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Cartagena has been the capital of the Spanish Navy’s Maritime Department of the Mediterranean since the arrival of the Spanish Bourbons in the 18th century. As far back as the 16th century it was one of the most important naval ports in Spain, together with Ferrol in the North.
It is a port town with a bustling city full of historical roman sites twined with very cosmo shops bars and restaurants. As you walk about you ll feel instantly familiar as its compact and well laid out. If you head for the marina you cant go wrong as all the major sites stem from there.
Straddling La Manga and the city of Cartagena, we find the El Gorgel Beach. This is an option chosen by very few tourists and visitors from the surrounding area. For this reason, if you are searching for a beach where there are very few people, this is your Ideal choice.
Town hall info
In your local town hall you can register / do the empadron ( find the explanation here)
Town Hall Cartagena
Calle San Miguel30201, Cartagena (Open Map)[acf_phone friendly]http://www.cartagena.es/
Resident information for the Cartagena area
What’s on in and around Cartagena
Fiestas
Carnival
www.carnavalcartagena.es
Carnival celebrations in Cartagena had deep popular roots, especially in the second half of the 19th century, which was cut short when they were banned at the end of the Spanish Civil War. With the restoration of democracy, from 1981 this profane festival was recovered, which is currently one of the most important festivals of the local festive cycle. During its celebration there are parades, dances, fancy dress contests and chirigotas (sort of humorous singing bands) that every year increase the participation in them of Cartagena`s people and visitors.
Holy Week
semanasanta.cartagena.es
Cartagena has a characteristic and singular exponent in its Holy Week. Local Festivity par excellence, is lived with fullness. It is the longest week of the year. There are ten days: from Friday of Sorrows (before Palm Sunday) to Easter Sunday, so popular, when Cartagena becomes equally festive.
Romans and Carthaginians
During ten days of festivities, in an incredible atmosphere that involves residents and foreigners, all the deeds happened in the years of Carthaginian domination and the defeat and occupation at hands of Rome are re-enacted and lived. The troops and the legions are the makers of events based on the history of the city, and of magnificent parades that put on the streets clothes and weapons worthy of the best cinematographic productions. When the second half of September arrives, Cartagena and its inhabitants dress up in history and re-live it for ten impressive days, recalling the heroic deeds of Carthage and Rome. The staging of the acts takes place on many occasions, in the same places where they happened in antiquity.