Date Published: 30/01/2024
San Javier prepares to launch Air Show this May
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The Festival Aéreo de San Javier will return from May 3 to 5, 2024, above the beaches of Santiago de la Ribera
At the recent International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the Mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, announced that the Town Council is preparing an Air Show for the first weekend of May.
After being away for around six years, the Festival Aéreo San Javier, or San Javier Air Show, has been confirmed to return this year for the dates of May 3 to 5, 2024.
The Town Hall has billed it as “one of the biggest air shows on the planet”, and it will include demonstrations from “some of the best acrobatic patrols on the continent”.
There will also be a chance to visit the San Javier aeronautical museum to learn more about the history of aviation in the municipality, and the opportunity to eat the traditional ‘Caldero del Mar Menor’ stew.
The planes will be zooming in the sky above the beaches of Santiago de la Ribera, with San Javier airfield as the base of operations and flights, but of course viewing locations can be found all around the Mar Menor.
The idea is that this will be an annual event, and on the first weekend of May every year this event will be held to celebrate the rich aeronautical tradition and history of San Javier.
It is still over three months away, and more details regarding the show times, what will be on offer and the accompanying exhibition will be released nearer the time.
Image: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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Calle Padre Juan. Centro Cultural Principe de Asturias 30720 SAN JAVIER
Tel: 968 571 704
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Oficina de Turismo de San Javier
The municipality of San Javier has three main offices giving tourist information to visitors, as well as two information points. The tourist offices are located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the town hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga. There is also a summer tourist information point located on the seafront in Santiago de la Ribera as well as one at kilometre 12-13 of La Manga del Mar Menor next to Playa Mistral.
Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and Mediterranean, San Javier has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although it is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.
Tickets for the annual San Javier Jazz Festival can be purchased at the Festival office in San Javier Town Hall, Plaza de España.
Timetables summer 2024:
Tourist office Santiago de la Ribera (Calle Padre Juan 30720, Santiago de la Ribera)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Telephone: 661 572285
Email: turismo@sanjavier.es
La Manga del Mar Menor (Gran Vía Km. 0 30380, La Manga del Mar Menor):
May 1 to September 30:
Weekdays 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.30 to 13.00
Telephone 968 128955 ext. 2
Tourist information point of San Javier (Plaza de España, 30730 San Javier):
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00
968 573 700 ext #5351
Email: concejaliadeturismo@sanjavier.es
Tourist information point of Santiago de la Ribera (Paseo Colón on the seafront)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Tourist information point of La Manga del Mar Menor (Playa Mistral, km 12)
Weekdays 11.00 to 18.00
Weekends and public holidays 11.00 to 14.00