Batería de Costa de Cenizas — Attraction in Cartagena

It's a nice walk, go early in the morning when it's not too hot because it can get very warm in the summer months. The road is mostly gravel with some larger pebbles so walking is ok but keep focussing on the road ahead. You'll find a bunch of mountain bikers as well who go up and down. Once up there the view is stunning overlooking the La Manga strip on one end and towards Cartagena on the other side. There are 2 ways to get there: one is coming from the parking place in the direction Llano del Beal and the other one starts from Portman. The one from Portman has some very steep climbs so it's not recommended for people that are mot used to hiking...

If you are in the area and love historic military buildings then this is really worth a visit!!

Note satnav will show a road that takes you right to the site but this isn't a road you can drive up and instead you need to park and walk a good 30/40 minutes up a slight incline, gravel track. Its part of the experience tbh and a lovely walk with some spectacular views on the way. When you get there it's a fantastic ex military installation with two very large guns and a lot of semi ruined buildings you can explore. There aren't any exhibitions or display boards so what you see is what you get and you definitely want to take a bottle of water...

One of our favourite places but unfortunately I have not been up the long winding road up to the complex and guns for a couple of years now due to the amount of pot holes and the problem with overhanging branches most of the way up and down which can very badly scratch the paint work on your car especially when having to pull in close to the side to let other vehicles pass. Large vehicles and camper vans are now banned there is a sign up to state...