Los Alcázares
A relaxed, flat Mar Menor town of calm, warm lagoon beaches and a long promenade — a family favourite with one of the region's biggest British and Northern-European communities.
Costa Cálida
Murcia's warm coast — the Mar Menor lagoon, Cartagena's ancient port and the beaches of Mazarrón and Águilas. Year-round sun, warm shallow waters and a strong British and Northern-European community.
Towns on the Costa Cálida
La Manga
A slender 21 km sandbar of resorts dividing the warm, shallow Mar Menor lagoon from the open Mediterranean — a beach on each side, watersports everywhere and non-stop summer sun.
Cartagena
A spectacular natural harbour with 3,000 years of history — Carthaginian and Roman remains including a magnificent restored Roman theatre, striking modernist architecture and a living naval city. The Costa Cálida's cultural heavyweight.
Puerto de Mazarrón
A laid-back fishing port and resort with a string of sandy coves and clear water, backed by the striking eroded rock formations of the Bolnuevo badlands — a quieter, Spanish-family holiday coast.
Águilas
A characterful town at the region's southern tip — sheltered coves and long beaches beneath a hilltop castle, and one of Spain's great Carnivals (of International Tourist Interest) each spring.