🏛️ Historical Heritage
🏰 San Felipe Battery
A coastal military structure from the time of Charles III in Los Escullos, designed to repel Barbary raids, today one of the most photographed corners of Cabo de Gata.
Castle🌿 Nature
🏖️ Cala Chica and Cala Grande
In the Las Negras area, two coves with difficult foot access that guarantee a swim in turquoise waters in absolute peace.
Beach🏖️ Cala de Enmedio
One of the hidden jewels of Cabo de Gata, famous for its brilliant white fossil dunes contrasting with turquoise water. Only reachable on foot or by boat.
Beach🏖️ Cala de San Pedro
An oasis famous for its alternative community, the ruins of a 16th-century castle and a freshwater spring. Reached by boat or an hour's walk from Las Negras.
Beach🏖️ Cala de los Amarillos
A sheltered, little-visited jewel of Cabo de Gata, named after the golden volcanic colour of the cliffs embracing it. Reached on foot from Los Genoveses.
Beach🏖️ Cala del Plomo
A beautiful cove of calm waters flanked by pale stone walls, ideal for sheltering on windy days and for snorkelling among octopus and grouper.
Beach🏖️ Los Genoveses Beach
A kilometre of shell-shaped golden sand surrounded by dunes, prickly pears and volcanic hills, with not a single building in sight. Restricted access in summer.
Beach🏖️ Media Luna Cove
Next to Mónsul, it owes its name to the perfect semicircular shape of its shore, surrounded by dark and beautiful volcanic rock formations.
Beach🏖️ Mónsul Beach
In the heart of Cabo de Gata, a virgin dark-sand beach dominated by a great dune and a monumental lava rock. A film location for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Beach🏄 Sports Activities
🧗 Climbing at Cabo de Gata
Volcanic rock sectors by the sea at Los Escullos and Las Negras, with winter climbing in the sun and a swim in the cove afterwards.
Climbing Moderate🤿 Diving at La Isleta del Moro
Volcanic seabeds beside the fishing village islet, with submerged arches, octopus and grouper in the best preserved area of the marine reserve.
Diving Moderate🐴 Horse Riding at Cabo de Gata
Rides along the natural park tracks among volcanic coves, flamingo salt pans and desert gullies, with the option of riding along the shore.
Horse riding Easy🥾 Rodalquilar Gold Mines Trail
A route among the ruins of Spain's largest gold mine, closed in 1966. A ghostly industrial landscape of hoppers and ponds among reddish volcanic hills.
Hiking trail Moderate🪢 Rodalquilar Volcanic Canyons
Dry descents through the gullies and volcanic rock ravines of Cabo de Gata, with abseils on reddish walls and the sea always beyond.
Canyoning ModerateNíjar on the map
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