ARCHIVED - Saturday 7th December FREE guided tour of the Mines of Mazarrón
ARCHIVED ARTICLE Explore the former mining history of Mazarrón
On Saturday December 7th the municipality of Mazarrón offers a guided visit to the former mining exploitation of the municipality with commentary in SPANISH.
It is fairly common for someone on the route to speak enough English to assist non-Spanish speakers, although this routes is very visual.
All routes in Mazarrón have to be booked via the Tourist Office in the Puerto de Mazarrón and places are limited.Bookings normally open one week before the tour to prevent bookings being made and participants not turning up, and the tourist office splits the bookings to allow a percentage to be made online and the remaining places allocated to people who go into the tourist office to book.
Bookings can be made by calling 968 59 44 26, in person at the tourist office or by emailing the tourist office. Click here for Tourist Office Puerto de Mazarrón.
All of the tours are free of charge
Those participating in senderismo routes should make sure they wear suitable footwear, carry water, wear a hat and suncream and ensure they are physically capable of completing these walks, which are always graded. Walking batons are always a good idea as routes often cover uneven ground and the more difficult routes involve a lot of scrambling over rocks and climbing uphill.
7th December: Visit to Mazarrón mines
This is a two and a half hour long route visiting the extensive mine-workings in the Mazarrón municipality. The route is limited to 40 places.
The Mines of San Cristobal and Los Perules were mined first by the Romans, then a succession of cultures right up to present day, the peak production time being at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth, centuries.
The Romans mined this area extensively, creating more than 200 mines for iron, 100 for lead and silver, 5 for copper and 2 for alum, which was for fixing colours in the tanning process and in glass making.
Around the mines are the remains of chimneys, the mine buildings, and the mini castellated turrets, which were used up until the 1950s.Also there is an extensive vein of red ochre, in the centre of which is the old factory which made alums and ochres, the only one in Spain at the time it was in full operation.
Click for more information about the Mazarrón municipality, including what’s on, places to visit and local news
See below for routes which are currently open for booking at the moment and the booking form for automatic online booking.
BOOK USING THE ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM BELOW.
SELECT THE ROUTE NAME AND CLICK ON THE "31" SYMBOL, WHICH REVEALS THE DATES AVAILABLE. CLICK ON THE DATE REQUIRED TO BOOK.
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