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What to see in Mojácar

A white village perched 175 metres above the Alboran Sea, with labyrinthine streets and the mythical prehistoric Indalo symbol. 15 km of blue beach and the Moorish old town form a unique contrast.

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🏛️ Historical Heritage

🌆 Historic Centre of Mojácar

A village of stepped vernacular architecture, white façades and steep streets, whose layout preserves its Al-Andalus urban heritage intact.

Historic Quarter

🏰 San Juan de los Terreros Castle

An 18th-century coastal battery built in Pulpí to defend against Barbary pirates, with spectacular Mediterranean views.

Castle

💧 Seven Spouts Fountain

In Cuevas del Almanzora, a monumental 19th-century fountain and trough that supplied the population and livestock of the Almanzora valley for generations.

Industrial heritage

🌿 Nature

🦅 Birds of Cuevas Reservoir

A waterbird refuge in the arid Almería landscape, with cormorants, herons and wintering ducks in an almost desert setting that sees few visitors.

Birdwatching

💧 Cuevas del Almanzora Reservoir

The largest hydraulic engineering work in Almería, famous for its artificial rowing channel used in international competitions and its arid shoreline landscape.

River, lake or reservoir

🏖️ Las Marinas-Bolaga Beach

In Vera, an immense beach over a kilometre long with a calm atmosphere and still waters, notable for its landscaped gardens and wide promenade.

Beach

🏖️ Los Muertos Beach

In Carboneras, a stunning beach of white pebbles and crystalline turquoise water, regularly voted among the best in Spain. Reached down a steep path.

Beach

💠 Pulpí Geode

In the Mina Rica, it is the largest giant geode in the world open to visitors: a space lined with transparent gypsum crystals of extraordinary size and purity.

Nature

🎭 Culture

🎨 Antonio Manuel Campoy Museum

Housed in the castle of Cuevas del Almanzora, it holds a superb 20th-century picture gallery with works by Picasso, Miró and Tàpies.

Museum

🍽️ Gastronomy

🍲 Gurullos with Rabbit

Traditional stew from Vera and the Almería Levante made with gurullos, a handmade pasta shaped like grains of rice, cooked with wild rabbit, saffron and mountain herbs.

Gastronomy

🏄 Sports Activities

🤿 Diving at Mojácar and Garrucha

Accessible dive sites on the Almería Levante with posidonia meadows, artificial reefs and a nearby marine trench where large pelagics appear.

Diving Easy

🪁 Kitesurfing at Vera and Mojácar

Strong levante wind on the Almería Levante coast, with kilometres of uncrowded beach and good wave and wind conditions almost all year.

Surf and kitesurf Moderate

⛳ Marina Golf Mojácar

A course on the Almería Levante among arid hills and the Mediterranean, with marked gradients and views of the white village of Mojácar from several holes.

Golf course Moderate

🚣 Rowing at Cuevas del Almanzora

An international-standard artificial rowing channel in the Almería reservoir, a regular venue for national team training camps and competitions.

Watersports Moderate

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