Águilas

Aguilas is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in Spain. It is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Gulf of Mazarrón within the Costa Cálida, in the Alto Guadalentín region, located in the extreme southwest of the Region of Murcia. It has 36,862 inhabitants (INE 2023)2.

Águilas is known for its beaches and carnival, declared a festival of International Tourist Interest in 2015.Águilas is located 35 km from Lorca, 105 km from Murcia and 75 km from Cartagena. Its municipality has an area of 251.77 km². It has 28 km of Mediterranean coastline in the southwest corner of the Region of Murcia. The urban center originated in an ancient tombolo, located at the foot of the rocky crag on whose top is located the castle of San Juan de las Águilas, with two bays on its sides, the Poniente and Levante, more sheltered by being bounded at the other end by the peak of the Aguilica, which is where the port of Águilas is located.