You can get tickets to the Murcia zoo and park for 10 euros on Visitor’s Day weekend A special price for Visitor’s Day is being offered at the popular Terra Natura zoo and park in Murcia city on the weekend of Saturday April 27 and Sunday 28.  ..

The humble beginnings of the poet who died for his political beliefs The former home of poet Miguel Hernández, who died in 1942 while imprisoned for his outspoken opposition to the nationalist cause in the years following the Spanish Civil War, has..

Terra Natura Murcia, water and wildlife park Terra Natura Murcia is one of the most important animal and nature parks in Spain. It is one of a new generation of wildlife parks, in which visitors can discover the concept of what is known as "Zooinmersi..

This sculpture was produced in 1695 and still parades in the Semana Santa processions “La Diablesa” or “El Triunfo de la Cruz”, was produced by Nicolás de Bussy in around 1695. De Bussy was from Strasbourg, but settled in the south-east of..

Suggested routes in Orihuela: Route 1, following the Moors Every area is defined by those who inhabited it, and although Orihuela is filled with rich Mediaeval and Baroque monuments, the outline structure and core identity of the city relate to its..

La Santa Iglesia Catedral del Salvador y Santa María de Orihuela Orihuela Cathedra is a striking and imposing monument which dominates the centre of the Old Quarter of Orihuela city and is one of two Cathedrals in the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante..

Now just a ruin, Orihuela castle was formerly an imposing structure which dominated the Vega Baja Orihuela castle is located high up on the sierra de Orihuela,  in the area known as Monte de San Miguel, occupying  a strategic position overlooking..

The museum of the city walls, Orihuela The Museo de la Muralla is located in the basement of the "Casa del Paso", which today forms part of the University buildings of the Campus de las Salesas de la Universidad Miguel Hernández and shows..

Santo Domingo Is a Spanish National Heritage site This huge building was founded as a monastery with a school annexed in the early sixteenth century, and soon became a university, a status which it maintained until 1824. It was declared a monument..

The Royal Monastery and church of the Visitation, Orihuela, Salesas Nuns This is the home of the order of the Salesas nuns, or to give them their full title, the Orden de la Visitación de Santa María, V.S.M. or Orden de la Visitación de Nuestra..