The Mayor's Political Councillor of the Municipality of Lorca, Mari Carmen Ruiz, presented this morning cultural trips for over 65 years, under the "Know Your Region, to be held on Thursdays 7.14, 21 and 28 May, thanks to the collaboration of the CajaMurcia.
Ruiz explained that "due to the great success of the first experience of last year, involving over 2,300 elderly, the City Council has scheduled this activity contributes to the welfare of the Third Age to visit Puerto Lumbreras, making it possible for this sector know new places to enrich your leisure through tourism. "
This year, the Consistory was chosen because over 65 visit the nearby town of Puerto Lumbreras, a municipality that has had a significant expansion in recent years and offers unique locations, such as the Wall Nogalte Castle, Enmedio House or the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary among others.
The Mayor Alderman explained that "in this day trip, the major leave from Lorca at 09:00 hours, to visit the Multinational Export Barberet & Blanc, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the docks, the Church of Our Lady of Rosario Casas Cueva, Visitor Centre, Castle Walls and House Museum Nogalte Juan Romera.
At noon, the elderly will go to the stud Peña de Bejar, enjoying the cool hours of fellowship and lunch, visiting the facilities and having the opportunity to ride in horse carriages.
After lunch, all seniors will enjoy a magnificent show horses, to be carried out by riders of their own herd, considered a national benchmark in all the complicated world of horses, returning later to the city of Lorca. "
This activity, organized by the Department of the Mayor, is free for the elderly, since it is funded by the Foundation Cajamurcia, thanks to three-year term agreement to be signed in the last year and for which the entity provided each year for 2008, 2009 and 2010 the City Council € 78,131 annually for the development of cultural activities, tourism, leisure and free time in the elderly sector of the city of Lorca.
Seniors who are interested in participating in these trips, which begin this Thursday, can enroll in the Open Centre l Mayor in the Plaza of Tanners del Barrio de San Cristóbal.
The mayor of the Mayor, Mari Carmen Ruiz, expressed his "gratitude to the Foundation Cajamurcia, for their generosity to the elderly and the trust you place in the area that goes to program activities that meet older people of Lorca."
This activity is for Ruiz Jódar an opportunity to know our biggest environmental tourism around them, knowing the possibilities that nature offers in the region and providing a happy and enjoyable stay coexistence based on personal and social integration, promoting and promoting alternative tourism initiatives in the Region of Murcia. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca