ONE DAY, ENJOY IT YOUR WAY To disembark at Cartagena means entering a destination that offers a thousand and one leisure and tourism opportunities. The town's historical quarter is just a few minutes' walk away from the Port. Furthermore, the town is linked with all the main centres of tourist interest throughout the Region of Murcia. Its strategic location enables visitors to enjoy some marvellous beaches, pursue their favourite water-sport or try out the fantastic local golf-courses. Visitors can also discover the therapeutic qualities of the waters and mud treatments offered at a series of modern spas and sea-water therapy centres. The Region of Murcia offers visitors the opportunity to tour its natural expanses and explore the historical and artistic heritage of its towns and cities, whilst sampling the local culinary delights and experiencing the passion of its festivals and traditions. CARTAGENA CARTAGENA Cartagena looks out to the sea. The In fact, Cartagena is an ideal destination Mediterranean has forged the strong that offers an excellent climate and CRUISE identity of this hospitable and cosy town. high-quality range of leisure options; This destination combines the best a destination where everything is just tourist services and infrastructures with a step away and where passengers can PORT the facilities and conveniences of a port disembark in the very heart of the town, that has the capacity to cater for the thanks to the proximity and accessibility most modern cruise ships in the world. of the Cruise Terminal. ONE PORT. ALL OF SPAIN TECHNICAL DETAILS Harbour: Anchorage: Distances: — Opening Times: 24 hours — Available: yes — City centre: 200 metres Located on the Mediterranean Coast in — Compulsory: no — Airport: 30 Kilometres the South-East of the Iberian Peninsula,- Maximum ship dimensions for berth: — Ship Tenders Allowed: yes — Railway Station: 1 Kilometre close to the leading Spanish, French and — Length: no limit — Pilotage Compulsory: yes Italian ports, Cartagena is an ideal port — Width: no limit — Tugs Available: yes Transportation: of call on all Mediterranean routes. — Draught: 12 metres — Tidal movement / range: 65 cm — Shuttle service: Provided when necessary This much is confirmed by the numerous Accommodation: Services: — Taxis: yes cruise companies that have included — Ship Stay min.: no limit — Passenger Terminal: yes this sunny Mediterranean destination on — Ship Stay max.: no limit — Ship Repair Tourism Facts: their itineraries for many years. — Bunkering — Local Population: 21 0,000 Cruise berths: — Waste and Garbage Disposal — Language: Spanish — Cruise Terminal. Length: 709 m. — Sewage disposal — Time (GTM+/-): + 1 hour — Santa Lucía Quay. Length: 385 m. — Water supply — Currency: Euro — San Pedro Quay. Length: 405 m. — Provisions — Banking Hours: 8:30-14:30 — Draught: 12m in three berths. — Free WiFi — Credit Cards: AII — Banks: at city centre — Travellers Cheques: some — Tourist Office — US$: some WATERFRONT A CITY THAT LOOKS TO THE SEA The waterfront revitalization of the Port Passenger Terminal Building, a space of Cartagena has been essential for with the necessary services for cruise becoming an attractive port of callfor passengers: check-in desk, security cruise passengers. This redevelopment scanner for passengers and baggage, incudes various projects within the passport control, offices for the Police, port area, such as the construction of Civil Guard, Customs and Port Police as a new boulevard along Alfonso XII Quay well as toilets. and the restoration of Charles III Wall, monument of the 18th century classified The new waterfront is also endowed as being Heritage of Cultural Interest. with the new Auditorium and Congress Centre, as well as the National Museum Stroll along Alfonso XII Quay and enjoy the of Underwater Archaeology, a building garden areas, palm trees and seabreeze, of avant-garde architecture, which holds in an area where cultural, recreational and shipwrecks and a collection of artefacts commercial activities take place. recovered from sites in the region. The promenade includes two additional Port infrastructures included in the buildings, one of them currently offering port-city integration plan: two marinas a number of bars and restaurants, and the and a Yacht Club, as well as the Cruise second one is a modern building crowned Terminal which offers a 709 meter with four glass pyramids with a variety of long berth. In this area is located the gastrobars. CARTAGENA, THE WAY TO MEMORY The close relationship that exists buildings dotted throughout the centre some excellent shopping opportunities, partners guarantee the opening of their between Cartagena and its port has been of Cartagena. AII of these attractions which are characterised by their quality, establishments when a cruise with more a very special feature of its history. In this can be found just five minutes’ walk away variety and exquisite customer service: than 300 passengers calls in Cartagena. respect, the different settlers that have from the harbour, whose promenade the latest trends in fashion, antiques, inhabited the area over the centuries has been incorporated in the town as an decorative items, souvenirs, etc. have left an indelible mark on the town. additional tourist facility, replete with Their influence is recorded in numerous bars, restaurants and terrace cafés. In Cruises Friend Shop is a unique archaeological sites and historical Cartagena, visitors are also able to enjoy Project whereby associated retail SITES OF HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC INTEREST. 