Lorca

Lorca is the third most populated city in the Murcia region, inhabited by approximately 93,000 people (2018). Placed inland, it's a baroque and renaissance city overlooked by its castle. Its Holy Week processions are renowned, just like its Lorca Rock Festival, also celebrated yearly.

Understand
During the Roman period it was ancient Ilura or Heliocroca of the Romans. In the Middle Ages Lorca was the frontier town between Christian and Muslim Spain.

The city was seriously damaged by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on 11 May 2011, killing at least nine people. Due to a shallow hypocenter, the earthquake was much more destructive than usual for earthquakes with similar magnitude.

Climate
Lorca has a warm climate, typical of southeast Spain, with an average annual temperature between 17 and 18 °C. The characteristics of this climate are due to the situation of the municipality, sheltered from the Atlantic storms. Western wet fronts release water when it hit the Betic Cordillera, which separates the Lorca area of depression of the Guadalquivir, which penetrate the winds off the Atlantic. Rainfall usually occur in torrents, falling mostly in a few days of the fall or spring, with very dry summers. The winters are usually mild with mean temperatures below 9 °C. Summers are hot, 36 °C is the common maximum temperature in July and August, although it sometimes reaches more than 40 °C. Due to the size and topographical fluctuation of the municipality, not all areas report the same rainfall and temperatures.

See

 * Calle Corredera, the main pedestrian street of the city
 * The Casino
 * The Guevara Palace
 * Archaeological Museum
 * The Alameda boulevard
 * Mount Calvary, a scenic viewpoint
 * Porche de San Antonio, a remaining tower of the former citadel
 * The Guerra Theatre
 * Huerto Ruano country house
 * Huerto Ruano country house

Do
There are many beaches in its 8 km (5 mi) litoral stretch of the coast line surrounded by hills with coves with sparse to dense vegetation. Some of the popular beaches are:
 * The Calnegre, a sand beach, 1200 m long and 20 m wide, is peaceful with the calm sea.
 * Cala Leña, part of the Blana Cove with backdrop of hills covered with good vegetation and facing crystal clear sea water.
 * El Ciscar, a gravel beach surrounded by low hills.
 * El Muerto beach with volcanic black sand and rock faces.
 * La Galera gravel beach in the backdrop of a cove and rock cliffs covered by vegetation.
 * Los Hierros, a gravel beach.
 * Larga beach, a 500-m-wide gravel beach.
 * La Junquera, a small gravely beach with rocky landforms.