Polaris World Resorts
Polaris World, the leader in Spanish Golf Properties,
brings you its latest golf resort, Condado
de Alhama. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, you will upon completion have
a choice of three courses to play in this magnificent golf resort.
With La Torre Golf Resort and the Mar Menor Golf Resort already open and the Golf Resorts of El Valle, Hacienda Riquelme, La Loma and Las Terrazas de la Torre set to open shortly you are simply spoilt for Golf here in Murcia.
With La Torre Golf Resort and the Mar Menor Golf Resort already open and the Golf Resorts of El Valle, Hacienda Riquelme, La Loma and Las Terrazas de la Torre set to open shortly you are simply spoilt for Golf here in Murcia.
Costa Calida - Murcia
Murcia has something for everyone. From its beautiful coastline to its stunning Nature Reserve you are quite simply spoilt for choice. For the active you can choose between Golfing, Scuba Diving, Paragliding, Hiking, Biking and Fishing to name but a few. If you prefer the slower pace then indulge yourself in a long a lazy afternoon of eating and drinking some of the finest foods and wines that this magical province has to offer. The Spanish philosophy is that life is for living, isn't it time you started?
The Province remains as one of Spain's least touristy, least developed and therefore least visited areas. Pinched between Valencia and Andalucia it's only beginning to realise its potential as a tourist destination. With an average yearly temperature of 21oC and over 300 days of sunshine it's the perfect holiday getaway.
Murcia's coastline, all 250km of it is called La Costa Calida (The warm coast) and is located north of the Costa del Sol and south of the Costa Blanca. It stretches either side of Cartagena, from the Mar Menor (An Internal sea which has been deemed a protected area by the United Nations) to Aguilas.
Tourists, the majority of which are Spanish come to the Mar Menor for its reputed therapeutic quality's of its high salt and Iodine content. It is a 170sq-km saltwater lagoon divided from the Mediterranean by a 22km sliver of land called La Manga and is the only one of its kind in Europe.
Murcia A Brief History
The province, which has a population of almost 1.3 million people, gets its name from the Latin Murtae (Mulberry), which covered the landscape for many centuries. The Mulberry, which is the staple diet of silkworms, provided Murcia with a flourishing silk industry right up until WWII when local silk could no longer compete with cheaper man made fibres.
The capital city of the same name is home to close to 400,000 inhabitants. The city (Mursiya) was founded by Muslims in AD 825 on the site of a former Roman stronghold. The town was then re-conquered by Alfonso X Castilla and Leon in 1243 and probably reached the height of its prosperity in the 18th century when its booming silk industry was at its peak.
In 1810 Murcias fortunes took a turn for the worse when it was looted by Napoleonic troops. Plague and cholera followed and by the 19th century the city was in freefall. It was also to become the scene of bitter fighting in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, which saw many of its historic churches burnt down.
Cartagena is Murcia's second city and is home to the largest Naval base in Spain. Its name derives from Carthago Nova so named by Hasdrubal who marched into the Iberian settlement of Mastia with his invading army from Carthage, North Africa. The town prospered greatly under Roman rule and continued to flourish under Muslim rule when it became the independent emirate of Cartjana.
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