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Councillor of Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has released the numbers of visitors who have visited the Fortress of the Sun during the month of July, qualifying them as "excellent, they confirm that Lorca's bid by tourism Quality is meeting the expected response from visitors. "

Montiel said that "more than 5,000 people toured the Fortress of the Sun during the month of July. Should be recalled that in July 2010 the Castle was 2,500 people, so about two years ago has increased by 100% the number of visits, just twice. On July 2011, a very difficult month because they had just succession of earthquakes and we were in the process of recovery of the heritage of the Castle, we received 930 visitors, so that in a year has grown by 537%. "

The mayor stressed that "this success is largely due to the enhancement and openness of the archaeological remains of the Synagogue and the Jewish quarter, within the Archaeological Park of the Castle. The sum of these unique assets and liabilities to all what we already offered from the Fortress of the Sun has a multiplicity of views. Today, tourism in Lorca no comparison possible across the Spanish territory, and as we continue to recover our cultural heritage will add more reasons to consolidate as regards tourism " .

As reasons for the rise in visitor numbers, Montiel has also highlighted "the opening of the Tower of Ram after the rehabilitation work undertaken to recover from the damage caused by earthquakes."

Another factor is the "Parador, a boost for local tourism, because its implementation has much to do with this increase in visits."

The council stressed that "the summer activities organized in the castle also have enabled us to receive this amount of visitors. Both activities such as Music in the Fort nightly visits or Night of Perseids have been well received by Lorca and visitors. "

In this sense Montiel stated that "there have been many who have wanted to see Lorca Synagogue and the Jewish Quarter of Lorca, and therefore took advantage of both the open days as the daily visits are made to this environment. Remember that Lorca all you can do for free with the card of a friend of "Lorca Workshop of Time", with which we can access at no cost to the Fortress of the Sun ".

Montiel recalled that tourism is maintained for the entire month of August, "the theatrical tours" A King in Lorca ", which take place every day, as well as guided tours of the restoration of Torre del Ram . And of course, a visit to the Fortress of the Sun and Archaeological Park with the Jewish Quarter and the Synagogue. The schedule to participate in these activities during the day is 10.30 hours until sunset, the last entry at 19.30 hours. "

At night time, Montiel has highlighted "the dramatized tours of" The Conspiracy of Blake "set in the Napoleonic era, held from Tuesday to Saturday every 30 minutes between 20.30 and 22.30 hours."

Similarly, the mayor recalled that "on Saturday 18 will celebrate the" Workshop Cocinoterapia "with which we learn to cook recipes from five continents as American or Australian kangaroo brownie. Reservations for this activity can be performed through www.cocinoterapia.es the web. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca