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Santuario De Nuestra Señora De La Esperanza - Located approximately 5 mins by car from La Cañada Urbanization.
The Villa Veija ( Old Town ) - Located just 2 miles outside of the modern built-up area, above the bridge of the C3314 in the Murcia direction.
Moratalla - Approximately 20 mins from Calasparra
Caravaca De La Cruz - Approximately 20 Mins from Calasparra
Cave Paintings at Puertocalcar and Los Monigotes
Caves - Hidden charm
Head down into Calasparra's Cueva del Puerto and you will discover an extraordinarily beautiful cave, spread across various individual caverns and galleries adorned with stalactites and stalagmites. All in all, the cave is 14km long, of which some 400m are open to visitors with lighting and sound in several rooms. Suitable for school trips, expert speleologists and beginners alike.
Nearly all the caves in the Murcia Region are formed by limestone or dolomite, which results in the large number of cavities catalogued.
The longest-stretching cave is the Cueva del Puerto, in Calasparra, in which some 5 kilometres have been mapped.
Some of the caverns are open for guided tours; the rest can be explored by groups of cavers accompanied by guides. As far as vertical drop is concerned, the Region's deepest cave is the Destapada, in Isla Plana (Mazarrón), which goes down 230 m.
Others of note are the Torreta (-175 m), in the Revolcadores massif; the Buitre (-106 m), in the massif of the same name (Caravaca); the Talayón (-152 m), in Lorca; and the Caneja, near Barranda, which is 220 metres long and 99 deep.
Murcia - Approximately 45 mins by car from Calasparra or 1 hr by Train
Cehegín - Approximately 13 miles from Calasparra, on the C3314
Alfonso XIII Reservoir - Located approximately 9 miles from Calasparra along the Mula road.
Argos & Valentín Reservoir - Take the main Caravaca road from Calasparra C3314 until your reach the Valentín junction take this road until you reach Valentín ,you will see the reservoir a quarter of a mile away.
Cenajo Reservoir - Approximately 25-30 mins from Calasparra