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<strong>Spain</strong><br />
Almería Coast
Contents<br />
Introduction 1<br />
Destination<br />
How to get there 4<br />
Where to stay 5<br />
Climate 5<br />
Itineraries<br />
From Adra to El Ejido 6<br />
Almerimar and<br />
the Punta Entinas-Sabinar<br />
Nature Reserve 7<br />
Roquetas de Mar, Playa<br />
Serena and Aguadulce 8<br />
Almería 9<br />
City street map 12<br />
Cabo de Gata -Níjar<br />
Natural Park 15<br />
From Retamar to Cabo<br />
de Gata lighthouse 15<br />
Around San José 16<br />
From Las Negras<br />
to Carboneras 18<br />
From Mojácar to the<br />
boundary with Murcia 19<br />
The interior 20<br />
Leisure and entertainment 21<br />
Useful addresses<br />
and telephone numbers 24<br />
Ireland<br />
Dublin<br />
Cantabrian Sea<br />
Portugal<br />
Lisbon<br />
<strong>Spain</strong><br />
Madrid<br />
Almería<br />
Coast<br />
United Kingdom<br />
London<br />
Paris<br />
France<br />
Mediterranean<br />
Sea<br />
Ceuta<br />
Melilla<br />
Atlantic Ocean<br />
Rabat<br />
Morocco<br />
Canary Islands
CARAVACA 82 km<br />
CARAVACA 59 km<br />
MÁLAGA 179 km GRANADA 50 km<br />
P<br />
340<br />
Dual Autovía Carriageway<br />
National Carretera Cazorla Trunk nacional Road<br />
Basic Ctra. network Red básica 1 st 1class orden road<br />
Basic Ctra. network Red básica 2 2º orden<br />
Carretera Quesada<br />
nd class road<br />
Local roadlocal<br />
Railway Ferrocarril<br />
Parador<br />
Sanctuary-Monastery<br />
Santuario-Monasterio<br />
Castle Castillo<br />
Monumento Pozo<br />
Historic Ruinas históricas ruins Alcón<br />
Nature Parque Reserve Nacional<br />
National Parque Natural Park<br />
Camp-site Camping<br />
Golf Campo course de golf<br />
Lighthouse Faro<br />
Spa Balneario<br />
Marina Puerto deportivo<br />
Airport Aeropuerto<br />
Río<br />
Gorafe<br />
Adra<br />
A-92<br />
er<br />
Emb. de<br />
la Bolera<br />
Castril<br />
Campocámara<br />
Cortes<br />
de Baza<br />
Zújar<br />
Puenta Duda<br />
Castillejar<br />
Benamaurel<br />
G R A N A D A<br />
Baza<br />
Cúllar<br />
Río<br />
Reserva Natural<br />
de Punta Entinas y Punta Sabinar<br />
<strong>Tosca</strong>na Nueva<br />
Huéscar<br />
Orce<br />
La Cañada<br />
de Cañepla<br />
Chirivel<br />
Oria<br />
M A R<br />
Toperas<br />
María<br />
C O S T A D E A L M<br />
Vélez Rubio<br />
Río<br />
344<br />
342<br />
Los Cerricos<br />
Las Pocicas<br />
Emb. de<br />
Valdeinfierno<br />
PARQUE NATURAL<br />
DE SIERRA MARÍA<br />
Almanzora<br />
M<br />
E R Í A<br />
Vélez Blanco<br />
Taberno<br />
Alias<br />
E<br />
Río Aguar<br />
M U R C I A<br />
Rìo<br />
Emb. de<br />
Almanzora<br />
D<br />
341<br />
I<br />
T<br />
Fuensanta<br />
Emb. de<br />
Puentes<br />
Puerto<br />
Lumbreras<br />
Abejuela<br />
Sta. María<br />
de Nieva<br />
Caniles<br />
Pulpí Águilas<br />
Lúcar<br />
Somontín Partaloa Albox<br />
Los Olmos<br />
Huércal-<br />
Almajalejo<br />
Benalúa<br />
Purchena<br />
de Guadix<br />
Tíjola<br />
Cantoria<br />
Overa<br />
Zurgena<br />
San Juan de<br />
Macael<br />
Cuevas de<br />
los Terreros<br />
Alcóntar<br />
Serón<br />
Almanzora El Pozo<br />
del Esparto<br />
Guadix<br />
Albánchez<br />
El Raposo<br />
Bacares<br />
La Rambla<br />
Las Herrerías<br />
Dos Picos<br />
Códbar<br />
Aljibe Antas Vera Palomares<br />
2096<br />
Tahal<br />
Lubrín<br />
Villaricos<br />
Cogollos<br />
de Guadix<br />
Huéneja<br />
Olula<br />
Velefique<br />
La Perulaca<br />
Puerto Rey<br />
de Castro<br />
Lacalahorra<br />
Fiñana<br />
Castro<br />
Uleila<br />
Los Gallardos<br />
Garrucha<br />
de Filabres<br />
del Campo<br />
Abrucena<br />
Turre<br />
Mojácar<br />
P<br />
2606<br />
Abla<br />
Gérgal<br />
Lanteira<br />
Sorbas<br />
Nacimiento<br />
340-A<br />
Lucainena Paraje Natural Karts<br />
PARQUE NACIONAL<br />
en Yesos de Sorbas<br />
DE SIERRA NEVADA<br />
Tabernas<br />
de las Torres<br />
Bayárcal<br />
Ohanes<br />
Alboloduy<br />
DESIERTO DE<br />
La Rambla<br />
TABERNAS Turrillas Honda<br />
El Llano de<br />
SIERRA NEVADA Laujar de<br />
D. Antonio Carboneras<br />
Andarax Canjáyar<br />
Alsodux<br />
Venta<br />
del Pobre<br />
Ugíjar<br />
La Mesa de Roldán<br />
Alcolea<br />
Alhama Gádor<br />
Níjar<br />
Rioja Las Cuevas de<br />
Campo Hermoso<br />
SIERRA DE GÁDOR de Almería<br />
Agua Amarga<br />
Darrícal<br />
los Úbedas<br />
PARQUE NATURAL<br />
Chirán Dos Hermanas<br />
Piorno<br />
Benahadux<br />
CABO DE GATA-NIJAR<br />
Pechina<br />
Fernán Pérez<br />
1996<br />
1443<br />
Enix Huércal<br />
ALPUJARRAS<br />
Castala<br />
Los Albaricoques<br />
Beninar<br />
de Almería Viator<br />
Las Negras<br />
Félix<br />
El Alquián<br />
Turón Berja<br />
Rodalquilar<br />
Dalías Vícar Aguadulce<br />
Retamar<br />
La Isleta del Moro<br />
N<br />
Reserva Natural<br />
La Parra<br />
Sta. María<br />
ALMERÍA<br />
Reserva de<br />
Los Escullos<br />
Albufera de Adra<br />
del Águila<br />
San Miguel las Salinas<br />
Albuñol<br />
El Pozo de los Frailes<br />
El Ejido<br />
de Cabo de Gata<br />
La Rábita<br />
Balanegra<br />
La Almadrava<br />
San José<br />
La Mojonera Roquetas de Mar<br />
de Monteleva<br />
La Alcazaba Adra<br />
Matagorda Las Salinas<br />
La Fabriquilla<br />
Balerma<br />
Golfo de Almería<br />
Guardias Viejas<br />
Almerimar<br />
0 15 30Km.<br />
SIERRA D E<br />
Punta de los Baños<br />
B AZ A<br />
S IERRA DE LOS<br />
Punta<br />
del Sabinar<br />
Playa de<br />
la Garrofa<br />
Playa de Roquetas<br />
Playa de Aguadulce<br />
Playa Serena<br />
Playa de Cerrillos<br />
FILAB R E S<br />
S IERRA DE<br />
SIER RA DE M A RÍA<br />
S IERRA DE LAS ESTANCIA S<br />
A LHAMILLA<br />
SIERRA DE GATA<br />
Playa de los<br />
Genoveses<br />
Playa de Mónsul<br />
Cabo de Gata<br />
P<br />
340<br />
Punta de<br />
los Muertos<br />
Cala de San Pedro<br />
E R<br />
La Paca<br />
Guadalentìn<br />
Vera Playa Club<br />
R<br />
Á<br />
N E<br />
Lorca<br />
O<br />
CARTOGRAFÍA: GCAR, S.L. Cardenal Silíceo, 35<br />
Tel. 91 4167341 - 28002 MADRID - AÑO 1998<br />
302<br />
MURCIA 32 km
Introduction<br />
The Almería coast is a land of<br />
contrasts and artful<br />
contradictions, where every mile<br />
