Practical information

 

Tournament place

Murcia is a medium sized city, located in southeastern of Spain, between Alicante and Andalucia (Alicante is located 50 minutes by car from Murcia and Granada is 2 hours and a half).

Murcia - Spain

 

The tournament will take place in Murcia, in the Centro cultural "Puertas de Castilla".

Logo Puertas de Castilla Data center
Avda. Miguel de Cervantes 1
30009 Murcia.
Phone: 968 274 110

 

Puertas de Castilla

 

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Weather

Climate average values at Murcia in the period 1971-2000

  March April Year
Average temperatures (°C) 13.5 15.6 17.8
Maximum daily temperatures (°C) 20.4 22.5 24.4
Minimum daily temperatures (°C) 6.7 8.7 11.2
Average relative humidity (%) 57 53 59
Average rainfall (mm) 30 27 301
Hours of sunshine 212 240 2797

 

 

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How to arrive?

The best way to come to Murcia from other countries is:

  • By plane to the airport El Altet / Alicante
  • By bus from the airport to Murcia

 

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By plane

There are 2 airports near Murcia:

  • El Altet / Alicante airport (70 km, 45 minutes by bus)
  • San Javier / Murcia airport (50 km, 45 minutes by bus)

Airoports near Murcia

The best way is to arrive at the airport El Altet / Alicante.

After arriving at one airport, you can come to Murcia:

  • by bus
  • by train (only from Alicante, after taking a taxi)

There are also taxi services to get to Murcia from both airports.

If you arrive at the airport by night (later than 21h15), communicate it by email to the organization!

If you can not arrive directly from your place of origin at any of these 2 airports, it is better to arrive by plane at Madrid or Barcelona and do a transfer to El Altet airport.

If you choose the airline Iberia to do the transfer, to get a good price you should purchase the return ticket.

 

 

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By coach

There are daily coaches that connect Murcia with the major cities in Spain (Alicante, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, etc.). There are also international services by coach.

There are as well buses that connect Murcia with the airports of El Altet and San Javier.

The coach station (A on map) is very close (1 km, 12 minutes by foot) to the place where the tournament will take place (B on map).

Estación de Autobuses-Puertas de Castilla

 

 

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By train

Access by train can be done from anywhere in Spain via Madrid, with daily trains, or from anywhere in Europe, via Barcelona. The departures and arrivals take place at the train station Murcia del Carmen, in Murcia.

There is a suburban train every hour from Alicante to Murcia.

The train station Murcia del Carmen is about 3 km (30 minutes by foot) to the place where the tournament will take place.

 

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Where to sleep?

Although we offer the possibility of booking for you a room in a hotel in the center (Hotel La huertanica) which offers us special rates, there are other places to sleep.

Hotel La huertanica (A on map) is about 2 km, 20 minutes by foot, to the place where the tournament will take place (B on map).

Hotel La huertanica-Puertas de Castilla

 

There is also an economic hotel very close to the place where the tournament will take place (it is in front of it, near 50m): Hotel Legazpi.

 

 

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Tourist information

Murcia is famous for its Easter processions (just starting on Friday when the tournament begins and continue for over a week).

After the Easter, in Murcia is celebrated the Spring festival. Throughout that week there are concerts and parades and temporal restaurants installed in the gardens of the city called "barracas" in which you can taste the local cuisine. Among the many acts out on Tuesday, the "Bando de la Huerta" and Saturday the "Burial of the sardine", the latter declared National Celebration of International Tourist Interest.

In addition, Murcia is close to other cities such as Cartagena, Alicante and Granada, where there are places of interest like a Roman theater or La Alhambra castle-palace.

 

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