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November 1 Relive the last night of Edgar Allan Poe in Jumilla

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Tic Tac Poe speculates on the events of 7^th October 1849 in Baltimore

November 1 Relive the last night of Edgar Allan Poe in Jumilla The Teatro Vico in Jumilla marks Halloween and All Saints’ Day with a staging of Tic Tac… Poe, which deals with the last night in the life of Edgar Allan Poe, often credited with being the inventor of the horror thriller story for works such as The Murders in The Rue Morgue and The Pit and The Pendulum.

It was on 7^th October 1849 that Poe was found dead in a cold, dark street in Baltimore, but exactly what happened that night has never been made clear. What is known is that he was suffering from a terrible bout of depression and wished to see his late wife Virginia, who had died of tuberculosis two years previously, and theories abound that the cause of death was disease, alcoholism, substance abuse or even suicide.

The performance on 1^st November begins at 20.30 with tickets priced at just 3 and 6 euros and available online here.

If visiting Jumilla for the first time your first port of call should be the local tourist office (Plaza del Rollo, 1, telephone 968 780237 / 663 300779, email oficinaturismo@jumilla.org.

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.