offers a new discovery. With<br />
3,000 hours of sunshine a year<br />
and a mean annual temperature<br />
of 20 ºC, the Almerían littoral<br />
contains treasures of rare beauty;<br />
one such is the Cabo de Gata-<br />
Níjar Natural Park, an<br />
For those who prefer, Roquetas<br />
de Mar offers one of the most<br />
comprehensive open-air sports<br />
centres anywhere on the<br />
Mediterranean coast. There they<br />
can enjoy all kinds of sports in<br />
surroundings of natural beauty<br />
with excellent hotel and catering<br />
facilities at places like Mojácar,<br />
another favourite venue for<br />
tourists. Golf enthusiasts can visit<br />
Almerimar, one of the most<br />
underwater and dry-land<br />
paradise of blissful coves and<br />
smooth golden beaches, and the<br />
scene of some of the great<br />
motion picture adventures of the<br />
last twenty years. Charming and<br />
peaceful fishing villages await<br />
any traveller who cares to tread<br />
this patch of yet-virgin soil where<br />
the aura of solitude is as if time<br />
had stopped.<br />
Mojácar<br />
luxurious complexes in the area –<br />
a veritable oasis with the added<br />
attraction of a 1000-berth<br />
marina.<br />
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If you like to immerse yourself<br />
among sand-dunes and bird life,<br />
there are two good choices: the<br />
Adra and Punta Entinas-Sabinar<br />
nature reserves. If you feel a<br />
touch of nostalgia for the<br />
familiar scenes of western<br />
movies, the Tabernas Desert is<br />
one of the few places in <strong>Spain</strong><br />
that achieve a perfect balance of<br />
scenery, desolation and beauty.<br />
And for those wishing to<br />
discover a subterranean realm of<br />
natural wonders, the ideal<br />
choice is Karst in Yesos de<br />
Alhambra in Granada. Other<br />
attractions are the Cathedral,<br />
the historic port, a busy<br />
promenade and numerous tapas<br />
bars where, as everywhere else<br />
on this coast visitors can delight<br />
in the savour of a wide variety of<br />
fish and shellfish, homely soups<br />
and stews, and juicy fruit.<br />
Sorbas, the most important<br />
gypsum karst site in the world.<br />
In the interior, white cortijos,<br />
cisterns and waterwheels recall<br />
the Moslem past; in the centre,<br />
presiding majestically over the<br />
littoral and opening on to the<br />
Mediterranean, gleams Almería.<br />
Its great pride is the Alcazaba,<br />
the second-largest Arab<br />
construction in <strong>Spain</strong> after the<br />
Almería<br />
Playa de Rodalquilar<br />
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Destination<br />
How to get there<br />
By air<br />
Almería Airport, 9 km outside<br />
the city, has direct air<br />
connections with a number of<br />
major Spanish cities and receives<br />
charter flights from several<br />
By rail<br />
Renfe Information:<br />
902 24 02 02<br />
www.renfe.es<br />
By bus<br />
Bus Station:<br />
950 21 00 29<br />
Garrucha<br />
places in Europe. There is a bus<br />
link to the city.<br />
Airport Information:<br />
950 21 37 00<br />
Iberia Information:<br />
950 40 05 00<br />
www.iberia.com<br />
By sea<br />
Cía. Trasmediterránea:<br />
902 45 46 45<br />
www.trasmediterranea.net<br />
Departures to Melilla.<br />
Daily except Saturdays,<br />
at 23:30 hours.<br />
Ferrimaroc Agencias:<br />
950 27 48 00<br />
www.ferrimaroc.com<br />
Departures to Nador.<br />
Tuesday to Saturday<br />
at 13:30 hours.<br />
Sundays at 24:00 hours.<br />
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By road<br />
The Autovía del Mediterráneo<br />
dual carriageway links the coast<br />
of Almería with Alicante and<br />
Murcia to the north and the rest<br />
of Andalusia to the south. Those<br />
who prefer can take the old road<br />
that follows the coast.<br />
Where to stay<br />
The coast of Almería boasts a<br />
comprehensive and varied supply<br />
of accommodation including<br />
luxury hotels and apartments,<br />
guest-houses, charming cortijos,<br />
simple fishermen’s cottages to let<br />
on the sea shore, and camping<br />
sites.<br />
There is also a Parador<br />
in Mojácar.<br />
Almería Tourist Office<br />
Parque Nicolás Salmerón<br />
(corner of Martínez Campos)<br />
950 27 43 55, fax 950 27 43 60<br />
Climate<br />
With 3,000 hours of sunshine a<br />
year, the climate of the Almería<br />
coast is typically Mediterranean,<br />
with mild winters and hot<br />
summers. The mean annual<br />
temperature is around 20 ºC.<br />
There is practically no winter to<br />
speak of – it is more like a<br />
protracted springtime.<br />
Tabernas Desert<br />
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340<br />
Río<br />
Adra<br />
Canjáyar<br />
Alsodux<br />
Ugíjar Alcolea<br />
Alhama Gádor<br />
Rioja<br />
SIERRA DE GÁDOR<br />
de Almería<br />
Darrícal<br />
Chirán Dos Hermanas<br />
Piorno<br />
Benahadux<br />
ALPUJARRAS<br />
Pechina<br />
1996<br />
1443<br />
Castala<br />
Enix Huércal<br />
Beninar<br />
de Almería Viator<br />
Félix<br />
Turón Berja<br />
Dalías<br />
Aguadulce<br />
Vícar<br />
Playa de<br />
La Parra<br />
Sta. María<br />
la Garrofa<br />
Almería<br />
El Ejido del Águila<br />
Playa de Roquetas<br />
Balanegra<br />
Playa de Aguadulce<br />
La Mojonera<br />
Roquetas de Mar<br />
La Alcazaba<br />
Matagorda<br />
Playa Serena<br />
Adra<br />
Las Salinas<br />
Balerma<br />
Almerimar<br />
Golfo de Almería<br />
Playa de Cerrillos<br />
Guardias Viejas<br />
Punta de los Baños<br />
Punta<br />
del Sabinar<br />
Itineraries<br />
From Adra to El Ejido<br />
This itinerary begins in Adra, a<br />
farming and fishing town close<br />
to the boundary with Granada<br />
with a comprehensive network<br />
of hotel and catering services in<br />
lovely surroundings. The place to<br />
Albufera de Adra<br />
visit besides the harbour is the<br />
parish church, the shrine of the<br />
town’s patroness, the Virgen del<br />
Mar. Four kilometres away, the<br />
Albufera de Adra Nature<br />
Reserve, best visited in August<br />
and September, harbours<br />
numerous species of water fowl<br />
which nest in the three lagoons.<br />
