HISTORY

Located next to the Mar Menor border, on the north we will find the area of San Pedro del Pinatar, with a 21.7 Km2 extension. The population reaches almost 20,000 inhabitants, which during the summer season can reach 60,000.

Its main activities are agriculture and fishing, as well as tourism. In Lo Pagán, on the coastline, you will find the well-known mud baths in the salt flats, which have very positive effects to cure rheumatic and skin problems.

This village was named in the 18th century after the construction of a small temple that fishermen dedicated to apostle San Pedro the fisherman. It used to be called "El Pinatar" (the pinewood), as it was a vast forest with many pines trees, popular amongst wild bore hunters during the winter time. Near this town there have been some findings of remains of Roman villages and even some coins, which confirm the fact that these peoples indeed used to live in this area.

Its most obvious heritage is reflected on the Coterillo salt flats, which started to be exploited by the Romans. These salt flats form, together with the dunes and the La Llana beach, one of the most important natural reserves in the Region of Murcia, where we will see the spectacular flamingos on their way to Africa, as well as some other 100 bird species that nest and stay in the dunes.

Don’t miss the Archaeological-Ethnographic Museum, the "The salt flats" Centre of Research and Preservation of Wetlands, The Fish Market, the Salinas de San Pedro Regional Park (a natural protected reservoir), Punta de Algas, where the salt mills and the Encañizadas are located, and the ancestral homes like the "Clock House", where the famous politician Emilio Castelar passed away, and the Palace of the Counts of Villar de Felices, known as "the house of the Russian woman".

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