Menor beach which runs for a distance of 3.3 kilometres between kilometres 12.2 and 8.9 of La Manga del Mar Menor. In this section the road runs very close to the Mar Menor coastline as the beaches on the Mediterranean side of the spit are wider and the strip of land itself is very narrow. Building is fairly dense, so the beach undulates in and out, disappearing completely..

A 450-metre-long Mar Menor beach half way along La Manga Playa las Antillas is a Mar Menor beach located within a curving bay between two rocky headlands known as Punta del Pedrucho and Punta Pedruchillo. This area lies between kilometres 8.9 and 8.5 of La Manga del Mar Menor and is heavily developed, with apartment blocks on both sides of the Gran Via which runs the length of the strip. The beach itself is 450 metres long and averages..

1.8 kilometres of broad, sandy Mediterranean beach in La Manga Playa El Arenal is a long Mediterranean coastal beach in La Manga del Mar Menor, offering 1.8 kilometres of unbroken sand, and averaging 18 metres in width. It runs between kilometres 8 and 10 of La Manga, in an area where the land widens out sufficiently to permit the construction of substantial blocks of residential apartments on both sides, although mainly on the Mar Menor..

A Q for Quality beach in the northern end of La Manga Playa Mistral is one of the most busiest La Manga del Mar Menor beaches, occupying an attractive proposition in a densely populated area close to the Tomás Maestre sporting port and the ferry linking La Manga del Mar Menor to Santiago de la Ribera. The beach lies on the Mar Menor side of La Manga and is consistently awarded Q for Quality flag in recognition of the quality of its services..

A 500-metre stretch of sand on the shore of the Mar Menor  Playa El Pedruchillo occupies a sweeping curve just south of Punta el Pedruchillo, a rocky outcrop looking out towards Isla Grosa, about half way along La Manga del Menor between kilometre 8 and 8.5. This is a Mar Menor beach, and has natural, coarse sand, and good facilities. It’s half a kilometre long and 10 metres wide, and is classified as a high occupancy beach during..

900 metres of Mar Menor beach in the central part of La Manga Playa de Poniente runs between kilometres 7.2 and 8.1 on the Mar Menor side of La Manga in an area where the land has widened out sufficiently to permit the construction of substantial blocks of residential apartments on both sides, with the Gran Vía running up the centre of the spit. The beach is fine and sandy, and this is a high occupancy urban beach due to the amount of ..

Tourist information office and tourism services La Manga del Mar Menor Tourist Office See below for information about tourist information offices and information points in the San Javier municipality. On La Manga del Mar Menor there is a tourist office at km 0 and a tourist information point at km 12, on Playa Mistral. For general information about La Manga del Mar Menor, use the subject heading La Manga del Mar Menor accessed via the..

Book lending and Wifi access in San Javier municipal libraries There are two municipal libraries in La Manga, both offering a range of services, including free internet and WiFi access. Biblioteca Castillo de Mar Urb. Castillo de Mar Telephone: 968 141 399 Opening hours: Monday to Friday     09:30 to 14:00  Monday, Wednesday and Thursday  16:00 to 19:00 Click for map: Biblioteca Castillo de Mar   Biblioteca..

CENTRO DE ATENCIÓN INFANTIL MUNICIPAL Km. 14 La Manga del Mar Menor Telephone: 687 886 786 LA CASITA Gran Vía Km. 7 Telephone: 968 143778   EL PRINCIPITO Las Salinas 36, El Vivero Km. 1 Telephone: 968 337260 / 644400522   Click here for more information about La Manga del Mar Menor Click here for more information about the San javier municipality: SAN JAVIER TODAY

Car hire, boat charter and cycle hire in La Manga del Mar Menor CAR HIRE IBERCAR Commercial Centre Mangamar Telephone: 968 56 35 54 e-mail: ibercar@ibercar.net   CONCCORD CARS MEDITERRÁNEO Edificio Zambra 2, local 7, Km. 4.5 Telephone: 968 14 51 01 e-mail: mail@conccordcars.com  Website: www.conccordcars.com   LA MANGA RENT A CAR Urbanisation Copacavanna Telephone: 968 14 60 00 e-mail: carhire..

