San Pedro del Pinatar

Description

San Pedro del Pinatar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain. Fishing and related processing industries have been a mainstay of the local municipal economy, with tourism and service–related industries playing an ever-increasing role. Salt ponds have been worked in the area since the time of the Roman Empire. A small port in the Mediterranean Sea exists, with activity based on the fishing and the transport of the salt as well as a leisure port with a large number of berths. There is another marina in the Mar Menor next to the fish market and the fishermen`s wharf. San Pedro del Pinatar continues to be a very popular Spanish holiday destination and the population increases during the summer months as people from Madrid and other Spaniards with second homes descend on the area. Lots of free entertainment is provided by the council.