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Visit the monuments and sights of your choice, when you want at the pace you choose!

Group bookings for anywhere from 2 to 30 people!

As well as the wide range of scheduled visits and tours of the main sites of interest in Lorca there is also the option of contracting your own private tour, with group sizes ranging from just a couple to 30 people, making it an ideal way to organize a day out four social groups!

These tours are held in Spanish so either make sure your linguistic skills are up to it or nominate one of your group as a translator – it’s your tour, and the pace of the visit depends entirely on your preferences.

Organize your own private tour of Lorca! The choose from the myriad of possible visits in the historic city centre, bearing in mind that all visits start at the Visitors Centre at the old Convento de la Merced. Your chosen destinations might include the remarkable embroidery museums, in which some of the spectacular accoutrements worn during the Semana Santa processions can be seen, the fascinating archaeological museum, the historic buildings of the Plaza Mayor (including the former Collegiate Church of San Patricio), the main streets of Calle Corredera and Calle Lope Gisbert, the magnificent Palacio de Guevara, the Casino and the Teatro Guerra.

Organize your own private tour of Lorca! Tours last a minimum of two hours and can begin at whatever time your prefer, with prices as follows:

2 people: 130€

Up to 4 people: 150€

Up to 6 people: 170€

Up to 10 people: 200€

Up to 15 people: 220€

Up to 24 people: 240€

Up to 30 people: 300€

For further information about visiting Lorca contact the visitors centre or the castle (telephone 968479003 / 968959646, email info@lorcatallerdeltiempo.com / recepcion.fortaleza@lorca.net), or go to the home page of Lorca Today.

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

Lorca Tourist Office

The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites and historic buildings around which the modern city has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, Plaza de España, the former Collegiate church of San Patricio, the municipal archaeological museum, the Casa Huerto Ruano, the Palacio de Guevara and the churches and convents of San Francisco, San Mateo, the Virgen de las Huertas, La Merced, El Carmen and many others.

Unfortunately, Lorca has been prone to natural disaster, suffering a severe flood in 1973 which killed 50 people, and a Gota Fría on September 28^th 2012, as well as a series of earthquakes, the most recent of which was 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11^th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives.

Lorca Tourist Office Lorca also has an area of unspoilt coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, which includes the beaches of Puntas de Calnegre, Cala Calnegre and various others. Although only one is accessible by road others can be reached along dirt tracks!

In terms of fiestas, Lorca is synonymous with Easter (Semana Santa), its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status being famous throughout Spain. The week includes a series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azul) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.

In the Autumn Lorca also celebrates the Fiestas of San Clemente and a Feria and there are a series of important events throughout the year in the Recinto Ferial, as well as a busy cultural and sporting programme.

The tourist office relocated for 14 years to Calle San Patricio, near the church, but has now returned to its former premises alongside the Palacio de Guevara in the Plaza Concha Sandoval, or Plaza de la Bordadora (click for map).

Lorca Tourist Office Lorca also has an area of inspoilt coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only along difficult tracks or by boat!

Lorca Tourist Office However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a series of processions in which the Whites (Paso Blanco) and Blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.