Living in Yecla with Grupo Mar de Casas
Living in Yecla is living a dream come true, a palpable reality in the Altiplano region full of history, magic, gastronomy and unique events that will amaze you three hundred and sixty-five days of the year. Yecla is located north of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, bordering Fuente Álamo and Jumilla (Murcia), Almansa, Caudete and Montealegre del Castillo (in Albacete) and Villena and Pinoso, in the province of Alicante. Almost ninety kilometers from Murcia, Yecla is located at an equidistant distance from Alicante and Albacete, making it an ideal intermediate point to live in the southeast of Spain thanks to the Grupo Mar de Casas.
Living in Yecla is living its history
Living in Yecla is to live a history full of magic from the Upper Paleolithic with the archaic agricultural societies of the site of the Cueva de los Secos and with the cave paintings that we will find in the magnificent Monte Arabí, maximum exponent of the cave paintings of the Southeast Spain and a magical place with its many hiking trails under the Yeclano sun where we will find the coats of Cantos de la Visera and the Cueva del Mediodía, simply magnificent. Thus, the Arabilejo, El Pulpillo or Umbría del Fator are other exponents of the archaeological sites that visitors will find on their visit to Yecla throughout its great history; living in Yecla is, in addition to history, discovering its monuments, its castle or “hisn” of the taifa or its urban nucleus developed by the Christians between Alfonso X El Sabio and its declaration as a villa of the Marquesado de Villena by D. Juan Manuel, experiencing the first demographic and urban expansion in the Christian era. In the later centuries Yecla would undergo different periods of expansion until the 19th century, which will consolidate itself as a predominantly agricultural region (especially wine-growing) and the furniture sector.Living in Yecla is living wine and furniture
Yecla is land of fertile soils that offer excellent wines, it is land of innumerable wine cellars that have endowed the Yecla Denomination of Origin with impressive Syrah, Merlot or Garnacha tintoreras grapes (among others) for the export of high quality wines and the celebration of wine tourism events of great national relevance, such as the Grape Harvest Festival and Folklore Festival or the Envero de la Monastrell. In addition, living in Yecla is living its furniture industry, where wood and its derivatives take center stage in a productive sector that has led Yecla to the four cardinal points of the planet as «the city of furniture» thanks to its almost five hundred companies and its Yecla Furniture Fair, a world reference since 1961 and from where orders for every home on the planet come out. Two sectors and the same heart that make a Yecla beat fruitful and full of life with thousands of events and parties without equal.Living in Yecla is culture, leisure and fun
Yecla has thousands of places to visit thanks to the cultural routes of Yecla where you can get to know historical buildings such as the Yecla Town Hall, the Old Market, the Culture House (former Palace of the Ortega) or the mythical Clock Tower, that marks the nerve center of a living Yecla and full of passion; routes through its churches such as the hermitage of Santa Bárbara, the Church of San Roque and the Basilica of La Purísima, where the most devoted can find the Patron Saint of Yecla or hiking routes, such as those of Monte Arabí or Cerro del Castillo, where discover the most natural Yecla. In addition, living in Yecla means getting to know its many museums, linked to the most popular painting and Yecla traditions, such as the Yecla Easter Museum and the Bullfighting Museum, as well as the Greco Réplicas Museum and the Sala – Museo Pintor Rico López, simply brilliant. Along with all these places, Yecla has a wide range of leisure and restaurants, where you can enjoy its gastronomy, punctuated with dishes such as Yeclano gazpacho, filling balls or gachasmigas that mix Murcian, La Mancha and Valencian culinary traditions and their thousands of festivals, among which the festivals of San Isidro, in May, and the Patron Saint Festivities of Yecla, which begin on December 5 and culminate with the Ascent of the Blessed Virgin of the Castle to her sanctuary, stand out.Living in Yecla can become your dream come true thanks to the properties in Yecla that Grupo Mar de Casas puts at your disposal, do not hesitate and contact us, we will shape your needs and soon you will stop dreaming to make it come true. Yecla awaits you with open arms!