From Adra the next stop is Berja,<br />
called Virgi (garden) by the<br />
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Almerimar<br />
Romans. In the central square<br />
stand a Neo-Classic church, the<br />
town hall and the curious Fuente<br />
de los Diecisiete Caños with its<br />
seventeen spouts, one of twenty<br />
fountains that the town boasts<br />
and an outlet for cool waters<br />
from the thaw in Sierra Nevada.<br />
Twenty kilometres further on is<br />
El Ejido, surrounded by a sea of<br />
greenhouse cultivation redolent<br />
of wealth and prosperity.<br />
Returning to the coast road, the<br />
route goes through Balerma<br />
and Balanegra, towns with a<br />
fishing tradition and spacious,<br />
clean beaches boasting the Blue<br />
Flag. The end of the road is<br />
Guardias Viejas, an area of<br />
now-abandoned salt pans and a<br />
nesting-place for all kinds of seabirds.<br />
Almerimar and the<br />
Punta Entinas-Sabinar<br />
Nature Reserve<br />
Almerimar is one of the<br />
province’s most luxurious<br />
developments, a veritable oasis<br />
set in an arid zone with a<br />
magnificent golf course designed<br />
by world champion golfer Gary<br />
Player, a nearby luxury hotel<br />
surrounded by 2500 square<br />
metres of well-tended gardens, a<br />
marina ( 950 49 73 50 /<br />
950 49 70 28. Fax 950 49 73 53)<br />
and all the services one would<br />
expect from a big city.<br />
Only a few minutes away is the<br />
Punta Entinas-Sabinar Nature<br />
Reserve. The reserve shelters<br />
over 150 species of water fowl<br />
and a prosperous community of<br />
vertebrates and can be toured on<br />
foot or by bicycle. Worth a visit in<br />
the Reserve are Playa de<br />
Cerillos, where nudism is<br />
allowed, and the lighthouse, a<br />
magnificent spot for enthusiasts<br />
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of photography and submarine<br />
archaeology.<br />
Roquetas de Mar,<br />
Playa Serena<br />
and Aguadulce<br />
From Almerimar, the road runs<br />
among greenhouse crops to<br />
Roquetas de Mar, a luxury<br />
holiday paradise with 40,000<br />
beds and one of the bestequipped<br />
open-air sports centres<br />
on the Mediterranean coast.<br />
There are three main tourist<br />
complexes in Roquetas: Playa<br />
Serena, Roquetas de Mar and<br />
Aguadulce. In Playa Serena,<br />
over two kilometres of broad,<br />
fine sands offer windsurfing<br />
schools, sunshades, cafes and<br />
beach bars for the pleasure of<br />
visitors. There is an 18-hole golf<br />
course for those who prefer to<br />
keep fit without getting wet.<br />
Bordered by a broad promenade,<br />
the beach at Urbanización de<br />
Roquetas is one of the best on<br />
Roquetas de Mar<br />
the entire Almería littoral. Two<br />
kilometres from the complex is<br />
the village of Roquetas, where<br />
one can visit the Castle of<br />
Santa Ana, the Church of the<br />
Virgen del Rosario and the<br />
fishing port where the catch is<br />
traditionally auctioned on the<br />
quayside.<br />
Roquetas de Mar<br />
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Playa de Aguadulce offers a<br />
promenade, warm waters for<br />
bathers of all ages winter and<br />
summer, and a marina with over<br />
1000 berths. At night, hundreds<br />
of youngsters crowd<br />
discotheques, bars and cafes.<br />
former heart of the Alcazaba<br />
where Moslem monarchs and<br />
rulers dwelt amidst cisterns,<br />
mosques, baths and<br />
dwellinghouses. In the third area<br />
is the mediaeval castle built on<br />
the orders of the Catholic<br />
Monarchs in 1489 when they<br />
reached the city and found the<br />
Alcazaba partially ruined by an<br />
earthquake two years before.<br />
Almería<br />
The first stop on the visit to<br />
Almería is the Alcazaba (1), the<br />
second largest Arab construction<br />
in <strong>Spain</strong> after the Alhambra in<br />
Granada. Its 43,000 square<br />
metres are divided into three<br />
areas. The first is the largest and<br />
loveliest: an area occupied totally<br />
by gardens which one enters by<br />
way of the Puerta de la Justicia.<br />
A 15 th century Gothic archway,<br />
all that remains of an old palace,<br />
leads into the second area, the<br />
Aguadulce<br />
Hard by the Alcazaba is the city’s<br />
best vantage point. Down below<br />
is the Church of San Juan (2).<br />
Built on the foundations of an<br />
Arab mosque, it still preserves<br />
the original walls of the quibla<br />
and the mihrab.<br />
Only a few minutes walk away is<br />
the Hospital Real (3), a<br />
beautiful two-storey Renaissance<br />
building with a central cloister.<br />
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On the corner the Paseo de San<br />
Luis, part-avenue and part-park,<br />
leads to the fountain known as<br />
La fuente de los Peces.<br />
Opposite is the Calle Real, one<br />
of the most traditional and bestknown<br />
streets in Almería.<br />
A short step away is the<br />
Cathedral (4), built in the 17 th<br />
century as a place of worship<br />
Cathedral<br />
Alcazaba<br />
and a refuge from pirate<br />
attacks. This explains its grim<br />
exterior, with crenellated walls<br />
and four defensive towers.<br />
Particularly interesting are the<br />
main chapel, with its<br />
Renaissance arcades and a<br />
magnificent collection of 18 th -<br />
century paintings, and a Choirstall<br />
with delicately-carved<br />
walnut benches and fine reliefs.<br />
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Behind the Cathedral is the<br />
Convento de las Puras (5),<br />
which contains a lovely Baroque<br />
altarpiece. The adjoining<br />
Episcopal Palace (6) boasts a<br />
fine facade from the last century.<br />
A walk by way of Plaza del<br />
Bendicho, one of the city’s most<br />
charming squares, Plaza<br />
Masnou and Calle Séneca leads<br />
to the Basílica de Nuestra<br />
Señora del Mar (7), the<br />
patroness of Almería. The old<br />
City street map<br />
Places of interest<br />
1 La Alcazaba<br />
2 Church of San Juan<br />
3 Royal Hospital<br />
4 Cathedral<br />
5 Convent of Las Puras<br />
