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How Our Villa Will Suit Your Requirements - Some questions answered.

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How would a holiday here best suit your individual needs?

Do you enjoy the sun?

Well, you are looking at the right place with an annual average temperature of 18 degrees and 2,800 hours of sun. The villa has a large roof terrace to catch the sun, sun beds and a large granite table and benches for al fresco meals and barbecues. Los Alcázares enjoys an extraordinary climate. Daytime temperature can be expected to be into the high 30s in summer and still in the 20s in November. Most people still wear shorts through to late autumn.

Do you find the summer temperature a bit too hot?

The mid and low season here usually has a beautifully comfortable degree of sun and warmth which is such a welcome change when the UK is cold and wet. Any rain never seems to last more than a few hours. The evenings are a bit cooler naturally. In high season of course the Villa has air conditioning and shady spots for a relaxing siesta in the garden.

Would you enjoy relaxing on the beach?

The beach is a 20 minute stroll. Once there, enjoy seven kilometres of sandy beach by the beautiful Mar Menor - an almost landlocked lagoon with shallow waters and blue flag beaches. The water is always warmer than the Med and safe for swimming. There are sun beds and shades to hire, beach bars for snacks and drinks. Public loos are spaced at regular intervals along the prom.

Do you like to drive?

It is easy to hire a car. Pick one up at the airport and then it’s only a 10 minute drive to the villa or hire one for a few days from near the villa and have a look around the area. No problem parking near the villa, beach or the many supermarkets. Free parking!

Would you rather not hire a car?

Why not have a go at riding a bike again? We have four you can use when you have checked them. (no helmets). The locality is free of hills and many roads have cycle lanes. The town, beach, shops, supermarkets and restaurants are nearby.

Would you rather not ride a bike, but can’t walk too far?

The nearest facilities to the villa are in Oasis centre less than 5 minutes walk with shops, bars and restaurants. The local Urban Bus, normally an hourly service, leaves from just up the road. It will take you to almost all of the supermarkets, the medical centre, library and market for around a euro. The stop near the Town Hall in Los Alcázares is nearest to the sea 5 minutes walk away. The Mucia, Alicante and Cartagena coaches leave from nearby stops. There are numbers for Spanish and English speaking taxi drivers in the villa.

What about the children?

There is a play park opposite the villa and a “Ball Park” play area upstairs the Velas Mall. The water near the beach is warm and shallow. There are loos and ice creams and drinks available on the prom. In the Villa we have a selection of beach toys: bucket and spade, beach mats, float and a beach tent for shelter. Our villa has a gated safe area for play. We can arrange for you to hire buggies and other children's equipment.

What if they are a bit bigger?

In the main season there are water sports available with pedalos, double bikes for the prom and numerous places to snorkel. In the shopping arcade is a ball park and an internet café. The play area opposite to the villa has a basketball net, football pitch and tennis courts. There are swimming pools in the area too. The local eateries have all the usual pizzas, burgers as well as more traditional fare. The CuitImagina is a combination of Art and Science Museum with hands on exhibits to investigate and explore to occupy the whole family in Ceuti.

If we have a couple of hours of rain or we want a break?

In the Villa there is a comprehensive collection of games, books, CDs, and DVDs. It never seems to rain for long here though - the rain is mainly warm too. Dos Mares shopping mall in San Javier has children's play areas, cinema and also 10 pin bowling. Ikea in Murcia has a crèche while you browse. Massive Toys’r’us in Parc Mediterraneo in Cartagena.

Or your older children want to be more active?

There are many golf courses nearby. La Sucina can be reached on the bus, but if you have a car there is plenty of choice including the world famous La Manga. The Mar Menor hosts Kite surfing lessons including a 3 day course. There is Sailing, Sail-boarding and Watersking. Thirty minute Microlite flights are available at nearby Los Garranchos. A go-kart track is 5 minutes away, or how about diving at the Marine Reserve at Cabo de Palos – Isla Hormigos or on the wrecks.

Would you like to do some sight-seeing?

The villa is ideally situated for getting about. Travel by car to Mazarron, Cartagena, Murcia or one of the many villages nearby. The area abounds with historical buildings and museums. From the Church Parish and Ethnological museums at St Javier to the cathedrals and churches in the old cities of Murcia and Cartagena. World War One submarine is at Cartegena. Coaches leave nearby for Murcia and Alicante several times a day and from Alcázares to Cartagena where there is a guided tour bus of the city. During the summer a regular water taxi shuttles between Los Alcazares and La Manga. Also boat trips to the islands of the Mar Menor run daily.

