{"id":8432,"date":"2018-09-28T19:59:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2018-09-28T20:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T18:01:25","slug":"internacional-tourism-day-mojacar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/internacional-tourism-day-mojacar\/","title":{"rendered":"Internacional Tourism Day in Moj\u00e1car."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\nMoj\u00e1car played its part on International Tourism Day by offering free guided tours, showing off the most emblematic places in the town, which is one of the recognized \u2018Most Beautiful Villages and Towns in Spain\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nOver 40 people, divided into Spanish and English speaking groups, had the chance to discover some of the sights and local history as described by Moj\u00e1car Council\u2019s Tourism Department Director, Carmen Garc\u00eda Campoy, along with an official guide from the Council\u2019s collaborator, Daytours Spain.<br \/>\nThe enjoyable morning tour started from the Plaza Nueva, giving the groups time to hear about the cultural excavation project that has started on &#8220;Moj\u00e1car la Vieja&#8221;, the ancient settlement of Moj\u00e1car which dates from the 8th century, as well as enjoying the spectacular views of the entire Valley of the Pyramids.<br \/>\nThe route then took in a wander through the maze of streets in the historic centre, the old city wall and gate, whilst learning about some of the stories (some facts, some legends), including the often talked about Mojaquero origin of Walt Disney, along with some amusing anecdotes about the famous past Mayor, Jacinto.<br \/>\nAfter reaching the old Castillo de Moj\u00e1car and its old aljibe cistern, it was time to admire the &#8220;Moors and Christians Fiesta&#8221; permanent exhibition which has on show photographs, posters, costumes and artifacts from probably the biggest annual events in the town, in which thousands of locals and visitors take part by participating or spectating.<br \/>\n\tAt the end of the visit, as a memento from the Tourist Office and on behalf of the Council, all were presented a small &#8220;pin&#8221; in the shape of an Indalo to remind them of their visit, with the wish that the symbol\u2019s legend would bring them good luck and bring them back soon to this beautiful Almer\u00edan town.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moj\u00e1car played its part on International Tourism Day by offering free guided tours, showing off the most emblematic places in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8433,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432\/revisions\/8433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}