La Manga del Mar Menor in 3D

What's inside

• The 16 places of a route from south to north, each with its 3D model and its card. Tap one and the buildings around it move aside so you can see it whole.
• The Gran Vía with its kilometre posts, the cars and bus line 44, which runs to its timetable.
• A guided tour of La Manga and the change from day to night.

The 16 places

1. Campo de golf Golf
   Golf courses at the foot of the hills, next to Los Belones, a few minutes from the entrance to La Manga.
2. Los Belones Village
   A village of the Campo de Cartagena at the gateway to La Manga, on the way between the golf course and Cabo de Palos.
3. Playa Honda Beach · Mar Menor
   On the shore of the Mar Menor, with calm, shallow beaches.
4. Faro de Cabo de Palos Lighthouse · km 0
   Lit in 1865, it marks the southern end of La Manga. The Cabo de Palos and Islas Hormigas marine reserve starts at its foot.
5. Playa de Levante Beach · Mediterranean
   The Cabo de Palos beach that faces the Mediterranean, next to the harbour and the fishing village.
6. Playa de Galúa Beach
   One of the beaches along the first kilometres of the Gran Vía, at the start of La Manga.
7. Canal de Marchamalo Channel between the two seas
   One of the golas, the channels that join the Mar Menor to the Mediterranean, next to the old Marchamalo salt pans.
8. Cala del Pino Cove · Mar Menor
   A calm Mar Menor cove on the southern stretch of La Manga.
9. Plaza Bohemia Square
   A square by the Gran Vía, one of La Manga's meeting points.
10. Zoco Landmark building
    A building with an Arab look and a kasbah tower, one of the most recognisable on the Gran Vía.
11. Pedruchillo Stretch of La Manga
    The central stretch of La Manga, between the Mar Menor beaches and the Mediterranean ones.
12. Puente del Estacio Drawbridge
    It crosses the El Estacio gola, the passage between the Mar Menor and the Mediterranean, and opens to let boats through.
13. Faro del Estacio Lighthouse
    It marks the entrance to the El Estacio channel for boats coming from the Mediterranean.
14. Puerto Tomás Maestre Marina
    La Manga's large marina, open to both seas through the El Estacio channel.
15. Puente de la Risa Bridge · Veneziola
    A bridge in Veneziola over one of the golas between the two seas, in the north of La Manga.
16. Veneziola Canals
    At the northern end of the strip, houses between canals where La Manga narrows towards the encañizadas.

How it is made

The terrain, the streets, the buildings, the palm trees and the traffic are programmed with three.js from OpenStreetMap data. The models of the places start from real photographs: an AI image model turns each photo into a scale model and TRELLIS.2 makes it 3D.

The models are AI-generated. The idea and the direction are ours. It is a work in progress and we keep adding to it.