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Agosto'08 09 .- More than 150 people from France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Cádiz, Catalonia, Aragon, Madrid, Almeria, Palma de Mallorca and different municipality in the Region of Murcia, among other provinces, have visited the tourist office for the past two months in order to meet the tourism products offered by the municipality.

During the summer it is customary to see the streets of Puerto Lumbreras with an influx of people, especially from foreign countries.

Likewise, those who have come to the municipality, have sparked some interest to know the local holiday celebrations, Castle Nogalte, Casas-Cueva, rural tourism and outdoor sports like hiking in the Cabezo de la Jara, as well as stay at the Youth Hostel.

During the last month has been more common in Puerto Lumbreras stay of a visitor "pass" due to displacement from the origin to the Andalusian coast, looking in the municipality "shelter" from the long journey from their journeys, according to provided by the Tourism Office of Puerto Lumbreras.

From the second half of July, the most popular activity has been the observation of the stars in the Astronomical Observatory Cabezo de la Jara (Puerto Lumbreras flagship product because there are only two observatories in the Region of Murcia) , with an average of 35 people per night (Wednesdays and Saturdays in July and August), found mainly Spanish holiday in the area of Almeria, Aguilas, Mazarrón and Mar Menor, in addition to visitors from Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras, with a significant increase in visits scheduled for next Tuesday, from 23:00 hrs, night in which you can view the spectacular fall of the 'Persian' popularly known as 'falling stars' or 'tears of San Lorenzo'.

The content of the visits, is led by members of the Astronomical Association of Murcia and consist of an introductory talk on the basics of astronomy, legends and stories of the constellations and explanation of the summer sky.

Remarkably visitors attending next Sunday at the observatory, will stay until the wee hours of the morning in downtown astrology because it is going to extend the viewing hours, as well as lectures by equally able to observe planets , moon, galaxies, nebulae and star visible at the time as well as various places such as Sierra Espuña Guadalentín Valley, the Sierra de la Almenara and La Muela of Velez Blanco.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras