LOS
ALCAZARES is a busy Spanish resort on the Mar Menor Lagoon,
with a vast array of shops restaurants, cafes and banks. There
is a small shopping mall within a 5 minute drive with a small
supermarket, a variety of shops, cafes and a cinema. The town
also holds a market on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.
A short ride away is the beach area with a tiled, palm-lined
promenade running alongside the Mar Menor Lagoon. If you continue
along the promenade you will come to a more lively beach area
with sun beds and pedalos and further along to Los Alcazeres,
a popular resort with a sandy beach, bars, cafes, shops. The
whole area is very flat and is ideal for cycling or just promenading.
The area around Los Narejos is full of lively small resorts
and historical towns. From Los Alcazares pier you can take boat
trips to nearby islands, view the Mar Menor by night,or perhaps
take a BBQ trip. Apart from Roda Golf you have Torre-Pacheso
which is 12 minutes away by car and La Manga Golf, which is
15 minutes by car plus many other well known golf courses within
easy reach.
The resort lies just 25 mins drive from the beautiful cosmopolitan
city of Murcia with its many restaurants, tapas bars, designer
clothes shops, baroque cathedral and bull fighting ring and
the largest shopping mall in Europe.
Torrevieja is within a 20 minute drive and is surrounded by
salt lakes which are home to a variety of wildlife including
pink flamingos which are protected within the La Mata nature
reserve. The town has a large marina, fun fair, promenande which
is bustling from early evening with street artists and stalls,
a harbour walk and abundant bars, shops and restaurants.
Going
north Alicante is worth a look as are the many beaches and bays
all along the Costa Blanca and of course Benidorm is only an
hour away with it's vast selection of attractions including
the Terra Mitica theme park, Mundomar sea life attraction and
Aqualandia water park