6 Episcopal Palace<br />
7 Basílica de Nuestra Señora<br />
del Mar<br />
8 Cloister of Nuestra Señora<br />
del Mar<br />
9 Teatro Cervantes<br />
10 Círculo Mercantil<br />
11 Templo del Sagrado Corazón<br />
de Jesús<br />
12 Plaza Vieja<br />
13 Church of Las Claras<br />
14 Church of San Pedro<br />
15 Templo de Santiago<br />
16 Arab cisterns<br />
17 Puerta Purchena<br />
18 Templo de San Sebastián<br />
19 Bull ring<br />
Círculo Mercantil<br />
cloister (8) in Plaza de Pablo<br />
Cazard is now the School of Arts<br />
and Crafts. Also worth a visit are<br />
the neighbouring Teatro<br />
Cervantes (9) and the beautiful<br />
rooms of the Círculo<br />
Mercantil (10).<br />
Further along Calle Ofalia is the<br />
Templo del Sagrado Corazón<br />
de Jesús (11), which in its time<br />
has seen service as a storehouse,<br />
a theatre and a dance-hall.<br />
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P<br />
H<br />
Conventional signs<br />
Tourist information office<br />
Post Office<br />
Parking<br />
Red Cross<br />
Hospital<br />
Bus station<br />
Railway station<br />
Police<br />
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Lorca<br />
Alfareros<br />
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MOTRIL 112 km<br />
N-340<br />
Cuevas de<br />
San Joaquín<br />
Maromeros<br />
Socorro<br />
Hernández<br />
ALMERÍA<br />
Arquímedes<br />
Calle Reductol<br />
C. San Ildefonso<br />
Plaza de Pavía<br />
S. Antón<br />
C. General Luque<br />
FUENTECICA<br />
1<br />
Parque Ramón Castilla<br />
Plaza<br />
San Antón<br />
Chafarinas<br />
Cuevas de la<br />
Fuencisla<br />
San Juan<br />
2<br />
Sta. Cruz<br />
Pl. Joaquín<br />
Santiesteban<br />
Alborán<br />
Andén de Costa<br />
MAR MEDITERRÁNEO<br />
N<br />
Cerro de<br />
San Cristobal<br />
PUERTO COMERCIAL<br />
Muelle de Levante<br />
GCAR, S.L. Cardenal Silíceo, 35CARTOGRAFÍA: <br />
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0 100 200<br />
300 m<br />
Tel. 91 4167341 - 28002 MADRID - AÑO 1998<br />
C. Descanso<br />
Calle Pedro Jover<br />
C. I. Moro<br />
M. Cepero<br />
Calle de la<br />
Calle<br />
Reina<br />
Calle<br />
Heracles<br />
3<br />
H<br />
Fuentecica<br />
B.<br />
Ayuntamiento<br />
C. Arráez<br />
Velázquez<br />
Alicante<br />
Bolas<br />
C.<br />
PASEO DE SAN LUIS<br />
5 6<br />
Parque Nicolás<br />
Salmerón<br />
Plaza<br />
Quemaderos<br />
Posito<br />
12<br />
Plaza de<br />
la Catedral<br />
4<br />
C. Duimo Vich<br />
C.<br />
Platón<br />
Plaza<br />
Bendicho<br />
Plaza<br />
Montes<br />
L. Sirvent<br />
13<br />
Plaza<br />
Careaga<br />
Plaza<br />
Campomanes<br />
C.E. Pérez<br />
Calle<br />
C. del General<br />
C. Cádiz<br />
Sta. Trinidad<br />
Paseo de Coches<br />
Calle de las Mercedes<br />
Plaza Derechos<br />
Humanos<br />
Calle de Regocijo<br />
C. Federico<br />
15<br />
C. Tiendas<br />
Real<br />
de Castro<br />
Antonio Glez<br />
Plaza del<br />
Carmen<br />
Plaza<br />
Flores<br />
Plaza<br />
San Pedro<br />
Plaza<br />
Virgen del Mar<br />
C. Gravina<br />
i<br />
Iglesias<br />
C. Restoy<br />
C. Magistrado Domínguez<br />
Plaza M.<br />
Pérez García<br />
P<br />
C. Castelar<br />
C. G. Ricardos<br />
7<br />
C. Gerona<br />
C. M. Campos<br />
Pablo<br />
Avenida<br />
16<br />
14<br />
11<br />
Egea<br />
Lachambre<br />
Pl. M.<br />
Heredia<br />
C. D. Arapiles<br />
AVDA.<br />
17<br />
C. Ramos<br />
Rambla<br />
PASEO DE ALMERÍA<br />
8 9 10<br />
C.<br />
G.<br />
de<br />
REINA REGENTE<br />
Plaza<br />
Inmaculada<br />
C. de las Cruces<br />
C. Marcos Judias<br />
Navarro Rodrigo<br />
Calle<br />
Católicos<br />
Reyes<br />
G. Tamayo<br />
Segura<br />
C. Terrizar<br />
Playa<br />
Almadravilas<br />
C. de la Palma<br />
CARRETERA<br />
18<br />
CALLE<br />
Rambla<br />
Circunvalación<br />
Pl. Hilarión<br />
Eslava<br />
Plaza<br />
Amistad<br />
Calle González Garbin<br />
C. Juan Lirola<br />
Calle Javier<br />
Avenida de Vilcnes<br />
Calle<br />
Sanz<br />
C. del Humilladero<br />
Hns.Oliveros<br />
RAMBLA DEL OBISPO ORBERA<br />
P<br />
García<br />
Rambla<br />
García<br />
C. Juan Aguilar<br />
CALLE<br />
ALTAMIRA<br />
C. Tirso de Molina<br />
Calle Hermanos<br />
Pinzón<br />
C. San Léonardo<br />
Avenida de Bélen<br />
Avenida Federico<br />
Federico<br />
Hermanos Machado<br />
Calle R. Alberti<br />
C. A. Jover<br />
C. Stos.Zárate<br />
Paseo Marítimo<br />
C.<br />
Murcia<br />
C. Canónigo M. Alonso<br />
C. Matadero<br />
19<br />
P<br />
H<br />
P<br />
C.<br />
Cantares<br />
ALCALDE<br />
Calle<br />
Circo<br />
Avenida de la Estación<br />
C. José Artes de Arcos<br />
C. J. Peralta<br />
MUÑOZ<br />
Los<br />
CARRETERA<br />
Calle J. Morales Abad<br />
TABERNAS 37 km<br />
N-340<br />
Calle Ismael<br />
Calle Florida<br />
de<br />
Calle Sicardo<br />
DE GRANADA<br />
BARRIO<br />
ALTO<br />
Bélen<br />
Picos<br />
Lorca<br />
RAMBLA<br />
C. Duende<br />
GREGORIO MARAÑÓN<br />
DE<br />
Plaza<br />
Palmera<br />
C. Real<br />
Avenida de Vivar<br />
Calle<br />
del Barrio Alto<br />
Calle Doctor Carracido<br />
Plaza<br />
Altamira<br />
C. Cnal. Herrera Oria<br />
C. Poeta Paco Aquino<br />
Calle Azorín<br />
DE<br />
AMATISTEROS<br />
H<br />
Calle de la Marina<br />
R. Chico<br />
Río Grande<br />
San José Obrero<br />
RONDA<br />
Calle de América<br />
N-340<br />
TABERNAS 37 km
Next door is the 18 th -century<br />
Church of las Claras (13), in<br />
Mudéjar style with a Plateresque<br />
portico. In Plaza de San Pedro<br />
stands the Church of San Pedro<br />
(14). Founded by the Catholic<br />
Monarchs, it was rebuilt in Neo-<br />
Classic style after the earthquake<br />
of 1790.<br />
Plaza Vieja, Town Hall<br />
The traveller should now return<br />
to the Cathedral and go from<br />
there to the Plaza Vieja (12),<br />
where the Town Hall overlooks<br />
the most appealing and secluded<br />
spot in the city.<br />
Very close to Plaza de las Flores,<br />
the Templo de Santiago (15)<br />
boasts a Renaissance portico and<br />
a majestic tower. While in this<br />
district, it is well worth visiting<br />
the Calle de las Tiendas, one of<br />
the streets with the longest<br />
tradition in the city, and the<br />
Arab cisterns (16), built in 1038<br />
