Posted: Sun Feb 2, 2020 3:06pm
Little or no public transport isn’t really an accurate assessment.
I don’t have a car in PdM and have relied very successfully on buses to get to and from both Corvera and Alicante airport, for general travelling around and day trips.
For a small town, PdM has reasonably good public transport. Perhaps not as regular as one would like. But it’s perfectly serviceable. (PdM does have the merit of being a fully functioning town in its own right and not just a tourist resort.) There is some seasonality but it runs all year round.
Buses to Mazarron Town and Bolnuevo are quite frequent. (Although don’t run very late.) And they will take you to Camposol or El Alamillo.
Murcia and Cartagena are very easy to day trip by bus, and tickets are cheap. Just about an hour. (From Murcia you can then get to Alicante airport.) The new twice daily Corvera bus is handy but more expensive.
There are daily routes to Lorca and Totana too. Although not that frequent. And there are even buses to Madrid twice a week iirc running from the bus station.
This says 2017 but it hasn’t changed as of December last year. But it is worth checking at the bus station In PdM. And watch out for festivals which turn up to of nowhere!
https://aguilastoday.com/-mazarrón-bus-timetables-for-winter-2017-and-spring-2018_124241-a.html??search=true&subject=1428&town=87&town_search=true&town_inside=1