When travelling south from Alicante toward Cartagena, the landscape changes dramatically after 20 kilometres.
You are leaving the Mediterranean and its beaches behind and entering the Mar Menor region, Europe’s biggest salt lake.
A massive lagoon, separated from the Mediterranean by a 24-kilometre-long sandbank, known as La Manga.
The first town you visit is San Pedro del Pinatar, a popular holiday resort with several attractions.
Most famous are the mud baths of Lo Pagan, to which healing properties are attributed.
In the summer, people have fun playing around on the beach, covering each other with mud, letting it dry, and washing it off with a refreshing swim in the shallow, salt-rich waters.
The vast lagoon has its climate, flora and fauna, and the wetlands are a paradise for hikers and bird watchers.
San Pedro has a long promenade, where you can walk along the expansive beach until you reach the port, which has many fishing and sports boats.
In the distance you can see La Manga and its high rises and more boats anchored off shore.
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