to provide the Moslem<br />
population with drinking water.<br />
The site is now occupied by “El<br />
Taranto” Flamenco Club, so<br />
called after the particular style of<br />
Flamenco singing of Almería.<br />
Puerta Purchena<br />
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one reaches Ermita de<br />
Torregarcía and the watchtower<br />
of that name, whose guardian<br />
according to legend found the<br />
image of the Virgin, now the<br />
patroness of Almería, floating on<br />
the waves.<br />
Railway station<br />
Walking straight on from Plaza<br />
Manuel Pérez García one comes<br />
to Puerta Purchena (17), the<br />
nerve-centre of the city. From<br />
Puerta Purchena it is only a few<br />
blocks to one of the most<br />
atmospheric squares, Plaza de<br />
San Sebastián, overshadowed<br />
by the 17 th -century church (18)<br />
of that name.<br />
To round up the visit to Almería<br />
it is worth seeing the Bull Ring<br />
(19), the historic port and the<br />
promenade with “el cable”, an<br />
old mineral loading dock built by<br />
an English firm at the turn of the<br />
century.<br />
Near the hermitage is the<br />
entrance to the Las Marinas<br />
Amoladeras Reserve (visits<br />
with guide only) and the Las<br />
Amoladeras Visitor Centre<br />
( 950 16 04 35)<br />
where all kinds of information<br />
about the Reserve are available.<br />
The road runs among dunes and<br />
cane-brakes to San Miguel de<br />
Cabo de Gata, a little fishing<br />
village, and from there it follows<br />
Playa de San Miguel to the<br />
Las Salinas Reserve, home to<br />
flamingos and many other<br />
Cabo de Gata. Siren’s Reef<br />
Cabo de Gata-Níjar<br />
Natural Park<br />
From Retamar to Cabo de<br />
Gata lighthouse<br />
The coast road (carretera de la<br />
costa) from Almería leads to the<br />
Retamar complex, from where<br />
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Gádor<br />
Rioja<br />
Huércal<br />
e Almería<br />
Pechina<br />
Almería<br />
Tabernas<br />
Turrillas<br />
Lucainena<br />
de las Torres<br />
La Rambla<br />
Honda<br />
Venta<br />
del Pobre<br />
Río<br />
344<br />
Alias<br />
El Llano de<br />
D. Antonio<br />
341<br />
Carboneras<br />
La Mesa de Roldán<br />
Níjar<br />
Punta de los Muertos<br />
Las Cuevas de<br />
Campo Hermoso<br />
los Úbedas<br />
Agua Amarga<br />
Fernán Pérez<br />
Cala de San Pedro<br />
Los Albaricoques<br />
Viator<br />
Las Negras<br />
El Alquián<br />
Rodalquilar<br />
Retamar<br />
La Isleta del Moro<br />
Reserva de<br />
las Salinas<br />
Los Escullos<br />
San Miguel<br />
El Pozo de los Frailes<br />
de Cabo de Gata<br />
La Almadrava<br />
San José<br />
de Monteleva<br />
Playa de los Genoveses<br />
La Fabriquilla Playa de Mónsul<br />
Cabo de Gata<br />
S IERRA D E ALHAMILL A<br />
Golfo de Almería<br />
SIERRA DE GATA<br />
birds which visitors can watch<br />
from a strategically-sited<br />
observation post.<br />
Past La Almadraba de<br />
Monteleva and Fabriquilla, the<br />
road – now a series of tight,<br />
narrow bends – affords a<br />
magnificent panoramic view<br />
over the bay of Almería on the<br />
way to the Cabo de Gata<br />
lighthouse, locked in by the<br />
Arrecife de las Sirenas or<br />
Siren Reef. It is said that this<br />
stretch of coast was once<br />
inhabited by hooded seals –now<br />
in danger of extinction – whose<br />
cries in the night caused sailors<br />
to talk of mermaids.<br />
Around San José<br />
To embark on this second<br />
itinerary, the traveller must take<br />
the road from the lighthouse to<br />
San Miguel de Cabo de Gata, and<br />
from there to the old fishing<br />
village of San José, which has<br />
now been developed as a<br />
peaceful family holiday resort<br />
with good tourist services and a<br />
small marina ( 950 38 00 41).<br />
Cabo de Gata. Playa de Mónsul<br />
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Playa de los Genoveses<br />
organises boat trips and hires<br />
equipment.<br />
Cortijo de Los Frailes<br />
On the outskirts of the village a<br />
dirt track leads to one of the<br />
loveliest parts of the park, the<br />
backdrop to a number of wellknown<br />
films like Indiana Jones<br />
and the Last Crusade or The<br />
Adventures of Baron<br />
Münchhausen – Playa de los<br />
Genoveses and Playa de<br />
Mónsul where a tremendous<br />
dune rears up over rocks<br />
petrified in the shape of waves.<br />
Returning to Pozo de los Frailes,<br />
the traveller can visit Los<br />
Escullos, whose cliffs have<br />
formed fantastical shapes<br />
through the caprices of erosion.<br />
Here there is a diving club which<br />
From Los Escullos one can descry<br />
La Isleta del Moro, an islet<br />
where the women still use the<br />
public washing-place while the<br />
men tend to their nets and<br />
boats.<br />
Carrying on with a stop at the<br />
vantage-point known as<br />
Mirador de La Amatista, one<br />
of the best spots on the coast for<br />
a view over the entire Park, the<br />
road leads to Rodalquilar, an<br />
old gold-mining town where<br />
remains of the mine can still be<br />
seen.<br />
From Rodalquilar it is only a<br />
short trip to the cliffs and<br />
volcanic gullies of El Playazo, or<br />
to Cortijo de los Frailes, the<br />
scene of the real-life crime<br />
passionel that inspired Federico<br />
García Lorca’s famous romance<br />
Bodas de Sangre.<br />
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clean cove containing the only<br />
fresh water spring in the whole<br />
Park, built according to legend<br />
by a famous corsair.<br />
From Las Negras<br />
to Carboneras<br />
Carboneras<br />
From Rodalquilar the road runs<br />
on to Las Negras, a beautiful<br />
fishing enclave with a small<br />
promenade and bars offering<br />
fine seafood. Following a path<br />
along the seaward side of the<br />
impressive tor that gave the<br />
village its name, one comes to<br />
Cala de San Pedro, a lovely<br />
To see more of the Park there are<br />
two alternative routes from Las<br />
Negras: go back on to the<br />
Autovïa del Mediterráneo as far<br />
as the Venta del Pobre exit, or<br />
