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The historic festivals of Carthaginians and Romans will fill the center of Cartagena and the Alameda de San Antón between Thursday 21 and Sunday 24 September.
There will be four days in which the Hispanic Festivals 'The Hills of Qart Hadast' and the Amstel Cartagena Market will combine different leisure options such as gastronomy and live music with the homage to the founding past of the city.
The Councilor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez, and the president of the Federation of Troops and Legions, José Antonio Meca, presented on Wednesday both events that, as explained by the mayor, "one of the demands of the Cartagena and also of the merchants of Cartagena, and it is the physical presence of people dressed in period as well as activities that give life throughout the day to the Historic Quarter.
HISPANIC FACTS
From Thursday to Saturday, the Hispanic Festivals 'The Hills of Qart Hadast' will be held in this first edition in three key places of the center such as Plaza San Francisco, Plaza de España and the door of El Corte Inglés.
This time it has started by three places but in next years it will be tried to expand with two more points to remember the five founding hills of the port city.
There will be combined activities for children and adults.
The concerts of Varry Brava, High Tension, Mr. Robinzon, Los Marañones, Eddie Rever or the tribute to Hombres G, as well as the sessions of the DJs Ely Vilar and Andrés Ballester, will enliven the planned activities, snacks, games and children's performances.
There will also be cocktail and street market.
In each of these places will be placed bars of 50 meters, chairs and tables and try to resemble an old kitchen.
GASTRONOMY AND AWARDS AT THE FOOD-TRUCK FESTIVAL OF AMSTEL
Likewise, the Amstel Cartagena Market will be unveiled, where beer and gastronomy will be joined on a culinary journey around the world thanks to the nine food-trucks that will stop at the Alameda de San Antón, between Plaza de España and Soldier Rosique, from Mexico, Cuba, Germany, France, Italy, the USA and the Mediterranean coast, as well as four others that will complement the offer of the previous ones.
There will be prizes for both cooks and visitors, who will be able to go between Thursday and Sunday from 13:00 until after midnight to taste the proposals of the food-trucks contestants, who will compete for an award with a prize in cash of 500 euros for the best pairing with beer, sponsored by Amstel and given by attendees to the event.
Gourmet hamburgers, Cuban sandwiches, Mexican burritos, nachos and colts, traditional and experimental pizzas, crepes faithful to your French recipe are some of the most delicious options offered by the Amstel Cartagena Market.
Users will be able to test them and vote for their favorite.
And their opinion not only counts, but also will be rewarded, because those who are encouraged to participate in the voting can earn their weight in beer.
For this reason, the chefs at each of the stands will be treated with a wide and diverse menu of exclusive elaboration tapas made in homage to the celebrations and designed to enhance the flavor of the different ranges of Amstel beer.
It should be noted that the products will be gluten free.
Voting will be accepted until Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday at 1:00 p.m., the prize will be awarded with 500 euros to the winner and it will be known who will be the person graced with his weight in beer.
As indicated by José Antonio Mecca, from the Federation of Troops and Legions, from next year, they intend to occupy the whole Alameda to "bring" the parties "to the center of Cartagena without forgetting the northern zone" and thus "show that the holidays are all of them".
With these two events, reported Mecca, it is intended to give "another approach" to the festivities and "share the holidays," which are from the city and were born to claim their past and its history, manifested.
"We expect the assistance of all visitors, tourists and Cartagena," said Obdulia Gomez, who agreed with the president of the Federation of Troops and Legions that Carthaginians and Romans are "the Cartagena holidays for Cartagena."
The mayor of Tourism has praised the work that the festers perform and has highlighted the "upward trend" of the celebrations.
"Every year they are over," noted the councilor, who has noted that this year, in addition, with the declaration of Festivals of International Tourist Interest, there has been "an exponential rise" in the influx of public.
"Internationalization has begun," he has condemned, while expressing his desire to reach "globalization".
This has also been confirmed by Mecca, who has observed a greater presence of foreign visitors and more participation of people in the events.
In their opinion, besides the declaration of internationality of the celebrations, this is also due to an increase in the promotion of the same ones in the Region as in bordering provinces.
PROMOTIONAL NAPKIN
And in order to contribute to this promotion, today has also presented the new napkin that has designed and manufactured Zambú with the logo of Carthagineses and Romans which includes the declaration of Festivals of International Tourist Interest and to be distributed throughout the Region.
To know more about the schedules and scheduled activities can be seen the posters in the images attached to this note.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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