June 27 Turtle awareness morning in San Pedro del Pinatar!
Learn how to protect loggerhead turtles at the Playa del Coterillo in San Pedro del Pinatar
Over the last few years, after a hiatus of around a century, female loggerheads have begun laying their eggs on a few of the unspoilt beaches of the Costa Cálida, and as a result great efforts are being made to ensure that as many as possible of the young animals survive hatching and eventually make their way into the Mediterranean (often after a period in veterinary care).
If this project is to be a success, one of the key elements is to ensure that members of the public are well-informed about the situation and behave appropriately if there is a sighting of a nest. With this in mind, as series of morning sessions is being held at popular beaches during the month of June (coinciding with World Sea Turtle Day!), showing what turtle tracks looks like in the sand and how to react if you spot them.
The second of these activities takes place on Saturday 27th June at the leisure area alongside the beach of El Coterillo in the regional park of the salt flats and dunes of San Pedro del Pinatar between 11.00 and 13.00, and all members of the public are invited to pop in and learn a little about how to act responsibly in order to protect the future of the turtles in the Mediterranean Sea.
No previous registration is required: just drop by and find out!
For more local events, news and visiting information go to the home page of San Pedro del Pinatar Today.
Address
Avenida de las Salinas (Edificio CIT), 55 30740 SAN PEDRO DEL PINATARTel: 968 182 301
Oficina de Turismo, San Pedro del Pinatar
The municipality of San Pedro del Pinatar has one principal tourist information office which is open throughout the year, and then other tourist information points which open during the peak summer months. Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and the Mediterranean coastline, San Pedro del Pinatar has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.
Much of the tourism activity is directed into these peak months, although the Salinas natural park and health tourism hotels in San Pedro del Pinatar make this a popular destination throughout the year.
For more general information about the San Pedro del Pinatar municipality and its beaches, go to the dedicated San Pedro del Pinatar section, Click San Pedro del Pinatar
Tourist Information Offices, San Pedro del Pinatar.
Oficina de Turismo, tourist Information office.
Avenida de las Salinas, 55, 30740 San Pedro del Pinatar. Murcia.
Tel.: 968 182 301 – Fax: 968 183 706
Click for map, Avenida de Las Salinas, San Pedro del Pinatar
Opening hours:
1st April to 30th September:
Monday to Friday: 9am to 2pm.
Saturday: 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 7pm.
Sunday and Fiesta Days:10.30am to 2pm
1st October to 31st March:
Monday to Friday: 9am to 2pm.
Saturday: 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 6pm.
Sunday and Fiesta Days:10.30am to 2pm
Punto de Información Turística Villananitos
Playa de Villananitos (Beach of Villananitos, opposite the Windmill of Quintín.)
Click for map, Villananitos beach
Opening hours:
1st July to 30th September:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 1.30pm.
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