Going Native in Murcia (2nd ed): All You Need To Know About Visiting, Living and Home Buying in Murcia and Spain's Costa Calida [Paperback]

When you arrive somewhere new, you need all the help and
information you can get. If that information is first-hand, accurate and
bang up to date, so much the better. `Going Native in Murcia' in its second
edition is all of these.

Whether you want to go to visit the area and simply explore, or
whether you are serious about buying there, this book has it all.

...the 'Buying in Murcia' flowchart and viewing checklist are most
useful

A must for anybody considering visiting or purchasing in the
Murcia region.

If you're about to become a new expatriate and move to Spain and
in particular Murcia, this book can act as your guide, you won't want to go
anywhere without it!

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MURCIA REGION! Full of useful tips straight from a British couple who now call this region their home. Let Debbie and Marcus be your guides as they share their love for Murcia, its people and its surrounds with intimate details, personal stories and hot tips for visitors, home buyers and new natives alike. VISITING… * Comprehensive town and city guide with map * The best places to eat, drink and have fun * Where to find the best beaches * Fun stuff to do from hiking to golf and scuba to horseriding * All about the food, wines and tapas of the region * Party all year round with the detailed fiesta finder BUYING… * The buying process explained from start to finish (learn who does what) * Essential viewing and buying checklists * How to calculate your budget and avoid hidden costs * Complete step-by-step home buyer’s flowchart LIVING… * How to get all the home comforts (without the rubbish weather) * Tips for dog and cat owners * Native’s share their stories * Dealing with builders, DIY and gardening * Coping with home sickness This second edition has been carefully revised and is packed full of extra information. Going Native in Murcia - the most comprehensive guide in print - is now even better.

This second edition has been carefully revised and is packed full of extra information. Going Native in Murcia - the most comprehensive guide to the Murcia region in print - is now even better.

We, the authors, try to make the information available as
accurate as possible and although inclusion in a guidebook usually implies
a recommendation, we cannot list every good place.

Joanna Styles, Freelance writer and author
When you arrive somewhere new, you need all the help and information you can get. If that information is first-hand, accurate and bang up to date, so much the better. `Going Native in Murcia' in its second edition is all of these.

Jo Parfitt, International journalist and author
Whether you want to go to visit the area and simply explore, or whether you are serious about buying there, this book has it all.

Rosemary Clarke
...the 'Buying in Murcia' flowchart and viewing checklist are most useful

Paul McGloin
A must for anybody considering visiting or purchasing in the Murcia region.

Rhiannon Williamson
If you're about to become a new expatriate and move to Spain and in particular Murcia, this book can act as your guide, you won't want to go anywhere without it!

MARCUS JENKINS is a consultant working for an international mapping company. He travelled extensively in his youth, giving him a taste for living abroad.

DEBBIE JENKINS is an entrepreneur, author and publisher and was a life-long city dweller who always longed for a place in the countryside. Her greatest excitement is in owning trees - hundreds of them!

The author's Cave House is in the mountains near Corvera, 1 km away from a small village called La Murta, with a population (including them) of 101 people. The village is tidy and peaceful and inhabited by dedicated farmers.

In June 2001 Debbie and Marcus bought a small warehouse, attached to some caves, with 6.5 acres of land. They spent 4 years trying to work out how best to make use of their land, get enough money together to rebuild and renovate the caves and to build a wooden house as an interim solution. In August 2005 they moved into their wooden house to enjoy the Murcian lifestyle - going native in Murcia - which they now enjoy with their 2 dogs, 2 cats and 5 chickens.

In 2006 Debbie and Marcus bought a second house in the Murcia region in the pretty mountain village of Moratalla.

This book has taken 5 years to research and has been a real pleasure, taking us around the whole region that we now like to call our home. The first edition came out in May 2005, when we had to force ourselves to stop adding information and get the book out there! This second edition includes most of the stuff we couldn't fit into the first one plus almost a year's worth of extra experience and knowledge as well as the invaluable contributions from readers.

The book was borne out of the frustration of none of the major guides covering the region, or at best only dedicating 4 or 5 pages to it. When they did mention Murcia they focused entirely on the golf complexes and housing estates. In fact, the only guides we could find that covered the Murcia region in any detail were in Spanish, interspersing flowery language with inaccurate information. So we felt it was time for someone to put this major region firmly on the map.

Murcia is a beauty, with warm and welcoming people, a strong property market, wonderful food and fantastic weather.

Our goal for you as you read this book is that you'll be able to enjoy visiting this region in all its glory - with us as your equally wide-eyed guides. If you're thinking of investing here or even making this region your new home then the sections on buying and visiting will tell you all you need to know.