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ARCHIVED - Jumilla extends a warm welcome to 12 Ukrainian refugees

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Local residents of Jumilla open their doors to those fleeing the war in Ukraine

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Jumilla extends a warm welcome to 12 Ukrainian refugees

The Mayoress of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, has officially welcomed 12 people belonging to 7 Ukrainian families to the municipality in the north of the Region of Murcia due to the generosity of local residents and of the council in providing accommodation.

The 12 refugees will be living in four homes, one owned by the Town Hall and the other three donated by locals desperate to help those freeing their homeland. The Mayoress expressed the warmth of the welcome being given to the new arrivals and the solidarity of the people of Jumilla with the Ukrainian cause, and the same applies to another family (a mother with her two children) who are arriving on March 21.

In order to help the new residents the Town Hall is taking care of temporary work and residence permits, health cover, registration on the Padrón and other forms of support, while at the same time encouraging more locals to help the refugees who are yet to reach safety in Spain. Those wishing to help should contact social services at trabajosocial@jumilla.org or get in touch with the Cáritas and Cruz Roja charities.

For more local news, events 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.