Murcia landscapes

The main 301 road to Albacete penetrates into the Altiplano, crossing vast field of vineyards with monastrell, garnacha and meseguera grapes, which are supplied to more than a hundred of local wineries throughout the area. Wines from here are produced with denomination of origin full bidied wines of intense colour. Those interested in enology may visit the winery of Cooperativa de San isidro in jumilla and then move on to Yecla, where wines and olive oil may be purchased at the Cooperativa la Purísima.

The best choice when visiting jumilla is to follow Cánovas street up to the Vico Theatre and to contemplate examples of the almost extinct craft of forging. Further on in Constitución square, there are three ancentral family mansions: the casa de los Molina, the palacete de Don Diego, and the building which now houses the jerónimo Molina museum.

The Museum exhibits finds from the Bronze Age the middle ages and roman periods. There is a remarkable collection of Iberian objects found at the 38 sepulchres in Coimbra del barranco ancho burial site. After leaving the museum it is always pleasant to walk along the narrow streets in the old quarter, where you may visit church of Santiago, with a number of styles represented from Renaissance to plateresque.

Very close to the town on Santa Ana´s hill lies a monastery built by Franciscan monks in 1573. here we may visit a very surprising museum, full of objects from fransican missions abroad. Inside the central chapel, there is a carving by Salzillo the cristo de la columna and before we continue towards Yecla a road takes us to the Castle, built by the Marwuis of Villena after the Reconquest. The keep and the courtyard are still in quite a good state.

ANOTHER LANDSCAPES IN MURCIA: