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From September 21 Street snacks at the Day Fair during the Feria Grande of Lorca 2024

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Entertainment all day during the major annual fiestas of Lorca

From September 21 Street snacks at the Day Fair during the Feria Grande of Lorca 2024 This year’s Feria Grande in Lorca, which always falls in late September, will once again feature the Day Fair or Feria de Mediodía in the city centre, and various local concerns will be offering traditional local dishes such as sasuages, sobrasada spread, bacon, pipirrana, rice, migas and others at prices starting from just 3 euros per portion including a cold drink.

Each stall will have its own outdoor grill on which the food is prepared, enabling them to move outdoors to be closer to their customers during the festivities while the old centre is closed to motor vehicles at lunchtime.

From September 21 Street snacks at the Day Fair during the Feria Grande of Lorca 2024 The Day Fair will also feature musical parades between 13.00 and 16.30 and a kindergarten as well as a play area next to the Casa de Guevara”, before the “tardeo” sessions begin at 18.00 prior to the evening opening ha detallado la edil de Festejos.

Further details will be published on this page when they are confirmed by the Town Hall.

Image 1: Chiringuito Pepe El Patatero

image 2: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

Lorca Tourist Office

The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites and historic buildings around which the modern city has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, Plaza de España, the former Collegiate church of San Patricio, the municipal archaeological museum, the Casa Huerto Ruano, the Palacio de Guevara and the churches and convents of San Francisco, San Mateo, the Virgen de las Huertas, La Merced, El Carmen and many others.

Unfortunately, Lorca has been prone to natural disaster, suffering a severe flood in 1973 which killed 50 people, and a Gota Fría on September 28^th 2012, as well as a series of earthquakes, the most recent of which was 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11^th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives.

Lorca Tourist Office Lorca also has an area of unspoilt coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, which includes the beaches of Puntas de Calnegre, Cala Calnegre and various others. Although only one is accessible by road others can be reached along dirt tracks!

In terms of fiestas, Lorca is synonymous with Easter (Semana Santa), its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status being famous throughout Spain. The week includes a series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azul) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.

In the Autumn Lorca also celebrates the Fiestas of San Clemente and a Feria and there are a series of important events throughout the year in the Recinto Ferial, as well as a busy cultural and sporting programme.

The tourist office relocated for 14 years to Calle San Patricio, near the church, but has now returned to its former premises alongside the Palacio de Guevara in the Plaza Concha Sandoval, or Plaza de la Bordadora (click for map).

Lorca Tourist Office Lorca also has an area of inspoilt coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only along difficult tracks or by boat!

Lorca Tourist Office However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a series of processions in which the Whites (Paso Blanco) and Blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.