Tuesday 9 December 2008

San Pedro del Pinatar Resort

SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR

Facing the tranquil waters of Mar Menor, San Pedro del Pinatar is one of the main tourist destinations on the Murcia coast. Traditionally a seafaring and agricultural centre, San Pedro del Pinatar has become one of the principal tourist towns on Murcia's Costa Calida. It has a beautiful long beach and promenade and street market on Mondays. A small funfair in the summer.

The main attractions of San Pedro are concentrated around the beach. Here you will find Lo Pagan, a lively tourist centre which has all kinds of holiday facilities, hotels, bars, restaurants and shops. Next to the long promenade facing the Mar Menor are extensive beaches such as La Puntica or Villananitos.
San Pedro has an excellent marina and water-sports facilities, windsurfing, fishing, sailing, water skiing, scuba diving, snorkelling, jet skiing, and of course mud bathing further along in Lo Pagan.

The surrounding area near the Quintin Mill contains the Salinas de San Pedro del Pinatar Regional Park, with marked walking trails, and many species of migratory birds and flamingos. You can also benefit from the Therapeutic mud and salt water lakes for bathing.

La Almazara de Santa Rosalia

LA ALMAZARA DE SANTA ROSALIA
(NEAR Mar Menor Golf Resort)
LA ALMAZARA
Calle Real 2
Santa Rosalia Tel. 968 577 055


Lovely spanish hacienda style house with open air eating in courtyard in the summer. Situated in the small village of Santa Rosalia surrounded by orange groves. Good menu with a variety of unusual dishes for this area - such as Tempura vegetables, fusion cooking....

To reach La Almazara pass the Mar Menor Polaris resort entrance and follow road until you see a sign to the right to Santa Rosalia. Take the next right and right again and the restaurant is along the road on your left.