Costa Calida

The Costa Cálida is the approximately 250 kilometre stretch of Mediterranean coastline of the Spanish province of Murcia. The Costa Cálida extends from El Mojón in the north near the province of Alicante, to near the municipality of Águilas in the south bordering on the region of Almería province. The northern end of this coastline includes the Mar Menor ('Little Sea'), a coastal salt water lagoon which at around 170 square kilometres is Europe's largest. The Mar Menor is separated from the Mediterranean by a 22 kilometre long spit of land called La Manga, on which most of the tourism development for the region has been constructed. Cartagena and Mazarrón are two other important coastal towns in the region.