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Tickets to participate in the tour are on sale now in the museums of the Party and the True Cross and can be booked by phone
The dramatized nightly visits to the Castle and Basilica de la Vera takes up on 1 August.
The event, which combines fun and fantastic components with continuous references to the history of Caravaca, personal presents an original new content contextualized in 1907, when there was the first major Levantine pilgrimage to the city and the festivities are held twice in a year.
"This will be the ninth edition of this activity and we should be pleased with the public response that, year after year, go to this particular activity in tourism and cultural" in the words of the Councillor for Tourism in the city of Caravaca de la Cruz, Maria Cruz Perez.
Also, the mayor pointed out that more than 23,000 people, from different backgrounds, have participated and enjoyed to date with this proposal become an indispensable reference agosteñas night.
For its part, the coordinator of the nocturnal visits Indalecio Pozo, has reported that this time participants will go back to the year 1907, during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
"This year, explains historian Pozo Indalecio be remembered in the annals of the city for the celebration of the first major Levantine pilgrimage to the Shrine of the True Cross of Caravaca, involving three or four thousand people, according to media communication at the time, and because the festivities came to be held on two occasions. "
Although the scene where the visit is still the Castle and Basilica-Sanctuary, changed the script and content, the characters involved and interwoven the visit and how to relate the appearance of the Holy Cross.
The activity will be guided and performed by Don Antonio de Béjar, engineer, owner and apprentice historian, the main promoter of the works in the Sanctuary.
The scholar will be accompanied and complemented by Juan Pedro, collecting alms in the Fields, "Manolillo" helper in the work of the sanctuary, and Maria del Lucero, Santeria aflamencado of the Incarnation, fond of singing and the bulls will surely connect and receive the sympathies of the audience.
The four characters will show some of the monumental spaces while interpret various passages in the history of Caravaca, but will always be necessary for the participation of people visit the castle every night since the public is the primary actor to develop this unique product culture and tourism.
Every night except Mondays, between 1 and 31 August, these quirky characters await us in the Castle of Caravaca de la Cruz at 22.00 to spend a different evening, suitable for all audiences.
This activity is organized by Caravaca Jubilee and the Department of Tourism of the City of Caravaca de la Cruz, with the collaboration of the Confraternity of the Blessed and Vera Cruz de Caravaca.
Tickets are on sale at the Museum of the Festival and the Museum of the Vera Cruz (in hours 10-14 hours).
Also you can make reservations or advance purchase by calling 968 705 620 Caravaca Jubilee (hours 10-14 hours).
You can also purchase each night in the castle itself Caravaca or even can be booked at the above phone and collect the aforementioned night in the castle for a few minutes before the visit.
Since the beginning of this unique evening tour for nine years, ticket prices have not been any increase or alteration, so that are fully accessible to all sectors of the population.
Prices are as follows:
Normal ticket: 4 euros
Tique for pensioners and retirees: 3 euros
Tique for young people between 7 and 14 years: 2 euros
Tique for children under 7 years: free
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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