Salgsområder: Costa Almeria

The Costa de Almería is to a large extent undiscovered by mass tourism. It has good, if pebbly beaches, lovely villages, the "Cabo de Gata" nature reserve and the added attraction of the lunar landscape of inland Almería.

The province of Almería is situated in the south east of the Spanish peninsula and borders with the provinces of Granada and Murcia.

Almeria, located at the foot of a mountain range, is a city of light open to the Mediterranean. Almería has housed different civilizations during its history, and above all the Arabs who left their mark as the magnificent Alcazaba, an Arab fortress built during the X century by Abd-ar Rahman III that dominates the urban landscape.
From here, there is a good view of the strange fortified Cathedral with its Gothic style construction and renaissance façade, which was built in 1524 to replace the former mosque.

To the east of Almería, we find the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar. This is a paradisiacal place with clear water ideal for scuba diving, untouched beaches of fine sand with moving dunes and rocks, old water tanks and wheels, volcanic landscape and species which are native to the area and to nearby Africa. The lighthouse on the rocky spur faces Mermaid Reef. Níjar is an old village famous for its local crafts, with the varied pottery and fabrics as unique as the jarapas.

There are highly developed tourist resorts as Roquetas de Mar, so popular with central European tourists, and Aguadulce. At the north, are the naturist beaches of Vera and a little further south is Mojacar, which successfully combines the popular beach holiday with the hillside white village. The fried fish should not be missed and may be tried in fishing villages such as Garrucha.

The Cuevas del Almanzora is known for its marble quarries and Macael is the marble capital. In this region there are numerous possibilities for those interested in caving and archaeology