The Cabo de Gata Nijar Natural Park is a large, wild coastal area with high cliffs, little coves and small sandy beaches. Offshore are rocky...

The Almeria Museum is an attractive, modern museum with artefacts from all over the province. The displays cover prehistory as well as more recent times....

The Aljibes de Jayron are cisterns from Moorish times. Almeria was established in the mid 10th Century when the Alcazaba was built. The city was...

The Plaza de la Constitucion is an attractive square where the 19th Century town hall stands. There are trees and a white monument called the...

Almeria Cathedral was built in 1524 at a time when Berber pirates often raided the city. With its many towers that once contained cannons, the...

The Alcazaba was founded in AD 955 by Abd al Rhahman 111 to defend the coast. Subsequently it was enlarged into a Moorish palace and...

The Parish Church of Santa Maria in Nijar was built in the Mudejar style in the 16th Century. Its impressive defensive tower was built first...

San Jose has a wide, sandy, sheltered beach which is popular with families. The seaside resort was once a fishing village and there is a...

Oaseys was formerly known as Mini Hollywood and it is the oldest of the Western theme parks in this desert like area. It was created...

Western Leone is a theme park originally created for the making of the film Once Upon a Time in the West. Other films have been...

Texas Hollywood is a theme park and a film studio where many Westerns are still filmed. This rocky desert like area easily represents America`s Wild...

Las Negras is a small village with a fishing harbour and several beach bars and restaurants. The cove has a pebble beach and protecting it...

Los Millares is an important archaeological site which was inhabited during the third millennium BC. This was the period before the Bronze Age. It appears...

Aqua Amarga lies in a sheltered cove with a fine sandy beach. Now a seaside resort, it originated as a fishing village. There are seafood...

Sorbas is situated on the edge of a cliff in Karst en Yesos, a Natural Park. There are several caves and the Cuevas de Sorbas...

Mojacar Playa has a long, sandy beach with a beach front well supplied with restaurants, bars and shops. There are small, secluded coves to the...

The Fuente Mora is a restored fountain in the old Mojacar Pueblo which lies inland and goes back to Iberian times. The settlement was later...

Garrucha is a fishing port known for its red prawns and beside its harbour are several good seafood restaurants. There is a Blue Flag beach...

The Parque Aquatico Vera is a water park with plenty of attractions for all the family. It makes a great day out. The park has...

Villaricos is a tranquil, small resort lying at the mouth of the River Almanzora and it is backed by the stunning scenery of the Sierra...