by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region, The Book
I have 20 Signed Copies of Going Native In Murcia available, for just £15 shipped anywhere in the world. All you need to do is click on the paypal button, make sure you have a mailing address, and if you want anything special written in your copy add it to the...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, Murcia Region, towns
Águilas, Murcia Population: 28,000 This southwestern city near the Murcian coast has an arid and mountainous landscape, extensive beaches with crystalline cliffs and small, little frequented coves. There’s the Museum Arqueologico and Centro de Interpretacion del Mar,...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region
The Levante (South East corner of Spain) is famous for its astonishing variety of sweet and savoury pastries made daily (recien hecho) in the local bakeries (panadería or pastelería). Pastries are a staple of the Levante daily diet since the Moorish times when flour...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Cooking, evergreen, Murcia Region
You may have noticed that Spanish restaurants seem awfully quiet – when you go in. This is probably because you haven’t worked out how to eat like a Spaniard yet. Read on to find out how to go native and eat like a Spaniard and understand how...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, Murcia Region
The game of caliche is particular to the Murcia / Levante region of Spain, based on a nationally-played game called herrón. If you, as we did, look up caliche in the English-Spanish dictionary (after seeing it in the itinerary for the local fiesta), you might be...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, Murcia Region
My personal experiences of the luxury of a spa visit have been few and far between and to be honest, a little scary. I had a weekend break at Ragdale Hall, where the food was sparse, the treatments were regimental and the alcohol was non-existent (except for the...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, evergreen, Murcia Region
Taking Having Fun Seriously! “Eh, hombres, enhorabuenas!” Miguel El Gordo shouted at me and my husband Marcus, over the din of that night’s “entertainment.” The second night of our fiesta was punctuated with the clamour of a heavy rock band. It was two in the morning...
by Debbie Jenkins | Bando De La Huerta, Celebrations, Easter, Murcia Region
On the first Tuesday after Easter this one day in particular stands out – Bando De La Huerta (‘proclamation of the countryside’). If there’s one fiesta that you should go to in Murcia (apart from your local village’s, of course), this is it. Simply eschewing shorts...
by Debbie Jenkins | towns
Alcala Del Jucar is an interesting town that I have visited. It was the middle of February, I had been to visit another village and was passing Alcala mid afternoon whilst on my way back home. The village is basically built into the side of a mountain, on the approach...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
Calasparra. Santuario de Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza. Calasparra is a town in the mountainous northwest region of Murcia, Spain. The town dates back to the 14th century and covers an area of 193 square kilometres. It is crossed by the rivers: Segura, Quipar, Argos...
