September 5 and 6 Retro Windsurf event based in San Javier
Over 60 racers using boards which go back to the 70s and 80s at Camping Mar Menor near Santiago la Ribera
The 3rd Vuelta al Mar Menor Windurfer Class event is being held at the Camping Mar Menor campsite in San Javier (click for map) over the weekend of 11th and 12th April, when the area welcomes more than 70 competitors from all over Spain as well as a fair few international representatives.
The event has something of a retro feel to it as the one-design class harks back to the early windsurf boards of the 1970s and 80s, as Councillor Sergio Martínez explained at the presentation this week. However, although the basic design remains the same, boards have now been upgraded to make them more lightweight, while sails are rather more eye-catching!!
Races will be held over four legs, with the first two on Saturday running at 12.00 from Camping Mar Menor to Playa Mistral in La Manga del Mar Menor, the second from there to the Puente de la Risa in the north of La Manga and the third to Santiago de la Ribera and back to the campsite. On Sunday, both legs are there-and-back affairs between the campsite and Isla Perdiguera, prior to the prizegiving ceremony at 17.00.
For more local events, news and visiting information contact the (main contact number 661 572285) or go to the home page of San Javier Today.
Address
Calle Padre Juan. Centro Cultural Principe de Asturias 30720 SAN JAVIERTel: 968 571 704
Oficina de Turismo de San Javier
The municipality of San Javier has three main offices giving tourist information to visitors, as well as two information points. The tourist offices are located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the town hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga. There is also a summer tourist information point located on the seafront in Santiago de la Ribera as well as one at kilometre 12-13 of La Manga del Mar Menor next to Playa Mistral.
Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and Mediterranean, San Javier has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although it is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.
Tickets for the annual San Javier Jazz Festival can be purchased at the Festival office in San Javier Town Hall, Plaza de España.
Timetables summer 2024:
Tourist office Santiago de la Ribera (Calle Padre Juan 30720, Santiago de la Ribera)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Telephone: 661 572285
Email: turismo@sanjavier.es
La Manga del Mar Menor (Gran Vía Km. 0 30380, La Manga del Mar Menor):
May 1 to September 30:
Weekdays 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.30 to 13.00
Telephone 968 128955 ext. 2
Tourist information point of San Javier (Plaza de España, 30730 San Javier):
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00
968 573 700 ext #5351
Email: concejaliadeturismo@sanjavier.es
Tourist information point of Santiago de la Ribera (Paseo Colón on the seafront)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Tourist information point of La Manga del Mar Menor (Playa Mistral, km 12)
Weekdays 11.00 to 18.00
Weekends and public holidays 11.00 to 14.00
