Cartagena in Spain is an increasingly popular port of call for Mediterranean cruise liners.Shutterstock As our coach pulls away from the cruise ship our guide Antonio Frutos, an affable Spaniard with ...

Cartagena’s Carnaval celebrations begin with colourful parades and the crowning of the 2026 Adult and Child Queens.

Located on the Mediterranean coast almost 300 miles southeast of Madrid, the port city of Cartagena is rich in a history that dates back more than 2,000 years, when it was a stronghold of ancient ...

Cartagena has been an important naval base since the 16th century.Alamy Cartagena, tucked into a well-defended fold of coastline between Malaga and Valencia, has been a deep-water port since ...

According to the traveler Javier Reverte, the Mediterranean has a “mythological and mystical soul, but above all, it has a poetic soul.” As the famous song says, that can be felt “from Algeciras to ...

History-rich Cartagena gets more rays than anywhere else, but remains under the radar of most British tourists Annie has been writing about Spain for more than 30 years. She is based between Madrid ...

Nestled on the southeastern coast of Spain, Murcia's Cartagena is steeped in history as a port city, even snagging the title of "best Spanish seaside town for history" from a recent Which? Travel ...