Christmas Holiday Visits to El Portus, Spain

If your taste is for unspoilt coastline with local walks into the mountains then you may find El Portus very much to your liking. We have been for the last two Christmas breaks and this article gives some insights into different ways of tackling the holiday travel arrangements and what can be expected from the venue itself.

The first visit was by Easyjet from Luton to Madrid, then train to Cartegena and then a 10 mile bus journey to the site. This really requires backpacks and some knowledge of Spanish to deal with the transport systems, just finding the right bus stop can be quite difficult. If you want to spend a day or two in Madrid, as we did, this fits in nicely. Once at El Portus we travelled around on foot or bus so soon had a good feel for the area. Some days we went walking in the hills surrounding the camp site (you don't meet many walkers in our experience so walking with minimal clothing is not much of a risk).

A trip to Cartagena is rewarding, an impressive city with fine buildings, a Moorish castle, and still largely untouched by tourism. The harbour was being redeveloped when we were there (both times!) and promises to add significantly to the city's appeal.

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