head for Fernán Pérez and from<br />
there take a dirt track that leads<br />
to Agua Amarga. This is a<br />
peaceful little coastal village<br />
where the limpid water is ideal<br />
for bathing, diving and fishing.<br />
Fishing is the main pursuit of the<br />
inhabitants, who draw their<br />
boats up on the beach and there<br />
array their catches for sale.<br />
The Carboneras road passes<br />
through Mesa de Roldán, a<br />
good place to look over<br />
towering cliffs and magnificent<br />
Playa de los Muertos<br />
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mb. de<br />
manzora<br />
Huércal-<br />
Overa<br />
ntas<br />
La Perulaca<br />
os Gallardos<br />
Turre<br />
Agua Amarga<br />
Cuevas de<br />
Almanzora<br />
Las Herrerías<br />
Vera Palomares<br />
Villaricos<br />
Vera Playa Club<br />
Puerto Rey<br />
Garrucha<br />
Mojácar<br />
Carboneras<br />
La Mesa de Roldán<br />
Punta de los Muertos<br />
Águilas<br />
San Juan de<br />
los Terreros<br />
El Pozo<br />
del Esparto<br />
views, especially at dusk.<br />
Travellers stopping here should<br />
visit the Playa de los Muertos.<br />
The itinerary ends in<br />
Carboneras, a 16-kilometre<br />
stretch of sands where numerous<br />
restaurants offer the fish and<br />
shellfish brought daily by the<br />
local fishermen.<br />
From Mojácar to the<br />
boundary with Murcia<br />
of the Indalo, an<br />
anthropomorphic device that<br />
travellers will find in every corner<br />
of Almería. Mojácar offers<br />
abundant beaches and coves,<br />
some specially reserved for<br />
practitioners of nudism, a<br />
comprehensive supply of<br />
accommodation and sports<br />
facilities, and a lively night-life.<br />
From Mojácar the road follows<br />
the coast down to Garrucha,<br />
where one can enjoy the<br />
wonderful local fish and shellfish<br />
in the restaurants around the<br />
fishing port and marina.<br />
There are two possible routes<br />
from Garrucha: by way of Vera<br />
and Cuevas de Almanzora,<br />
home of the interesting Museo<br />
Antonio Manuel Campoy and a<br />
good contemporary art<br />
collection, or straight along the<br />
coast to San Juan de los<br />
Terreros on the boundary with<br />
Murcia. This road runs by long,<br />
fine beaches like Puerto Rey,<br />
From Carboneras, one can take<br />
the Autovía del Mediterráneo or<br />
enjoy the fine clifftop views of<br />
the coast road as far as Mojácar,<br />
white silhouette, cupolas and<br />
minarets recalling Moslem times,<br />
which basks under the protection<br />
Mojácar<br />
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Villaricos or Vera Mar, site of<br />
the Vera Playa Club nudist<br />
complex.<br />
The interior<br />
Moving inland, visitors should<br />
not miss Níjar, a small, typically<br />
Andalusian town famed for its<br />
jarapas (large fabric, cotton or<br />
woollen squares that can be used<br />
as rugs, blankets, curtains or<br />
hangings), esparto work and an<br />
age-old tradition of colourful,<br />
highly-prized ceramics; and<br />
Sierra de Alhamilla, a<br />
breathing-space for the city of<br />
Almería and a venue for<br />
enthusiasts of easy trekking.<br />
Less than an hour away from<br />
Almería is the Paraje Natural<br />
Karst in Yesos de Sorbas, the<br />
most important gypsum karst site<br />
in the world. With over 1000<br />
Sorbas<br />
natural caves and a history going<br />
back more than 6,000,000 years,<br />
it is best to arrange a visit with<br />
specialist guides.<br />
Nearby is Sorbas, a village<br />
perched high up in the hills with<br />
overhanging houses and fine<br />
ceramics to be found in the<br />
Barrio de la Alfarería.<br />
From Sorbas, or from Almería by<br />
way of the N-340, it is well<br />
worthwhile to take a trip to the<br />
Desierto de Tabernas.<br />
There is nothing like it in Europe.<br />
For many years its singular<br />
beauty has attracted the film<br />
industry as a natural setting in<br />
which to shoot. Western towns<br />
still stand (Mini Hollywood.<br />
950 36 52 36), where they<br />
were built for such famous films<br />
as For a Few Dollars More or The<br />
Magnificent Seven. They are<br />
open daily to visitors wishing to<br />
relive the authentic atmosphere<br />
of the Western film – horseback<br />
chases and tumbles, saloon<br />
fights, shoot-outs and dances.<br />
There is also a Zoological<br />
Reserve ( 950 36 29 31).<br />
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Leisure and<br />
entertainment<br />
Sports<br />
Water skiing, sailing and<br />
windsurfing<br />
There are sailing, water skiing and<br />
windsurfing schools which run courses<br />
and hire material in the Roquetas de<br />
Mar municipal district and Mojácar.<br />
There are a number of marinas that<br />
arrange coastal boat-trips:<br />
diver’s paradise offering myriad animal<br />
and vegetable species.<br />
All along the coast there are clubs that<br />
organise excursions and courses. Some<br />
of these offer boat trips.<br />
Information:<br />
Federación Andaluza de<br />
Actividades Subacuáticas<br />
950 27 06 12<br />
Agencia de Medio Ambiente (AMA)<br />
950 01 28 00<br />
Fishing<br />
In the Cabo de Gato Marine Park, only<br />
traditional fishing methods are<br />
allowed, and there are even areas<br />
where this is restricted. Aqualung<br />
fishing is absolutely forbidden. Rod<br />
fishing for sport is allowed from the<br />
shore and from boats except in<br />
prohibited areas (bathing and species<br />
protection areas). Everywhere else on<br />
the coast fishing is freely permitted.<br />
Trekking<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Garrucha<br />
950 46 00 48<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Almerimar<br />
950 49 73 50<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Almería<br />
(Club de Mar) 950 23 07 80<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Adra<br />
950 40 14 17<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Aguadulce<br />
950 34 15 02<br />
Puerto Deportivo de Roquetas de<br />
Mar 950 32 29 09<br />
Puerto Deportivo de San José<br />
950 38 00 41<br />
Diving<br />
