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📌Cruise to Cartagena

🛳️Visit Concepcion castle The old castle is home to a museum chronicling Cartagena's long maritime history. 🔵Salzillo Museum Sculptor Francisco Salzillo was renowned for his life-sized wooden sculptures, especially the figures he created for Murcia's famous holy Week processions. 🛳️Elche This old Moorish town is home to an extensive palm forest and the Heurta Del Cura, an elaborate and beautiful Moorish garden. 🔵Huerto del Cura Gardens The Moorish gardens are home to exotic palm trees, lakes, fountains and pavilions. 🛳️Fortress of the Sun During the Middle Ages, Lorca was a fortified frontier town marking the boundary between Christian Castile and Moorish Spain. 🔵Murcia The regional capital is noted for its mix of Baroque and 18th-century architecture, its Salzillo Museum, and its legendary Holy Week festival. The city is famed for its citrus fruits. 🛳️Sanctuary of Fuensanta Founded in the 17th century, the sanctuary is home to the Virgén de Fuensanta, Murcia's patron saint. 🔵Punic wall This section of the city's old walls dates from the Carthaginian days.

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WHAT TO DO IN MALAGA BY CRUISE SHIP?

🛳️Mirador de Giblarfaro is one of the most breathtaking views of the city. Surrounded by pine trees, receives daily hundreds of tourists who come here to enjoy this view. It is placed on Giblarfaro Hill. It can be approached on foot from the city centre or following the road that goes around Giblarfaro neighbourhood.

🔵Alhambra Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in 889 and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-11th century by the Moorish king Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Kingdom of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.

🛳 El Castillo de Gibralfaro El Castillo de Gibralfaro is a Muslim fortress built on a hill in the middle of the city. As the highest point in the centre, you can view all of Malaga, including the harbour in the south and the fisherman's neighbourhood.

🔵Marbella The most famous resort on the Costa del Sol, Marbella retains its original charm, with cobbled streets whitewashed houses and Gothic-style architecture. Trendy boutiques and open-air cafés add a bit of the contemporary to this tourist favourite.

🛳️Malaga Cathedral The Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain. It is in the Renaissance architectural tradition.

🔵Pablo Picasso Museum Over 155 works of the famed painter, donated by Picasso's family, are proudly displayed in this museum dedicated to its celebrated residents.

🛳️Alcazaba Built between 1057 and 1063, this is probably the most important military fortification remaining from the Hispanic-Arabic period.

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WHAT TO DO IN LANZAROTE BY CRUISE SHIP?

🌍Timanfaya National Park Covering over 12,600 acres, this lunar landscape looks much like it did after violent volcanic eruptions spewed chunks of molten lava over the entire area.

🌍César Manrique Foundation The artist's former house and studio sit on top of a volcanic trail, its interior built around five volcanic bubbles. Since 1982, the Foundation has worked for the conservation, research and promotion of Manrique's work.

🌍Jardin de Cactus Built on an old quarry of volcanic ash extraction, the garden features 10,000 types of cactus from over 1,400 distinct species. Outside the entrance stands the towering 26-foot tall green metal cactus, Manrique's last work.

🌍Mirador del Rio

Lanzarote's most famous viewpoint is situated on Famara Cliff. The stone structure's semi-circular shape and large domed roof offer breathtaking views over the northern coastline, and the island's oldest salt plains.

🌍Bodega Translated as "wine cellar," a bodega is a warm and welcoming wine shop, tasting room or marketplace where visitors can sample or purchase wine.

🌍Puerto del Carmen

Just south of Lanzarote, this tiny fishing village boasts warm, golden beaches that overlook the Atlantic. Renowned as the most tranquil in the Canary Islands, the water is perfect for swimming and other water sports.

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My reasons to go on a cruise ship:

• I've met new cultures and people • I learned a lot of new different things • I stepped out of my comfort zone • It helped me to gain an appreciation for little things • I saw the world from a different perspective • I admired the nature • It taught me to respect multiculturality • It made me curious • It made me truly happy and free • It defined me into the person I am today