Around Mojacar, Almeria

If you want to explore beyond Mojacar, it's easy to rent a car and Almeria offers a beautiful and rugged coastline with isolated quiet beaches and villages, dramatic desert scenery and mountains; thaks to the excellent climate you can enjoy walking, golf and other sports all year round.

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Walkers can explore the Sierra de los Filabres and Sierra Nevada mountains extending from Mojacar to Granada, and more locally enjoy panoramic views to the coastal plain from the Sierra Cabrera hills rising behind the old town, also offering pony trekking and the Cortijo Grande golf course; two further places to play in the area are at Desert Springs and Marina de la Torre.

Inland, small towns with weekly markets and ancient castles and caves, and the Tabernas desert familiar from spaghetti westerns provide unforgettable scenery, and with fiestas at Christmas, New Year, early summer and in autumn and the year-round good weather, there are opportunities to enjoy Mojacar and Almeria at any time.

Mojacar's main fiestas are at Easter, Moros y Christianos in early June, San Juan on June 24th and Festividad de la Virgen del Rosario in October, including the Corrida de Cintas:

           

Cabo de Gata parque naturale offers quiet beaches and small resorts like San Jose and Agua Amarga, miles of unspoilt rocky coastline and is home to flamingoes, herons, egrets and many other birds.

Andalucia's rich heritage includes both renaissance castles like Velez Blanco, the Moorish Alcazabas in Almeria and Granada, and C11-15th Mudejar buildings throughout the province. The unique hill villages of the Alpujarras and Granada's Alhambra palace can be reached in about two hours.

To book: contact us through the email button above or ring Mojacar Sol on 00 34 950 615042.

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