10 minutes away B The Roman Theatre and Museum A Castle of la Concepción The National Underwater Archaeology The Navidad Fort An archaeological treasure of enormous The best views of the bay and the town. Museum [ARQUA) A defensive military fortification that has value. The Museum relates the discovery The Visitor”s Centre presents the history This museum houses more than 1,000 items been turned into a Visitor’s Centre. The and excavation of this jewel of Roman of Cartagena. relating to Spain’s cultural heritage under coast of Cartagena is marked by a series Spain. the sea. Located along the promenade. of spectacular coastal battery defences. D Naval Museum - Peral Submarine Roman Forum District Located in a beautiful modernist building, Archaeological Museum The Punic Wall Urban archaeological site of a Roman visitors will find a complete history of the Fundamental in order to learn about the Here visitors will find the remains of the city that shows the ancient pavements Navy’s activities in the Mediterranean, giving history of the town and the different cultures oldest wall on the Iberian Peninsula. of Carthago Nova, thermal baths and the special attention to the naval construction, that have settled there. Here visitors will atrium where banquets where held. submarines and cartography. The first come across a Late Roman necropolis. C Modernist Stroll submarine in the world is preserved in this Through the streets of the town centre, The Decumano, the Augusteum and museum. It was invented by Isaac Peral, Military Museum which are dotted with Modernist balconies the House of Fortune native from Cartagena. An unforgettable Space dedicated to the Spanish Army and unique buildings such as the Town Archaeological remains that enable the souvenir photo opportunity. History. A vast exhibition of weapons, Hall, the Grand Hotel, the Casino, Casa visitor to learn about the city and the way ranging from anti-aircraft guns, cannons, Cervantes and Casa Llagostera. of life during Roman times. Civil War Shelter-Museum battery guns, projectiles, weapons, swords, A spine-chilling reminder of the Spanish knives and other military equipment such Civil War and an entire age, featuring as uniforms, documentation, flags and posters audivisual resources and objects. much more can be found here. B C HISTORY A D A C SECRETS 1 Murcia 2 Caravaca de la Cruz 3 Lorca 4 La Unión 5 Águilas 6 Mazarrón 7 Cieza TOWNS, The Region of Murcia boasts a variety the Sun, teaches visitors with theatri- of cities worthy of mention due to their cal performances about the life here in THE WAY TO outstanding natural beauty. Murcia, the ancient times. Caravaca de la Cruz, the capital of the region, is a modern and main town located in the northwest of leisure city with a bread cultural offer Murcia, is a unique city which was decla- and wide range of shopping centres, red in 1998 Holy City, making Caravaca CULTURE restaurants and cafes. The baroque city the fifth city in the world that is able to of Lorca, with its castle, the Fortress of celebrate the Permanent Jubilee. SITES OF HISTORICAL Murcia Caravaca de la Cruz Lorca AND ARTISTIC INTEREST C The Cathedral Close and the Plaza A Basilica-Santuario de la Santísima B Fortress of the Sun Cardenal Belluga y Vera Cruz de Caravaca This castle featuring two Medieval The most interesting architectural trea- The most characteristic architectural towers houses a Visitors’ Centre that sures of the Murcia Baroque can be found sight in the town and an extremely im- offers an interactive review of the town’s B here, including the West Facade of the portant centre for Christian pilgrimage. history. Cathedral, the Episcopal Palace and the Church of San Juan de Dios. Ethnographic Museum in Miniature Collegiate Church of San Patricio This museum brings together a number This Renaissance-style building boasts Trapería and Platería of miniature handicrafts representing a Baroque façade. In the vicinity visitors These bustling shopping streets preser- the various traditions that can be found will come across a series of other buil- ve the character of this old Christian city throughout the area. dings of considerable interest, such as and the activities of its cloth and silver- the Town Hall and the Casa del Corregi- smiths’ guilds. Nature Interpretation Centre of Fuen- dor (Chief Magistrate’s Residence). tes del Marqués Salzillo Museum This former Templar fortified tower da- The Guevara Palace The town offers a comprehensive and ting from the 16th century houses a Vi- The most important example of Baro- varied range of museums.