There are dispensing chemists right along La Manga del Mar Menor in the urbanisations and commercial centres Lcda. MªCarmen Reinoso Urbanisation Miramar Telephone: 968563428   Lcda. Laura Madrid Rosique Urbanisation Las Sirenas Telephone: 968563229   Lcda. Nuria Garre Urbanisation Puerto Bello Telephone: 968 563773   Lcda. Paloma López-Tello Urbanisation Copacabana Telephone: 968 564939  ..

Public and private medical facilities in La Manga del Mar Menor La Manga del Mar Menor has a total of two doctor’s surgeries. The Centro de Salud Costa Cálida is the main surgery and offers an all year-round service, whereas the Cavanna centre only operates during the busier summer months.   CENTRO DE SALUD COSTA CALIDA Urbanisation Castillo de Mar General medicine, 24 hour accident and emergencies, pediatrician Telephone..

There are police stations for both the local police and the Guardia Civíl in La Manga del Mar Menor La Manga del Mar Menor is covered by both the San Javier and Cartagena police. There is a small Local Police station in La Manga itself, and both Local Police and Guardia Civil stations in nearby Cabo de Palos.   Policía Local de San Javier (La Manga del Mar Menor) Urbanisation Castillo de Mar, La Manga del Mar Menor Telephone..

Ferry services and boat trips La Manga del Mar Menor B andF FERRYS Departures from the Puerto Tomás Maestre to Santiago de La Ribera All year-round service. Telephone: 649 20 16 10   CAPY Playa Puerto Bello y Cala del Pino Telephone: 675258333/620651781   SOLAZ LINES Playa El Pedruchillo Telephone: 968 56 40 74 /606 80 67 95   ANA BELEN La Manga del mar Menor- Los Alcázares Telephone: 659..

There are a number of free options and paid services for WiFi and internet access on La Manga del Mar Menor Getting high-speed internet access anywhere you go is a must nowadays. In La Manga, there are several options for public WiFi hotspots when you're out and about:   WIFI HOTSPOT PLAYA MISTRAL Playa Mistral Km. 12, in the área around the restaurant Paquebote. Click for map and more information about Playa Mistral  ..

Hotel Cavanna (****) Gran Vía, salida 21 Telephone: 968 56 36 00 Fax: 968 56 44 31 e-mail: cavanna@izanhoteles.es  /  www.izanhoteles.es   Hotel Entremares (****) Gran Vía, salida 6 Telephone: 968 56 31 00 Fax: 968 56 32 11 reservaslamanga@hmash.com    /   www.entremares.es Spa and Carthaginian thermal baths   Hotel MANGALAN (****) Gran Vía, km. 7, salida 68 Telephone.: 968 33 70 00 ..

PEQUE PARK Paseo de la Dársena, km. 3 Telephone: 968 337 033 Kid's play park with trampolines, peddle boats and go-karts.   TURISTREN Telephone: 609 028 284 www.turistrenlamanga.es Tourist trains covering various different routes throught La Manga and surrounding areas.   Click here for more information about La Manga del Mar Menor Click here for more information about the San Javier municipality: SAN JAVIER..

RESIDENCIA JUVENIL EL GALAN Edificio Torre Riviera, bajo Telephone: 968 14 19 40   Fax: 968 52 94 19 Email: rjelgalan@hotmail.com   MANGA OCIO S.L. Calle Río Segura 175. Playa Honda. Telephone: 868 104 545 www.mangaocio.com / info@mangaocio.com   Click for other accommodation options in the San Javier municipality Click here for more information about La Manga del Mar Menor Click here for more..

