Discover the legends and mysteries of Monte Arabí in Yecla The tourist information point of Monte Arabí in the municipality of Yecla, very close to the boundary between the Region of Murcia and the province of Albacete, is in the old forest ranger..

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The mystical mountain of Monte Arabí is at the centre of numerous local legends The imposing rocky bulk of Monte Arabí stands out from the surrounding countryside and has for centuries been revered as a strange, beautiful and even mysterious place..

Rock art at the sites in Yecla show several different periods of Prehistoric rock art The archaeological sites on Monte Arabí in the municipality of Yecla are considered among the most important in the Region of Murcia, containing prehistoric art..

The sanctuary of the Virgen de la Purísima offers views out over the town of Yecla The Santuario de la Virgen del Castillo is a relatively small church which was built as a sanctuary for the figure of the Virgin Mary known as “La Purísima..

The Iglesia de la Asunción is now the Easter Week museum of Yecla  It can be confusing to talk about the churches of Yecla because the most important ones go under a variety of different names, and the Iglesia Vieja (old church) is no exception..

Construction of the “Iglesia Nueva” in Yecla took a hundred years The Basílica Arciprestal de la Purísima is the most important church and the most emblematic building of Yecla in the north of the Region of Murcia, and is dedicated to..

Two daily food markets in Yecla and a weekly market on Wednesdays The main indoor food market in Yecla is the “Mercado de Abastos”, located in Calle Concejal Juan Sebastián Pérez (click for exact location), and features a wide range of stalls..

Visit the wine bodegas, olive oil mill, stay overnight or enjoy a day trip to Yecla Don´t be deceived by the small number of bodegas in Yecla which form the Yecla wine route. The Yecla wine route is like the Monastrell grape which is such..

Principal labels: Estío (young wines), Valcorso (100% single variety wines), Valcorso and Estío (organic), Iglesia Vieja ( crianza and reserva), Trapío ( 100% Monastrell pie franco), Enesencia (sweet wine). Bodegas La Purísima is one of..

Principal labels; Dominio Espinal, Castaño, Pozuelo, Hécula, Castaño Colección, Casa Cisca, Castaño Monastrell Dulce. Start to research the wines of Yecla on any wine page worldwide and there are two words which recur again and again; Monastrell..

Principle wines produced; Barahonda, Carro, Heredad Candela, Tranco, Summum Bodegas Barahonda offers a complete package for those who enjoy not only learning about, and appreciating the different nuances of wine from each of the wine-producing D..

150,000 years of history and pre-history at the archaeological museum of Yecla The Cayetano de Mergelina archaeological museum in Yecla documents history and pre-history in the Altiplano area in the north of the Region of Murcia between approximately..

Ecological production, family run winery, can be visited as part of the Rutas del Vino de Yecla Bodegas Evine is an ecological family run winery operating under the Denominación de Origen de Yecla (D.O. Yecla) which produces small volumes of wine..

The story behind the development of Yecla in the Altiplano area of Murcia The history of Yecla is a long and complex one, with historians still struggling to fill in the many gaps in a story of which long parts are missing due to a lack of documentation..

Dedicated to the patron of agriculturalists these fiestas feature folk dancing, music and the famous parade of floats made from quilled paper Every year in mid-May in Yecla, reflecting the town’s agricultural heritage, the local fiestas are celebrated..

Patron Saint’s Fiestas are held in Yecla during the second week of December The patron saint’s fiestas in Yecla, which take place every year starting on 5th December, are the continuation of a tradition which began almost 400 years ago, with..

This is the central theatre in Yecla The current Teatro Concha Segura, was built between 1886 and 1887 and occupies the spot on which the former Pósito de Labradores grain store was located.  The theatre was built by Francisco Albiñana Sánchez..