Caravaca promotes cycling tourism in the city and surrounding countryside

6 new routes have been presented to the cycling community as attractions to visit Caravaca

The Town Hall of C Caravaca de la Cruz has announced an initiative to promote the attractions of cycling tourism both in the municipality and in the surrounding area through tourist packages which will be offered by specialized travel agencies and on the website of the council department of Tourism.

The promotion focuses on 6 routes along which infrastructures are being improved, all of them publicized through leaflets and in the wider cycling community, according to Mayor José Francisco García and councillors José Santiago Villa and Pepe Fernández, speaking at an event organized by the national group Pedal Spain at the church of San Sebastián. Sr García highlighted the importance of cycling tourism as one of the strategic targets for the department of Tourism, underlining that improvements have already been made along the Collado de la Cruz route through the installation of new signposting.

At the same time, infrastructures such as the new green route around the city and the organization of top cycling events including a stage in the Tour of Spain all serve to place Caravaca in the limelight of the cycling world.

The 6 routes outlined are the “Treasures of Caravaca: Las Fuentes del Marqués” “In the Footsteps of the Pilgrim”, “Culture, Water and Roots”, A New Rural Environment to Discover”, “Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca” and “Pure Mountain Bike”, and the tourism packs currently being designed will offer stays in the municipality of between 1 and 7 days, combining cycling with gastronomy, cultural tourism and the natural environment (as well as accommodation, special guides, bike hire and insurance).

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