The waters of the Cabo de Gata Park<br />
are the cleanest in the Mediterranean.<br />
With visibility up to 20 metres, this is a<br />
Trekking is one of the most attractive<br />
ways to get to know the Almería<br />
littoral. There are routes through Cabo<br />
de Gata-Níjar Natural Park and around<br />
the Sorbas municipal district, where<br />
the terrain is flat with no really abrupt<br />
declivities. Only in Sierra de Alhamilla<br />
does the ground present any greater<br />
difficulty. (Information at Tourist and<br />
Environment Offices, where there are<br />
route maps).<br />
Off-road vehicles (4x4)<br />
There are restricted half-day and fullday<br />
routes through Cabo de Gata Park<br />
for off-road (4x4) vehicles, with<br />
specialist guides.<br />
There are also organisations devoted<br />
to canoeing, mountain biking,<br />
potholing, horse-trekking, Land-Rover<br />
excursions, etc.<br />
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Centro de Información del Parque<br />
Natural Cabo de Gata- Níjar<br />
950 38 02 99<br />
Golf<br />
Golf Almerimar (El Ejido)<br />
950 49 74 54<br />
Golf Playa Serena (Roquetas de<br />
Mar) 950 33 30 55<br />
Golf Cortijo Grande (Turre)<br />
950 47 91 76<br />
La Envía Golf (Vicar)<br />
950 55 96 41<br />
Club de Tenis Almería (Almería)<br />
950 30 01 04<br />
Food and drink<br />
On the Almería coast, especially in the<br />
summer season, the common practice<br />
is to go for “tapas” in bars rather than<br />
eating in restaurants. This peculiar<br />
custom consists in ordering a beer or a<br />
wine and choosing from a range of<br />
small fish, meat, rice and salad dishes<br />
that every bar includes in the price of<br />
the drink. Those who prefer to eat in<br />
any of the restaurants that abound all<br />
along the coast can choose from a wide<br />
and appetising range of fresh fish and<br />
shellfish, and warming soups like<br />
bullabesa, made with shellfish and<br />
mayonnaise, garlic soup, the famous<br />
gazpacho, or ajoblanco, another cold<br />
soup made with the white of bread<br />
dissolved in oil, almonds and garlic.<br />
Desserts include fresh fruit all the year<br />
round and sweets with a distinctly<br />
Arab flavour.<br />
Inland there are migas con tropezones<br />
(bread sautéed with garlic and meat),<br />
gurullos con conejos (a species of<br />
doughballs with rabbit), cocido de<br />
trigo (wheat potage), ajo colorao (cod<br />
and potato cooked in garlic, peppers<br />
and paprika), ajipán (garlic bread),<br />
sausage and free-range meat.<br />
Crafts<br />
Many towns still preserve traditional<br />
hand crafts such as ceramics,<br />
embroidery, weaving, esparto-work<br />
and wood. There is a Craft Centre in<br />
Mojácar, a large complex where 16<br />
craft workshops make, display and sell<br />
their products. Hand-crafted wares can<br />
also be found in the itinerant street<br />
markets, which set up in a different<br />
town each day.<br />
Fairs and Festivals<br />
Almería<br />
Feria de Almería. Held in the second<br />
fortnight of August to honour the<br />
city’s patroness, the Virgen del Mar.<br />
This is a typically Andalusian fair,<br />
boisterous and colourful, with booths<br />
open till daybreak where fair-goers<br />
dance Sevillanas, drink cool manzanilla<br />
and eat sausage and tapas. There are<br />
also bull-fights.<br />
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Carnival. Beginning of March. In the<br />
Auditorium, there is a contest of<br />
parodias and comparsas, troupes<br />
performing their own blends of song<br />
and social comment.<br />
Cruces de Mayo. During the first days<br />
of May, neighbourhood associations<br />
adorn courtyards and squares in the old<br />
town with floral crosses. Visitors to the<br />
crosses refresh themselves with<br />
manzanilla and little morsels known as<br />
tapillas.<br />
Semana Santa. From Palm Sunday to<br />
the Resurrection, fifteen brotherhoods<br />
parade through the city streets<br />
enveloped in a respectful hush, to the<br />
heart-rending song of the saetas. The<br />
images, gold-work, carving and<br />
embroidery of the brotherhoods<br />
present a vivid tableau.<br />
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park<br />
The villages of the Park celebrate the<br />
traditional Semana Santa with<br />
processions of images, penitents and<br />
Via Crucis. Worth visiting in summer are<br />
the fishermen’s festivals in Las Negras,<br />
Cabo de Gata and Albaricoques, Pozo<br />
de los Frailes and Isleta del Moro.<br />
During the September Fair in Níjar, the<br />
custom is to organise tapas in the<br />
surrounding farm buildings or barracas,<br />
a tradition dating back to the 16 th<br />
century.<br />
Rest of the area<br />
Adra<br />
Maritime processions of the Patrons on<br />
8 September and 16 July. On 25 April is<br />
the Fiesta del Agricultor or Farmer’s<br />
Festival. A procession and festive<br />
pilgrimage or romería is held in the<br />
Vega del Adra in honour of San Marcos;<br />
typical here are roscos de San Marcos, a<br />
species of sweet cake, riding contests<br />
and decoratively harnessed animals.<br />
Carboneras<br />
From 11 to 15 June is the festival in<br />
honour of the patron San Antonio<br />
with a “battle” between Moors and<br />
Christians for possession of the castle.<br />
On 15 and 16 August the Fisherman’s<br />
and Tourist’s Festival is marked by a<br />
seafaring procession and a popular<br />
banquet of sardines.<br />
Roquetas de Mar<br />
Seafaring processions mark the<br />
festivals of Aguadulce (16 July) and<br />
Santa Ana (26 July), when the saint is<br />
carried out in procession after a ritual<br />
laving of her face with harbour water.<br />
Bonfires are made for cooking on the<br />
beach. On 29 December the<br />
inhabitants of Roquetas de Mar spend<br />
the entire day on the beach roasting<br />
fish with dried seaweed.<br />
Vera<br />
Veractiva. Mediterranean Trade Fair.<br />
Second week in August. This is an<br />
annual cross-sector fair offering<br />
samples of gastronomic, craft,<br />
traditional, cultural and folk art,<br />
including amusement and children’s<br />
