Murcia
As the middle of the semester rolled in, some of the girls and I decided to take a trip to Murcia. This city is the seat of the Province of Murcia, and it is about an hour or so south of Alicante. It's pretty easy and cheap to get there by train from the Alicante train station.
Murcia is smaller than Alicante so there isn't a ton of things to do there, but definitely worth a short weekend trip! When we went, the weather was really nice and we got to see a lot of different cool things in the city.
First, I would recommend staying at The Cathedral Hostel. We really enjoyed our time there and it's in a great location. After we dropped off our things at the hostel, we headed to the courtyard outside and snapped some cool pictures with the flowers and listened to a wonderful Spanish street performer.
We meandered around for a while looking for a bit to eat, but almost nothing was open at that time. In a lot of Spanish cities that don't get a ton of tourism, it can be hard to find lunch food if it's still early in the day. We started seeing people open up around 1 or 2.
After grabbing a tapa and a caña (a small beer) we headed over to take a look at the river. Murcia is a really nice walking town, everything you want to see can be seen by foot. We did a little window shopping, stumbled upon not one but two outdoor weddings, and ended up at the cathedral.
The cathedral in Murcia is definitely one of the most impressive that I've ever seen. We spent a good while taking pictures and walking all around to get a good view of it.
Besides the cathedral, the other cool thing to do in Murcia is visit the old casino. The casino was built a while ago and used to be a way for the rich folk to show off how rich they were. Now it kind of serves the same purpose but the main rooms have been turned into a museum of sorts that you can tour, while the rich folk sit in the restaurant near the back.
Afterwards, we sat ourselves down in a cafe as it started to rain and ordered some coffee and postres. This is always a great option if you don't know how else to spend your time. Spanish people usually aren't in a rush to go anywhere, so if you really want to fit in, just take your time sipping on a hot drink, read a newspaper, talk with your friends, and enjoy a tasty dessert or two!
Murcia is smaller than Alicante so there isn't a ton of things to do there, but definitely worth a short weekend trip! When we went, the weather was really nice and we got to see a lot of different cool things in the city.
First, I would recommend staying at The Cathedral Hostel. We really enjoyed our time there and it's in a great location. After we dropped off our things at the hostel, we headed to the courtyard outside and snapped some cool pictures with the flowers and listened to a wonderful Spanish street performer.
We meandered around for a while looking for a bit to eat, but almost nothing was open at that time. In a lot of Spanish cities that don't get a ton of tourism, it can be hard to find lunch food if it's still early in the day. We started seeing people open up around 1 or 2.
After grabbing a tapa and a caña (a small beer) we headed over to take a look at the river. Murcia is a really nice walking town, everything you want to see can be seen by foot. We did a little window shopping, stumbled upon not one but two outdoor weddings, and ended up at the cathedral.
The cathedral in Murcia is definitely one of the most impressive that I've ever seen. We spent a good while taking pictures and walking all around to get a good view of it.
Besides the cathedral, the other cool thing to do in Murcia is visit the old casino. The casino was built a while ago and used to be a way for the rich folk to show off how rich they were. Now it kind of serves the same purpose but the main rooms have been turned into a museum of sorts that you can tour, while the rich folk sit in the restaurant near the back.
Afterwards, we sat ourselves down in a cafe as it started to rain and ordered some coffee and postres. This is always a great option if you don't know how else to spend your time. Spanish people usually aren't in a rush to go anywhere, so if you really want to fit in, just take your time sipping on a hot drink, read a newspaper, talk with your friends, and enjoy a tasty dessert or two!
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