Enjoy a Fiesta?

How about coming for Easter Holy week where there is a ‘Berber Invasion’ in Los Alcázares with a Medieval market, watch the San Pedro theatrical performances or the 3 hour long procession in Cartagena. The fiesta Virgen del Carmen takes place in San Pedro in July. The Dia del Caldero on the beach at Los Alcázares in October, where friends and families set up camp and bbq on the sands to drink and eat the traditional fish dishes.

On your own and don’t speak Spanish?

The nearest bars in Oasis seem to attract British people and those who speak English from an International community. They follow the sports on wide screen TV and host everything from live entertainment and karaoke to line dancing. The Post Room in Mercadona plaza is run by english people and has full internet facilities. The paper shop in the Oasis Centre sells English Daily newspapers and magazines printed in Spain.

Like to Shop?

The Dos Mares Complex is well worth a visit for all sorts of things, clothes, gifts, jewellery etc. There is a fish market at La Lonja. Local street markets take place Monday opposite the Consum supermarket (run by English people), Tuesday in Los Alcazares, Friday by the Oasis Centre and Saturday behind Velas mall. A market is also held on Sunday at the Autocine on the road to San Javier.

Enjoy good wine?

Take one of our bottles to the Bodega, try the various great wines in kegs on offer, choose your favourite and fill it up. All at fantastically good prices too!

Enjoy eating out?

You have many choices of cuisine nearby. Spanish, Scandinavian, German, Italian, Chinese, Tapas-bars and English breakfasts, roasts and fish and chips! For home cooking almost all tastes are catered for at the local supermarkets with an especially fine selection of fish. Special ‘British’ items can be found at the British butchers, Spar and Lidl.

Enjoy nature / bird-watching?

The Park Las Salinas at San Pedro del Pinater has a wetlands conservation and research centre for exploring the local wildlife with a guided walk and explanatory signs. It is a stopover for many migrating birds including flamingos who feed on the shrimp in the salination flats of the Mar Menor. The Nature ESpuna Trails host guided picnic walks in the mountains and there are the famous Windmills of Torre Pacheco to see. The coastal areas have wonderful scrublands and the urbanisations are a riot of flowering shrubs, flowers and palms. The seabed off Cabo de Palos and the Islas Hormigas are a designated marine reserve.

Like to be a Culture Vulture?

St Javier hosts a Jazz festival. Cartagena a full programme of cultural events. There is an aeronautical museum in Los Alcázares. In the Cathedral in Murcia, a complex Gothic Architectural composition, are religious artefacts and many fine paintings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Cartagena is a Historical port and Naval centre with fine architecture, ramparts from the 14^th century and a recently recovered Roman collection. There is a Museum of fine Arts in Murcia.

Need a bit of pampering?

Visit the local famous Hotel Barneario Encarnacion Spa built in1904, on a previously Roman site in Victorian splendour. The Spa has been recently refurbished for treatments with Mar Menor mud to  eliminate toxic particles, boost circulation and promote muscle relaxation. Invite the local nail technician to give you a manicure and pedicure or visit the local hairdresser or beautician. Bathe in the Mar Menor! The waters are classed medicinal. The shallow water and high concentration of salts, iodine and other important minerals in the water is recommended to ease stress, rheumatic pains, sciatica, lumbago and  conditions of the skin and joints.

Want raving nightlife, all night drinking, dancing clubs and kiss-me-quick hats?

Sorry, this we can’t do. This is a quiet family area! Try Alicante, Ibiza or Majorca

Would you just like to chill out?

The villa is very comfortable, well equipped and easy to manage. Big bed, blinds and no alarm clock. There is a coffee machine and toaster for breakfast after a nice long soak in the bath, and a gentle stroll to the shop for the paper and fresh rolls perhaps. Later a leisurely ride to the beach for a swim, tapas, and a beer on the promenade maybe. Then back for a Siesta in the Villa - or up on the sun roof on a sunlounger, with one of our selection of books. A cold glass of lemonade made from the lemon you picked from the tree earlier and ice from the freezer. A delicious pastry from the baker, later a meal out - or in…. Some delicious local wine of your choice from the Bodega and some nibbles under the stars on the roof, smell the flowers, listen to the chirrup of the cicadas ……?

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