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The municipal hostel network increases its reserves for the summer, offering the best occupancy data since its entry into operation both in Casa Iglesias (Culebrina) and Casa Grande (Coy) and Puntas de Calnegre.
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, together with the Councilor for Tourism, Francisco Montiel, has reported that the network of municipal hostels handles occupancy forecasts very favorable to the development of the summer campaign.
Fulgencio Gil explained that the forecasts for this summer 2017 are very optimistic, following the general line of recovery of the hotel sector both in the region and in the Region of Murcia.
The Albergue de Casa Iglesias, located in the Diputación de Culebrina, in the heart of the leafy Sierra del Gigante, is the most outstanding example of this increase in reserves.
The main factor that has stimulated its occupation has been an investment of 24,000 euros by the Municipal Consistory in its facilities, which has mainly served to repair, improve and set up the pool with which it had, and now offers a service Which has multiplied the interest to enjoy the shelter.
The First Edil has indicated that this installation, which in recent years suffered from a very low occupation in summer, already has a 100% occupancy from June 24 to the end of July, while the reserves for the month August, which in previous years offered data below 20%, have now risen to 50%.
The Mayor has noted that the occupancy rate of Lorca's hostels during the last winter campaign has been significantly higher than previous years, both in the number of overnight stays and in the number of users who have stayed and / or enjoyed the Facilities for the development of activities of all kinds.
The Hostel of Puntas de Calnegre, which also air-conditioned in the common rooms, as is the case of its Room of Multiple Uses and Dining Room, has all its rooms booked throughout the summer (from June 24 to end of August).
The shelter of Casa Grande, located in the hamlet of Coy, continues to receive requests for reservation from different groups and groups, which provide for an occupation that will be around 40%.
It should be noted that the main source of the groups as well as the private reserves within the network of Lorca hostels this summer, is mainly from the Region of Murcia as well as the Community of Madrid and Castilla La Mancha.
Fulgencio Gil has stated that both the hostels and the residence of Puntas de Calnegre have become, since its opening in 2005, real elements that revitalize the areas in which they are located, in economic, social, tourist, sociocultural, etc. level.
Putting in value the characteristic resources of the areas in which they are located, with a wide range of activities that in addition to the own ones of the lodging include a great fan of resources made available to the personnel housed in the facilities as for the neighbors of These deputations and all those people who may be interested in participating in them.
Enjoying active leisure
In a common way for all the hostels and the residence of points of Calnegre the visitors will find in the reception of each hostel as well as in its rooms full information of all the tourist offer of Lorca and also with the offers of the different activities that can realize in Each hostel
The following activities will be included as an offer of activities:
Rooms for rent.
Lorca Workshop of Time.
Guided visits.
Lorca.
Towns nearby.
Natural Areas of Interest.
Hiking trails (on foot and by bicycle).
Craft workshops:
Bread workshop
Aromatherapy and essences
Manufacture of cosmetics
Elaboration of articles with cane
Health Education Workshops
Paintball.
Archery.
Alternative sports.
Rock Climbing.
Photographic Hunt.
In a complementary way, and given the idiosyncrasy of each one of the shelters of the municipal network, these offer specific activities to enjoy their surroundings.
These are proposals that can increase the interest of users that at certain times of the year different activities can be carried out in each shelter, taking advantage of the own resources of the area.
Thus, the Hostel of Casa Iglesias, in addition to all previously offered, also includes the following activities:
Orientation in nature.
Trace tracking.
Aromatherapy and essences.
Elaboration of decoration objects with wood.
Workshops of astronomy.
Ecological agriculture
The Albergue de Coy, meanwhile, adds the following activities:
Orientation in nature.
Knowledge of artisan traditions of Coy (looms of jarapas).
Elaboration of traditional sweets and Christmas sweets.
Aromatherapy and essences.
Wine making in artisan wineries.
Including grape harvesting.
(Only in season).
Elaboration of figures with waste materials.
Route to the hill of the vineyards, archaeological site.
Musical instruments native artisans
In the case of the residence Turística Medioambiental de Puntas de Calnegre, the following nautical activities are offered:
Initiation to the candle.
Initiation to the Canoe.
Sea baptism (diving with and without bottle).
Marine biology workshops.
Workshops of knowledge of the native flora and fauna.
Elaboration of perfumed salts.
Games and activities on the beach (beach volleyball).
How to book in the municipal network of hostels?
From the same and only reservation center you can make consultations and / or reservations for accommodation, meals and / or activities in any of the facilities.
There is a website exclusively referred to the hostels of Lorca www.alberguesdelorca.com, in which the characteristics of each of the facilities are reflected.
In addition it includes links with other pages of interest of the city of Lorca, its Easter, the rest of the offer of Rural Tourism that Lorca has or of our cultural tourism project Lorca Taller del Tiempo, so that the visitors of the web as well as Make your reservations can know a little better our city.
A single telephone number 646.775.737, which runs from Monday to Sunday, is available to all users, where they can contact by phone to receive all the information they require and if they wish to make any reservations they wish.
A collaboration agreement has been signed with the online reservation center Booking.com, through which reservations can also be made online.
At the moment the shelter of Puntas de Calnegre appears, but progressively they are including the rest of facilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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