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Learn more about Cafe Asiatico with free guided tours in Cartagena this June
Be sure to sign up for a tour to learn more about this typical Murcia drink!
Every Saturday this June, you can enjoy guided tours explaining the history and cultural value of Cartagena’s Café Asiático or Asian Coffee.
Café Asiático is a typical beverage from the Costa Cálida area, consisting of coffee, condensed milk, some type of liqueur and various spices, all served in a very specific kind of glass.
These guided talks to learn about the signature drink, which are conducted in Spanish, are entirely free, but prior booking is a must.
Registration can be made on the Cartagena Puerto de Culturas website. Registration opens on Thursday May 23 at 9am and is available either until Wednesday May 29 or until all spaces have been filled.
Also of interest: The world of Spanish coffee EXPLAINED
Speaking on the importance of Café Asiático at the presentation of the workshops, Cartagena’s Councillor for Trade, Belén Romero, said, “Our food and drink place us at the pinnacle of gastronomic tourism, because our cuisine is, like the city, three thousand years old.”
The tours will be held on Saturdays in June at the Civil War Air Raid Shelter Museum, from at 10am until around 12.30pm or 1pm. Each tour has a capacity for 20 people.
For more events, gastronomic activities and leisure facilities near La Manga and Cartagena, call in at La Quinta at the heart of La Manga Club
Image: Felipe G. Pagán/Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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Members regularly return to their extended family at the La Quinta multi-ownership club within La Manga Club
Continuity, security and the constant drive to improve attract visitors back to La Quinta year after year
The 5-star La Quinta in the heart of La Manga Club, the most prestigious sports resort development in the Costa Cálida, has forged a reputation over more than three decades as one of the finest multi-ownership members clubs in Europe, and is currently able to offer a limited number of new membership deals on both permanent and fixed 4-year term conditions.
Located in lush tropical gardens above the par-47 pitch and putt course of La Manga Club, La Quinta is within easy walking distance of the tennis centre and various shopping malls. The properties are luxury air-conditioned linked villas built in the traditional Andalusian style with views out across La Manga Club towards the Mar Menor, and those occupying them can enjoy the community’s saltwater swimming pool with swim-up pool bar, where drinks and snacks are served throughout the day.
La Quinta is also home to La Solana bar and restaurant, which is open to non-members for the superb breakfast and lunch menus!
In short, to remain at the top in a resort which has on various occasions been named the best golf destination in Europe, La Quinta have worked hard to combine a number of factors in what has proved to be a winning formula, the most appreciated according to members’ opinions being the following:
* Quinta Members return for their holidays
* Staff and Members are part of an extended family.
* Safety and security are given top priority.
* The weather is usually predictable and invariably better than at home!
* The standards both at La Quinta and throughout La Manga Club remain high.
* La Quinta always looks forward and tries to provide added interest every year!
