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Signal the path of Campo de Cartagena as a new way of pilgrimage to Caravaca (19/05/2010)

The Santiago basin in Santa Lucia, where tradition says the Apostle landed in Spain, is today the starting point of a new pilgrimage route to Caravaca de la Cruz.

Tourism councilors of the municipalities of Cartagena, Caravaca, Fuente Alamo, Alhama, Lorca, cities for running this new route, in addition to Totana, whose mayor was unable to attend, presented the Camino del Campo de Cartagena.

As pointed out by the mayor of Cartagena Tourism, Javier Herrero, this is a route that goes from St. Lucia and the Campo de Cartagena travels to Caravaca.

She also pointed out that from this point leave other routes, as another path to the Vera Cruz through Martínez del Puerto and Murcia, the road to Santiago de Compostela, and the Grand Tour GR92 path.

The new path is different and enjoyable, highlighted the council Cartagena, and running through greenways, based on the ancient route of the railway line to Totana.

All your route, about 136 kilometers, is marked and it is the intention to add value to the point from which the tradition came the Gospel in the peninsula.

For his part, Councillor for Tourism of Caravaca, Gonzalo López-Aguy, highlighted the fact that he joined the seven paths of Vera Cruz existing backbone and character that will have for the region this network that targets the city of Caravaca.

It has also provided the data that so far this year has increased by 48 percent the number of people using these roads, constituting an important tourism resource for present and future in the autonomous region.

The eight paths of Vera Cruz have been incorporated into a basic guide Natursport edited in collaboration with the municipalities which run, and has appeared again this morning to the media.

This guide compiles these routes on a manual aid to pilgrims, where indicated from how to prepare physically, to the way they walk and even how to pack, through its more than 180 pages.

EL CAMINO DEL CAMPO DE CARTAGENA

Of 136 km runs through the municipalities of Cartagena, Fuente Alamo, Alhama de Murcia, Totana, Lorca and Caravaca de la Cruz.

Recovered much of the old railway Cartagena-Totana, a route that passes through the Campo de Cartagena, Guadalentín Valley and places like the Santa of Totana and the Incarnation in Caravaca.

Covers the municipalities of Cartagena, Fuente Alamo, Alhama de Murcia, Totana, Lorca and Caravaca.

The route starts from the dock at the port of Santa Lucia and across the middle of the city to go to Los Dolores The Aljorra where it leaves the city of Cartagena and Source refers to the Alamo along the old railway abandoned.

Passing the Pinilla, Alhama de Murcia, La Santa de Totana, Lorca, Coy, the sanctuary of the Incarnation and finally to Caravaca.

El Camino del Campo de Cartagena takes a different route to the Way of the Apostle and avoids the metropolitan area of Murcia, traditional paths crossing the Campo de Cartagena, the valley of the foothills Guadalentín Espuña Park and the land between the mountains and the Madroño Pedro Aviles Ponce to reach and where Coy leads to Caravaca de la Cruz.

SEVEN OTHER WAYS OF VERA CRUZ

1 - The journey of the Apostle

Cartagena, Caravaca de la Cruz Murcia

The path of the True Cross

Farm Rocamora-Abanilla-Murcia

The Highland Road

Yecla, Jumilla-Calasparra-Moratalla, Caravaca de la Cruz

The Way of the Lower Guadalentín

Mazarrón-Totana-Alhama

By way of the High Guadalentín

Eagles-Lorca-Zarcilla Ramos-Caravaca de la Cruz

The way to Andalusia