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ARCHIVED - February 18 and 20 Carnival 2023 in Jumilla

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Parades and a night of party music as Jumilla enjoys Carnival

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - February 18 and 20 Carnival 2023 in Jumilla The Carnival of Jumilla is by no means the biggest in the Region of Murcia but the celebrations still attract large numbers of participants every year and are being welcomed with particular enthusiasm in 2023 as the events get back to their full scale after the coronavirus pandemic disruption of the last couple of years.

This year there are two main processions, a party zone and a circus show during the week, with the official program being as follows:

Saturday February 18

17.30: The grand Carnival parade. Troupes gather at 17.00 before setting out from Calle Calvario and continuing along Calle Canónigo Lozano, Cánovas del Castillo and reaching the Jardín de la Glorieta.

20.00: Tsirko, El Circo Mágico in the car park outside the main food market of Jumilla.

22.00: DJ music sets and entertainment in the market car park until late.

Monday February 20

11.30: Children’s Carnival parade. Schoolchildren parade from the Plaza de la Glorieta to Cánovas del Castillo, Avenida de la Asunción, Reyes Católicos and the Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola.

For more local events, news and visiting information go to the home page of Jumilla Today.

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.