San Javier

San Javier is a medium sized town on the shores of the Mar Menor. It has grown in size and has now merged with Santiago de la Ribera to the south and Lo Pagan and San Pedro del Pinatar to the north.

San Javier is becoming well known for its Jazz Festival which it has hosted every year since 1998. The Festival is declared to be of regional tourist interest and is normally held during the month of July in the Parque Almansa Auditorium.

San Javier has an interesting museum to visit, called the Museo de San Javier. It contains information about the history of the town and more surprisingly an aeroplane!! There are various exhibition rooms which are dedicated to different topics such as nativity scenes, agricultural and fishing implements and lots of books, charts and displays relating to the Spanish air force, for which San Javier has been a base for many years.

Places of interest & ideas of things to do in San Javier

• Town Centre: large plaza around the church.
• Museum of San Javier: interesting artefacts.
• Jazz Festival: declared of Regional Tourist Interest it is held annual during July.

Ideas of places to twin San Javier with day or night

• Spend the morning exploring San Javier, visit the free museum and then drive the few kilometres to Santiago de la Ribera and take the B and F Ferry across to the other side of the Mar Menor. The boat journey takes about 40 minutes in each direction; you can either stay on the boat or enjoy lunch at one of the restaurants at the marina before heading back.
• Combine a trip to San Javier with a stop at some of the other towns and villages that line the shores of the Mar Menor. Punta Brava is an excellent choice as it has a great viewpoint from where you get amazing vistas across the lagoon towards the La Manga Strip and to the mountains of the Sierra Mineras behind.
• Take a trip to the Mud Baths in Lo Pagan. Enjoy the therapeutic waters where the visitors rub the mud into them from the Mar Menor, let it dry to enrich the skin before washing it all away and feeling alive again. Finish your day off with a relaxing ceverza or vino in the delightful church square in San Javier.

Places of Interest