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May 16 to 18 Jumilla celebrates International Museums Day

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Escape Room, concerts and free guided tours at the fascinating museums of Jumilla

May 16 to 18 Jumilla celebrates International Museums Day In recent years the Night of the Museums has become one of the most popular dates in the calendar all over the Region of Murcia and this year, with the date falling on a Saturday (May 18) the weekend is being celebrated with open doors days, free tours and a myriad of other activities.

In the town of Jumilla, in the north of the Region, there are a variety of activities taking place mostly between May 16 and 18. All of the town’s museums are open on May 18 from 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 23.00 and the full schedule is as follows:

Thursday May 16

21.30: Presentation of the 12^th edition of the magazine PLEITA at the Jumilla Wine Museum.

Friday May 17

16.00 to 21.00: Piratas del Caribe escape room at the archaeological museum. The challenge is free of charge but prior registration is required online here. Suitable those agead 14 and over.

19.30: Official opening of the exhibition “Teatro Inestables 30 anniversario” at the Jumilla Wine Museum. The exhibition runs until June 30.

21.00: Conference and musical recital about the painter Joaquín Sorolla at the Casa de la Música (Calle del Rico nº 14). The music is provided by soprano Mariví Blasco and pianist Ignacio Torner.

Saturday May 18

11.00: “El Clan de los Akramos”, a dramatized tour at the Jerónimo Molina Archaeological Museum. Registration at the museum.

12.30: “Los Secretos de Duna”, a dramatized tour at the Jerónimo Molina Ethnographic Museum. Registration at the museum.

18.00: “Herbario”, a children’s activity at the Wine Museum. Registration at the museum.

19.00: “Los Momentos Previos”, children’s theatre outside the Archaeological Museum.

20.00: “Noche de Magia y Leyenda”, music from the local AJAM music society band at the Ethnographic and Natural Sciences Museum.

22.00: “Vértigo Revolution Monster”, a concert and show in the gardens of the Wine Museum.

At the same time, the following exhibitions can be visited:

“Redención: Costal y Pasión” at the Ethnographic and Natural Sciences Museum.

“Teatro Inestables 30 anniversario” at the Jumilla Wine Museum.

“Técnicas Clásias. Nuevas Formas” at the Archaeological Museum.

When visiting Jumilla don’t forget to make your first port of call the local tourist office (Plaza del Rollo, 1, telephone 968 780237 / 663 300779, email oficinaturismo@jumilla.org.

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

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.