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The director general of the Tourism Institute, Mariola Martinez today filed with the mayor of Alguazas, José Antonio Fernández, and the manager of Greenways Consortium, Juan Soria, the route to commemorate the National Day XII greenways that this year will pass through the town of Alguazas.

The tour, which will travel eight kilometers, will start at 9.30 am in the courtyard of the former Alguazas Renfe station.

There are inscriptions printed and delivered supplies bags will be collected.

Martinez recalled that "the event is free, is for all public and to discover the natural heritage of the area, based mainly in garden landscapes, and monumental heritage."

"Some of the attractions of the route will be the Church of San Onofre, the Old Tower, both declared of Historical and Artistic Interest, and the restored metal bridge rising over the old railway line," he said.

Martinez also stated that "taking advantage of the National Day of greenways, local restaurateurs Alguazas made available to participants throughout the day a wide variety of tapas and menus at affordable prices."

Throughout the day partner companies gifts raffled among the participants.

Whether to participate in the draw to get the bag of supplies required to register through the portal murcia tourist before May 9 and print the coupon to deliver resulting in the output.

Sustainable Initiative

Martinez said that "Northwest Greenway, as well as being a resource of great natural beauty, is one of the most important in the development of nature tourism and Interior Region axes".

Thus, he emphasized "the dynamic role for the socio-economic fabric of the towns and cities through which passes, promoting sustainability, seasonality of tourism, development of rural areas and the creation of new employment opportunities."

Similarly, he added, "as Consortium counters this way has been used in the past two years for about a half million users, representing an exponential increase from registered users in the first year."

Through this initiative, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Enterprise and Innovation, the Consortium of the Northwest Greenway and the city of Alguazas promote the enhancement of the tourist infrastructure of 78 kilometers that rises on the ancient path train linking Murcia and Caravaca de la Cruz.

All information on this itinerary, which uses the old route of the railway line Murcia-Caravaca, can be found on the web viaverdedelnoroeste.com.

The National Day of Greenways is an initiative organized by the Spanish Railways Foundation to promote these itineraries are based on disused railway lines and in Spain totaling more than 1,700 miles long.

Source: CARM