Hotels in and around Lorca
Hotels in and around the historic city of Lorca
Lorca attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, many of them keen to see the historic buildings in and around the old centre (including the imposing castle) and the beauty of the surrounding countryside, and numbers are especially high during the famed Easter Week processions and the summer holidays.
Finding hotel accommodation can prove problematic at these times of year, but there is quite a range to choose from:
Casa Lamberdina
Address: El Cimbre, Jaralaes (click for map)
Telephone: 625 294824
Email: info@casalamberdina.nl
Website: http://www.casalamberdina.nl
Rooms: 4 (sleeps 8)
Casa Lamberdina is a rural retreat rather than a conventional hotel, set in the stunning countryside of the north of Lorca, surrounded by olives, pines and vines. The sky is vast here and the climate superb, and all luxury rooms have stupendous mountain views.
- Parking, wi-fi, laundry service, outdoor kitchen and grilling masterclasses, swimming pool
Hotel Félix (*)
Address: Calle Fuerzas Armadas, 30800 Lorca (click for map)
Telephone: 968 467654
Email: informacion@hotelfelix.com
Website: www.hotelfelix.es
Rooms: 40 (sleeps 58)
Hotel Hacienda Real Los Olivos (****)
Address: Calle de Altobordo, 30813 Purias (out-of-town location, click for map)
Telephone: 968 959100
Email: hrlosolivos@royalpremierhoteles.com
Website: www.haciendareallosolivos.com
Rooms: 15 (sleeps 28) - suites available
- Family rooms available
- Full-size and children’s swimming pools
- Babysitting service available
- Fully accessible restaurant and café-bar with outdoor terrace toilets also adapted for the disabled
- Padel tennis court
- Free parking
- Rooms include safe, TV, telephone and minibar
- Pets admitted depending on size
- English, French and German spoken
- No smoking rooms available
- Conference and meeting room facilities with office services
Spa Amaltea by Executive Sport (****)
Address: Calle Granada, 30817 Torrecilla (click for map)
Telephone: 968 418209
Email: reservas@executive-sport.com
Website: http://www.executive-sport.com
Rooms: 58 (sleeps 100) – suites available
- Private parking
- Free wi-fi in all areas
- Fully accessible restaurant and café-bar, toilets for the disabled
- Gymnasium and swimming pool
- Meeting rooms
- Rooms include safe, TV and telephone
Hotel Jardines de Lorca (****)
Address: Alameda Rafael Méndez, 30800 Lorca (click for map)
Telephone: 968 470599
Email: reservas@hotelesdemurcia.com
Website: www.hotelesdemurcia.com
Rooms: 43 (sleeps 81)
- Restaurant and café-bar with outdoor terrace
- Dogs admitted on request
- Outside parking or paid private parking
- Laundry service
- Free wi-fi in public areas
- Padel-tennis
- Gymnasium
- Jacuzzi
- Heated pool plus sauna and spa
Hotel Parador Castillo de Lorca (****), inside the walls of Lorca castle
Address: Calle Castillo de Lorca, 30800 Lorca (next to Lorca castle, click for map)
Telephone: 968 406047
Email: lorca@parador.es
Rooms: 75 (sleeps 150), including 2 adapted for guests of limited mobility, 45 twin rooms, 10 doubles, 10 “double plus”, 9 junior suites.
- Conference and meeting rooms
- Facilities for guests of limited mobility
- Parking
- Heated pool, spa
- Electric vehicle recharging point
- Restaurant and bar
- Rooms equipped with hair dryer, safe, TV, phone, wifi, minibar
- Pets not admitted
Click here for further information about what to visit and what to see in the municipality of Lorca, or contact the local tourist office (telephone 968 441914).
Oficina de Turismo de Lorca
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 28th 2012, as well as a series of earthquakes, the most recent of which was 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives.
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 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!
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.
Lorca also has a Parador hotel, located within the historic castle.
Opening hours for Lorca tourist office:
Every day of the year apart from 1st and 6th January and 25th December, 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 18.30 (except Sunday afternoons).
These opening times are often extended and other information points created during the Semana Santa celebrations.
For more local news, events and visiting information go to the home page of Lorca Today