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Tourist Information Office Abanilla


Tourist Information Office Abanilla

Oficina de Turismo de Abanilla

The tourist information office in Abanilla is centrally located in the heart of the old quarter of Abanilla, just a one minute walk from the town hall.

The office is manned by English speaking staff, who are able to provide a range of leaflets showing the main tourist attractions of the municipality, as well as providing maps and information about the walking routes, walking areas, accommodation and hostelry facilities within the municipality.

The tourist office is open from 09:00 to 14:00 between Monday and Friday.

Use contact box below to contact the Tourist Office by email.

 


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The heart of rural Murcia with some spectacular photo opportunities

Abanilla is a small municipality in the north-east of the region of Murcia, bordering on the province of Alicante. Abanilla Tourist OfficeIt is currently home to approximately 6,500 inhabitants, a figure which has fallen over the last forty years from almost 9,000 as its neighbour Fortuna has grown correspondingly.

Despite the small population, though, Abanilla occupies 234 square kilometres, and the area is sub-divided into 23 outlying areas, the most heavily populated of which are Barinas, Macisvenda and Mahoya.

Historically, the town is believed to have its origins during the time of the Moorish occupation of southern Abanilla Tourist OfficeSpain. Indeed the name Abanilla itself is derived from the Arabic “Al Banyala” or “Al-Bayada” (white town), and evidence has been found to show that in the 13th century it was known as Favanella.

Little is left of the settlement in the Middle Ages, although the layout of the town centre recalls the typical narrow, winding streets of that time and there are remnants of the old Arab fortress in El Lugar Alto (the hill above the town on which the statue of Christ now stands). The Town Hall building dates from 1762, and other recommended stops on a tour round the town include the Casa Pintada and the Casa de la Encomienda, where the local governors used to live and collect taxes, the baroque church of San José, which was built by Abanilla Tourist Officethe military and religious order of Calatrava, the fountain in the Calle Mayor and the Casa Cabrera.

These buildings make a walk around the town centre a pleasant and interesting experience, but no visit to Abanilla is really complete without a trip out into the countryside. The climate here is among the warmest in the south-east of Spain, with an average year-round temperature of 19ºC, and the landscape is among the most spectacular in the Region of Murcia. The Chícamo, for example, is a dry river-bed which now acts as a floodwater run-off channel, starting in the outlying area of Macisvenda, and among the most spectacular parts Abanilla Tourist Officeof it is the El Cager canyon. Visitors are strongly advised to take a camera: you won’t be disappointed by this “desert river”!

The same rocks which make the Chícamo such a unique place to visit have traditionally provided the backbone of the local economy, and according to some estimates as much as a third of the Region of Murcia’s building stone is extracted from the numerous quarries in the area. These also supply arids and marble-related limestone.

As is the case elsewhere in the Region of Murcia, among the most important dates in the local calendar are Abanilla Tourist Officethose of the fiestas. In Abanilla these occur mainly in the spring, with the stand-out dates being in late April and early May. On 1st May the “Kábilas Moras y Mesnedas Cristianas” parade is held, and two days later this is followed by a Romería in which the Santísima Cruz (the patron saint of Abanilla) is taken up to the small church in the outlying district of Mahoya.

Even outside fiesta season, though, there are plenty of hostelries to enjoy the local cuisine, which specializes in roast meat, locally-grown beans and artichokes and a variety of desserts and sweets. Wine and olive oil Abanilla Tourist Officeare also produced in Abanilla.

Located just a 25-minute drive from the regional capital and 50 minutes from the beaches of the Mar Menor, Abanilla is within easy reach for those who are interested in seeing the other side of the Region of Murcia.

The tourist office is open in the mornings between Monday and Friday from 8:30am to 14:30pm.
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