2024 Holy Jubilee Year in Caravaca officially presented in Madrid

Millions are being spent on promotion and events to celebrate the 7-yearly pilgrimages to Caravaca

The official presentation of the 2024 Holy Jubilee Year in Caravaca de la Cruz took place on Tuesday November 7 in the El Retiro park in Madrid and was attended by Mayor José Francisco García and the president of the regional government of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, among others.

Under the slogan of “Creer en lo extraordinario” (Believe in the extraordinary) a host of promotion activities are planned for the events being held in Caravaca next year, financed to the tune of a million euros by the Murcia regional tourist board, and the program for 2024 includes a major exhibition, “Magna Urbe”, beginning this December, a series of concerts in the “Las Noches del Camino” cycle, the first international congress of the five holy cities recognized by the Vatican (Caravaca, Santo Toribio de Liébana, Santiago de Compostela, Rome and Jerusalem) and the filming of an episode of TV’s Master Chef.

Another 4 million euros are being spent on the “Camino a Caravaca 2024” network of hiking and pilgrimage routes, an initiative which also includes the recovery of historical heritage and the improvement of tourist information services.