{"id":54171,"date":"2020-07-31T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/visita-el-faro-de-cabo-de-palos\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:50:48","slug":"visit-the-cabo-de-palos-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/en\/visit-the-cabo-de-palos-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the Cabo de Palos Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you know the second<strong> tallest lighthouse<\/strong> in <strong>Spain<\/strong> located in La Manga del Mar Menor? <strong> Visit the Cabo de Palos lighthouse and discover its history!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit the Cabo de Palos lighthouse and get to know the second tallest lighthouse in Spain<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea9 Visita al Faro de cabo de Palos desde Torrevieja\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBi6c3TlZaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1  uagb-block-922aa928      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00cdndice\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#visit-the-cabo-de-palos-lighthouse-and-get-to-know-the-second-tallest-lighthouse-in-spain\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Visit the Cabo de Palos lighthouse and get to know the second tallest lighthouse in Spain<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#history-of-faro-de-la-manga-del-mar-menor\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">History of Faro de la Manga del Mar Menor<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#cabo-de-palos-lighthouse-details-you-should-know\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Cabo de Palos Lighthouse Details You Should Know<\/a><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Located in Cartagena and just 1 hour by car from Torrevieja (70 kilometres) we can see <strong>the most famous lighthouse in La Manga.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The lighthouse tours <strong>organized by the company <\/strong>PlanOut last 30 minutes at 6\u20ac and can be done in English, French, German and Italian.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>This company also offers guided tours and all kinds of activities in the area.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>This lighthouse in La Manga is considered an Asset of Cultural Interest,<\/strong> so it is open all year round to receive visitors.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a plan for this summer, <strong>visit the Cabo de Palos Lighthouse and enjoy the views of the best beaches and coves near Torrevieja.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Reserve<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Faro de la Manga del Mar Menor<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>The Roman historian <em>Pliny the Elder<\/em> baptized the region currently known as Cabo de Palos with the name Capus Paludis<\/strong> (Cabo de la Laguna) during his travels around the first century A.D.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-2.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>However, there is evidence that in 2,000 B.C. the territory was already <strong>inhabited by a small Phoenician settlement that included a small temple dedicated to the god Baal Hammon, widely represented in the festivals of Carthaginians and Romans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Even <strong>prehistoric remains of the first australopithecus that arrived on the continent from Africa have been found.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>After the Muslim invasion, the region was left uninhabited until the period of the reconquest.<\/p>\n\n<p>It would be then that a new threat would devastate the coasts under the incursions of the Barbary pirates, among which <strong>figures such as the famous Red Beard stood out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-1-vista-del-mar-menor.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>This area was populated by a dense Mediterranean understory that these pirates took advantage of to hide and loot<\/strong> the local population centers and demand ransoms for kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n<p>Over time,<strong> <em>King Charles I<\/em> himself would take matters into his own<\/strong> hands. First, he ordered the forest to be burned and then commissioned the architect <em>Antonelli <\/em>to build some kind of defense against pirates. <\/p>\n\n<p>On the one hand, <em>Antonelli<\/em> would propose building a wall along the coast, but <strong>this idea was finally discarded and replaced by the construction of a series of watchtowers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Among them are <strong>the Torre del Estacio, the Torre de la Enca\u00f1izada and the Torre de San Antonio.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>It was not until 1862 when <em>Leonardo de Tejada<\/em>, an architect from Malaga, proposed the project for the current lighthouse, whose construction would be completed in 1865.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cabo de Palos Lighthouse Details You Should Know<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faro-cabo-de-palos-Torreviejacom-3.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>At 51 metres high, this imposing building <strong>is the second tallest lighthouse in Spain <\/strong>after the <em>Chipiona Lighthouse<\/em>, at 69 metres.<\/p>\n\n<p>To reach the top of this lighthouse it is necessary to climb around 300 steps.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the past, to raise fuel to the lamp, <strong>it was charged through a well located in the center of the lighthouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>As far as is known, <strong>the lighthouse has never stopped working since it was turned on unless it was turned off on purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>For example, <strong>during the Civil War, the naval base of the Republic in Cartagena ordered the lighthouse to be turned off in the presence of ships that did not identify themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Without their light as a guide, <strong>they ran the risk of crashing into the famous shoals off the coast of Cabo de Palos<\/strong>, belonging to the <em>Baetic system<\/em> that starts from the Sierra Nevada and reaches the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n\n<p>They have caused countless shipwrecks and among them <strong>the shipwreck of the North America, the Naranjito and the <a href=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/presentado-el-libro-un-cadaver-en-la-playa-de-jose-banuls\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Sirio<\/a> stand out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Faro-de-cabo-de-palos-desde-Torrevieja-1.png\" alt=\"Cabo de Palos Lighthouse from Torrevieja\" class=\"wp-image-54102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Faro-de-cabo-de-palos-desde-Torrevieja-1.png 678w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Faro-de-cabo-de-palos-desde-Torrevieja-1-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/ps15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Faro-de-cabo-de-palos-desde-Torrevieja-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Even if the headlight is off during the day, <strong>its flashlight never stops rotating<\/strong> <strong>to maintain its frequency pattern unchanged<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>This frequency is 1 second on, 7 seconds off, 1 second on, 3 seconds off and is listed in the <em>World Lighthouse Book<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The Cabo de Palos lighthouse also maintains this same frequency in sound through a radio frequency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>On a clear day <strong>you can see Alicante and even Algeria from its viewpoint.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>It <strong>is also located in front of the Isla Hormiga Marine Reserve, twice named the best diving area in Europe by National Geographic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>To conclude, <strong>Cabo de Palos is surrounded by more than 20 coves perfect for enjoying a good swim.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts is-style-stacked\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-posts__inner has-columns has-2-columns has-responsive-columns has-square-image\"><div 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