A wide variety of watersport facilities in La Manga del Mar Menor Leisure ports PUERTO DEPORTIVO TOMAS MAESTRE Gran Vía, Km. 13 Telephone: 968 14 02 63 / 14 08 16 Fax: 968 33 70 89 e-mail: puertomaestre@puertomaestre.com  /  www.puertomaestre.com   CLUB NAUTICO DOS MARES Hcda. Dos mares, salida 31, camino varadero Telephone: 968 14 01 17 Fax: 968 14 03 42 e-mail: gerencia@clubnauticodosmares.com / www.clubnauticodosmares..

Private and municipal sports facilities in La Manga del Mar Menor CENTRO DEPORTIVO LA MANGA DEL MAR MENOR Kilometre 12, opposite Playa Mistral Municipal sports centre with Padel courts, Fitness facilities, summer schools, and much more. Tel.: 968 573 105 Click here for map: Municipal Sports Centre La Manga del Mar Menor   CLUB DOS MARES Paseo de la Dársena 10, Salida 32 Tel: 968 33 70 33 Fax: 968 33 70 80 e-..

Regular Markets in the Mar Menor Murcia Most markets are open from 9am to 2pm  lunchtime. One of the great joys of shopping in Spain is the opportunity to buy fresh products and bargain clothes in the Spanish markets.They're awash with colour and noise, and prices are generally very reasonable. Weekly street markets are very much a part of daily life in Spain and there are plenty of markets on offer around the Mar Menor: MONDAYS..

Travel agencies in the San Javier municipality Travel agents in Spain offer booking services for all types of travel and accommodation, so are regularly used to book coach, bus, rail and air travel tickets. Many also offer short breaks or excursions within the region and can also help with booking for rural houses. Santiago de la Ribera VIAJES CARREFOUR SANTIAGO DE LA RIBERA C/ Aguilar Amat 9, Santiago de la Ribera Tel: 968..

Tourist apartments and letting agents in La Manga del Mar Menor Dominique (***) Mar Menor beachfront complex consisting of fourteen 1 or 2 bedroom apartments. The complex houses a swimming pool, beach terrace, bar/café, free WiFi and parking. Gran Vía, km. 9.5, Tel:968  140 345 / 968 141 096 www.apartamentosdominique.com  info@apartamentosdominique.com   Vecos (***) Property management company offering a wide range..

A guide to accommodation in La Manga del Mar Menor La Manga del Mar Menor offers a great choice of quality hotels and aparthotels, with something to suit all budgets and needs.   HOTEL LOS DELFINES (****) Recently renovated 4-star hotel with 157 rooms, just 50 metres from the Mediterranean Sea. Facilities and services on offer include a sauna, gym, jacuzzi, covered parking, satellite TV, restaurant and children’s entertainment...

There’s more to San Javier than just beaches! The municipality of San Javier is famous for its beautiful beaches (and the airport, of course) but it also has a full cultural offering all year round, including international festivals, concerts and fiestas. Here is a list of all the main fiestas and cultural activities for 2017. Events are loaded in the San Javier What's On section as programmes are made available. Please note, programmes..

Oficinas de Turismo in San Javier, Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga del Mar Menor The municipality of San Javier has various tourist offices and tourist information points offering information to both locals and visitors, located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the Town Hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga (theoretically in the municipality of Cartagena), while another tourist information point is located at kilometre..

Opening hours and maps for libraries in the San Javier municipality Biblioteca Pública Municipal "Santa Mónica" de San Javier Calle Coronel Fernández Tudela, 29 (the street in which the market is held) 30730 San Javier Click for map, Calle Coronel Fernández Tudela, 29 Opening  hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm Study Room: 9am to Midnight, Saturdays from 9am to 9pm and extended hours prior to exams...

Excavations at the Bajo de la Campana, Phoenician boat site in La Manga del Mar Menor. The Bajo de la Campana is one of the most important marine archaeological sites in the Region of Murcia, lying just a short distance from the shores of the La Manga Strip and the urban nucleus of La Manga del Mar Menor, currently under excavation.  It holds the remains of not just one vessel, but four, amongst them a Phoenician vessel which is believed..