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ARCHIVED - August 13 Free guided visit tracing the history of San Javier
The municipal museum, parish church and Town Hall of San Javier are included in the tour
The town of San Javier, on the inland shore of the Mar Menor, emerged as an important population relatively recently, and in many ways it did not really grow in importance and prestige until the 1930s, when the Spanish air force officer training academy was founded.
For this reason the free tour being held on August 13, which starts at the municipal museum, focuses largely on the Academia General del Aire (AGA) and the museum is even home to a plane donated by the air force. Other aspects covered include the earlier past, the tradition of large-scale and complex nativity scenes every Christmas, and from the museum the tour moves a few metres to the parish church of San Francisco Javier, which was among the first to be built in the Mar Menor area.
The church is home to various religious sculptures by Sánchez Lozano and paintings by Muñoz Barberán, and the visit then finishes in the full council chamber of the Town Hall of San Javier.
Further information and bookings are available from the tourist office of San Javier (968 571704) and bookings can be made online here. The visit begins at 9.30 outside the museum and lasts approximately two hours.
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Address
Calle Padre Juan. Centro Cultural Principe de Asturias 30720 SAN JAVIERTel: 968 571 704
Oficina de Turismo de San Javier
The municipality of San Javier has three main offices giving tourist information to visitors, as well as two information points. The tourist offices are located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the town hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga. There is also a summer tourist information point located on the seafront in Santiago de la Ribera as well as one at kilometre 12-13 of La Manga del Mar Menor next to Playa Mistral.
Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and Mediterranean, San Javier has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although it is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.
Tickets for the annual San Javier Jazz Festival can be purchased at the Festival office in San Javier Town Hall, Plaza de España.
Timetables summer 2024:
Tourist office Santiago de la Ribera (Calle Padre Juan 30720, Santiago de la Ribera)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Telephone: 661 572285
Email: turismo@sanjavier.es
La Manga del Mar Menor (Gran Vía Km. 0 30380, La Manga del Mar Menor):
May 1 to September 30:
Weekdays 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.30 to 13.00
Telephone 968 128955 ext. 2
Tourist information point of San Javier (Plaza de España, 30730 San Javier):
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00
968 573 700 ext #5351
Email: concejaliadeturismo@sanjavier.es
Tourist information point of Santiago de la Ribera (Paseo Colón on the seafront)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Tourist information point of La Manga del Mar Menor (Playa Mistral, km 12)
Weekdays 11.00 to 18.00
Weekends and public holidays 11.00 to 14.00