items.<br />
Vera celebrates a particularly famous<br />
and solemn Semana Santa.<br />
Mojácar<br />
From 7 to 9 June, dancing and<br />
processions mark the festival of Moors<br />
and Christians.<br />
Huercal Overa<br />
The Semana Santa here is classified as a<br />
Festival of National Interest.<br />
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ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE<br />
NUMBERS<br />
Museums, monuments and other<br />
places to visit<br />
Sala de Prehistoria<br />
(Pre-History Room)<br />
Biblioteca Pública “Francisco Villaespesa”.<br />
C/ Hermanos Machado s/n. Almería.<br />
950 23 03 75<br />
Closed Sunday and Monday.<br />
Salas de Historia Antigua<br />
(Ancient History Rooms)<br />
Archivo Histórico Provincial.<br />
C/ Infanta. Almería.<br />
950 25 37 72<br />
Sala I: Colonisation and the Iberian World<br />
Sala II: The Roman World.<br />
Open Monday to Friday.<br />
Museo Antonio Manuel Campoy<br />
Plaza de La Libertad.<br />
Cuevas de Almanzora.<br />
950 45 80 63<br />
Located in the Palacio del Marqués, the<br />
museum contains various collections<br />
including nearly 200 paintings by<br />
contemporary artists such as Tàpies,<br />
Cristóbal Toral, César and Barceló.<br />
Casa-Museo<br />
C/ Portillo. Níjar.<br />
950 36 00 13 (Town Hall)<br />
Escuela de Artes.<br />
Conde Ofalia, 30. Almería.<br />
950 26 94 33<br />
Seismological Instruments<br />
Camino de la Sismológica, 26.<br />
Almería. 950 23 45 07<br />
Visits by arrangement only<br />
Saharan Reservation<br />
General Segura, 1.<br />
Almería. 950 28 10 45<br />
Los Millares<br />
Located in Santa Fé de Mondújar, about<br />
20 km from Almería, this is a Copper Age<br />
archaeological site. 950 23 50 10<br />
(Ministry of Culture Provincial Office)<br />
Closed Monday and Tuesday.<br />
Alcazaba<br />
Almería.<br />
Open in winter: 9:00 – 18:30<br />
Open in summer: 9:00 – 20:30<br />
Muralla de Jairán and La Hoya<br />
Prior permission required<br />
950 27 16 17<br />
Cathedral<br />
Almería.<br />
Open Monday to Friday 10:00 – 17:00<br />
Saturday 10:00 – 13:30.<br />
Closed Sundays.<br />
950 23 48 48<br />
TOURIST INFORMATION<br />
International Telephone Code: 34<br />
Tourist Information TURESPAÑA:<br />
901 300 600<br />
www.tourspain.es<br />
Junta de Andalucía<br />
www.andalucia.org.<br />
Civic Information<br />
900 509 292<br />
Almería Provincial Tourist Board<br />
950 62 11 17<br />
www.almeria-turismo.org<br />
Ministry of Culture Provincial Office<br />
950 23 50 10<br />
TOURIST OFFICES<br />
Almería<br />
Tourist Office of the Andalusian<br />
Government<br />
Nicolás Salmerón Corner of. Martínez<br />
Campos. 950 27 43 55<br />
Mojácar<br />
Plaza Nueva. 950 61 50 25<br />
Roquetas de Mar<br />
Avenida Mediterráneo, 2. 950 33 32 03<br />
Vera<br />
Ctra. de Murcia, km 209. 950 39 31 42<br />
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS<br />
Medical emergencies 061<br />
National Police 091<br />
Municipal Police 950 21 00 19<br />
Red Cross 950 21 09 00<br />
Almería City Council 950 21 00 00<br />
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P L V S<br />
V L T R A<br />
PARADORS<br />
Central Booking Office.<br />
Calle Requena, 3. 28013 Madrid.<br />
91 516 66 66. Fax 91 516 66 57<br />
www.parador.es<br />
Parador de Mojácar<br />
Playa de Mojácar. Almería.<br />
950 47 82 50. Fax 950 47 81 83<br />
SPANISH TOURIST INFORMATION<br />
OFFICES ABROAD<br />
Canada. Toronto<br />
TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
2 Bloor Street West Suite 3402<br />
TORONTO, Ontario M4W 3E2<br />
1416/ 961 31 31. fax 1416/ 961 19 92<br />
e-mail: toronto@tourspain.es<br />
Great Britain. London<br />
SPANISH TOURIST OFFICE<br />
Manchester Square, 22-23<br />
LONDON W1M 5AP<br />
44171/ 486 80 77. fax 44171/ 486 80 34<br />
e-mail: londres@tourspain.es<br />
Japan. Tokyo<br />
TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
Daini Toranomon Denki Bldg.4F. 3-1-10<br />
Toranomon. Minato-Ku. TOKIO-105<br />
813/ 34 32 61 41, fax 813/ 34 32 61 44<br />
e-mail: tokio@tourspain.es<br />
Russia .Moscow<br />
SPANISH TOURIST OFFICE<br />
Tverskaya - 16/2 Business Center<br />
"Galeria Aktor" 6º floor. Moscow 103009<br />
7095 / 935 83 97, fax 7095 / 935 83 96<br />
e-mail: moscu@tourspain.es<br />
Singapore. Singapore<br />
SPANISH TOURIST OFFICE<br />
541Orchard Road. Liat Tower # 09-04<br />
238881 SINGAPORE<br />
657 / 37 30 08, fax 657 / 37 31 73<br />
e-mail: singapore@tourspain.es<br />
United States of America<br />
Los Angeles. TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
8383 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 960<br />
BEVERLY HILLS, CAL 90211<br />
1323/ 658 71 88, fax 1323/ 658 10 61<br />
e-mail: losangeles@tourspain.es<br />
Chicago. TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
Water Tower Place, suite 915 East<br />
845, North Michigan Avenue<br />
CHICAGO, ILL 60-611<br />
1312/ 642 19 92, fax 1312/ 642 98 17<br />
e-mail: chicago@tourspain.es<br />
Miami. TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
1221 Brickell Avenue<br />
MIAMI, Florida 33131<br />
1305/ 358 19 92, fax 1305/ 358 82 23<br />
e-mail: miami@tourspain.es<br />
New York. TOURIST OFFICE OF SPAIN<br />
666 Fifth Avenue 35 th floor<br />
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10103<br />
1212/ 265 88 22, fax 1212/ 265 88 64<br />
e-mail:nyork@tourspain.es<br />
EMBASSIES IN MADRID<br />
Canada:<br />
Nuñez de Balboa, 35<br />
91 431 43 00, fax 91 431 23 67<br />
Great Britain:<br />
Fernando El Santo, 16<br />
91 319 02 00, fax 91 308 10 33<br />
Japan:<br />
Serrano, 109<br />
91 590 76 00, fax 91 590 13 21<br />
Russia:<br />
Velazquez, 155<br />
91 562 22 64, fax 91 562 97 12<br />
United States of America:<br />
Serrano, 75<br />
91 587 22 00, fax 91 587 23 03<br />
Text:<br />
Victoria Viudes<br />
Translation:<br />
Alistair Louis Ross<br />
Photographs:<br />
Turespaña Archives<br />
Graphic Design:<br />
Florencio García<br />
Published by<br />
© Turespaña<br />
Secretaría de Estado de Comercio<br />
y Turismo<br />
Ministerio de Economía<br />
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