The La Manga Strip is a narrow piece of land approximately 21 Km long and 300 metres wide. It separates the Mediterranean Sea from the Mar Menor inland saltwater lagoon. Along it’s coast on both sides, there are beautiful ‘Blue Flag’ beaches with white sands, ideal for family holidays.
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Puerto Tomás Maestre:
This is the largest Marina on the La Manga Strip and has some amazingly expensive yachts moored in it. It faces the Mar Menor side of the Strip, but has a canal with a lift bridge leading to the Mediterranean.
You can take a ferry back across the Mar Menor from here to Santiago de la Ribera which takes about 40 minutes.
Cabo de Palos:
Cabo de Palos is a small fishing port located at the start of the La Manga strip. It has a Light house and numerous bars and restaurants dotted about. The harbour area is busy in summer and quiet in winter.
The Sunday market at Cabo de Palos is very popular and opens early at approximately 8.00 am and closes at approximately 3 pm. There are in excess of 100 stalls selling fruit, vegetables, clothes, shoes, bags, home wares and by mid morning is it buzzing. Cabo de Palos market really is a market for the local people and therefore prices are very reasonable indeed.
Diving in Cabo de Palos:
The La Manga coastline has a rich and unique blend of atlantic and mediterranean sea life where you can find moray eels, groupers, barracuda, rays, octopus, turtles and sunfish, along with countless types of colourful smaller fish. There are many amazing rock formations as well as wrecks, corals and reefs.
Beginners can take half day or longer courses either to experience diving for the first time or as part of a course to become PADI certified. Experienced divers can do deep water dives and explore many sunken vessels and shipwrecks in the area. Click here for more information
Sailing in La Manga:
Learn to sail or improve your technique on Europe's largest lagoon, the Mar Menor. The permanently warm waters and predictable winds provide perfect yachting conditions. Learn from an instructor in your boat or one provided by one of the sailing schools in the La Manga area. As an alternative to sailing learn to use a Kayak, available as singles and doubles. Take half or full day Safari to explore the protected wildlife of the Mar Menor lagoon. Click here for more information
Go Karting in La Manga:
Our facilities are located near to the entrance of the La Manga strip and Cabo de Palos.
We have three different circuits - Adult, Junior and Infant. The main circuit has ample borders and large grass areas (12000m2 ). The closest space between tracks is 8m, the widest is 40m.
The circuits are fully illuminated. Click here for more information
Bars and Nightclubs in La Manga:
The La Manga area has many bars and clubs. Everything from quiet coffee bars open all day to nightclubs open most of the night. There is something for everyone, if you want a romantic drink somewhere you have plenty of choice, if you want to dance and party with dj's and the latest music you can do that too. Many bars have satellite TV showing all the latest Sporting action, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Athletics and anything you could watch. Some bars have live music, and entertainment including comedy Click here for more information
In most of Spain, the nightlife starts late and finishes up in the wee early hours of the morning. The region of La Manga is no exception to the rule! One of the more popular ways to while away the warm evenings in La Manga is to get out your dancing shoes, gather up a group of your closest friends and head out under the stars for drinks, dining and dancing. When you're under the stars in La Manga, you can dance by the reflection of the two seas that flank La Manga. Visitors to the area can choose every kind of bar or restaurant when looking for something to do in La Manga.
During the warm summer months, people from the surrounding areas flock to La Manga just to experience the hopping night life the area has to offer. Both the young and the not-so-young will find something to do in La Manga once the sun goes down. Although the younger crowds usually head toward Cabo de Palos, where the sunset turns a dozy fishing village into a bustling array of nightspots, La Manga itself sees its own share of visitors.
Everyone loves El Zoco Alcazaba, where there is never a shortage of things to do. A popular stop in La Manga, El Zoco features a satisfying selection of shops, bars and restaurants. In the early morning hours things really get going, and every bar pumps out a different kind of music for every taste! If you have nowhere in particular to be the next day, you'll never be at a loss of things to do in La Manga. I
In the Plaza Bohemia, also known as "the heart of La Manga," there's a unique option for something to do: the hippy market. Every night during the summer season, in the pubs and bars surrounding the Plaza, the young people strut their best dance moves.
