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Nature reserve of Cabo de Gata, which understands(includes) a surface of 26.000
terrestrial hectares and 12.000 maritime. It(he,she) spreads over the municipalities
of Almeria, Níjar and Charcoal-bins. One tells with a total population
that it(he,she) overcomes all 100.000 inhabitants and Nature reserve was declared
in 1987. An itinerary for him(it), he(she) would be leading us for places as
beautiful as San Miguel of Cabo de Gata, San Jose, The Genoeses, Mónsul,
The Well of the Friars, the Islet of the Moor, Rodalquilar, The Negresses and
Aguamarga.
To few kilometres, the Levant, we prune to find the Nature reserve of Cabo de
Gata Níjar, the only place in Europe that has deserved the consideration
of Reservation(Reserve) of the Biosphere. His(its) visit is forced, since one
possesses(relies on) the only vegetation and a fauna. The sea offers in this
zone, one of the most beautiful images, since it is possible to to verify in
the existing beacon in the park to which highway is acceded by a serpenteante.
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This fishermen's former enclave, placed in the Nature reserve of Gata's end,
has turned into one of the calmest tourist places and sugerentes of the littoral
almeriense. The territory in which one finds San Jose forms a wide bay boxed
between(among) two zones of volcanic, own(proper) stone of the Cabo de Gata.
The pueblecito was, up to(even) not a lot of time ago, a fishermen's recondite
port of scarcely a few dozens of inhabitants. The appearance of the tourist
phenomenon supposed his(its) discovery.
The place possesses a rare(strange) beauty and is, undoubtedly, ideal for the
rest and the meeting with the nature. His(its,her) clean waters, as well as
the cliffs and rocks that spread bordering on the sea they constitute an excellent
frame for the practice of the fishing or of the photographic safari submarines,
without forgetting the rest of the aquatic sports. Small urbanizations of chalecitos
occupy hillside of the mounts up to the edge of the beach, where they find both
ports: that of fishing and the sports one, forming with the way the quite harmonic
extremely picturesque one.
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One extends along a coastal band of almost 1 kilometre of width approximately
16 of length, being flanked in his(its,her) two ends by Almerimar and Roquetas's
urbanizations. It includes a seuperficie of 1960 hectares of the municipalities
of The Common land and Roquetas of Sea. His(its) climate is typically Mediterranean,
of semiarid character, with average annual temperatures that range concerning(around)
them 18ºC. The average rainfalls are not in the habit of overcoming all
250 annual liters, being the epoch of major(bigger) pluviometría the
autumn. The hours of the Sun they are very raised, overcoming some years the
3.000. The predominant winds are of West, though in summer it(he,she) is in
the habit of blowing also of the Levant.
The most important of this Natural Reservation(Reserve) is not his(its) littoral,
though probably it is the most spectacular thing, but the zone of the interior,
to the right of the highway that is crossing her(it). Small pools use as refuge
to hundreds of aquatic birds: coots, Fleming(Flemish,Andalusian gipsy), coloured(red),
broke duck spoon, wine bottles, royal(real) herons, avocets, needles, gulls
and diverse species(kinds) of limícolas. If our visit takes place between(among)
May and November we will enjoy specially a major(bigger) quantity of birds there
present.
From special beauty you it is going to turn out to be the Faro of Top Entinas,
from which there is spied a maritime immeasurable landscape, to which one is
worth bringing over, though you should turn aside a bit of the highway. If you
are fond of the fishing, so much(many) of like submarine cane, here you are
going to be able to find a real paradise. But have ciudado, that the sea beds
are slightly dangerous. If you encourage with the underwater fishing, the same
thing you can find mere and sargos that Phoenician or Greek amphorae. And it(he,she)
is that traditionally it(he,she) had to be this one a dangerous coast for the
navigation. The acquaintance medieval romance of The Count Arnaldos notices
of his(its,her) difficulties:
- galley, her(it) my galley, / God you avoides evil, / the dangers of the world
/ on the waters of the sea, / the plains of Almeria, / the narrow Gibraltar
...-.
If we continue advancing for the highway, besides the inevitable greenhouses,
a dense vegetation will parade close to us arbustiva. They are especially lentiscos
or entinas (of there the name of Top Entinas) and sabinas negresses or defaults
(that give denomination to Top Sabinal). Also we will be able to find authentic
dunes, as if about a desert it(he,she) was treating itself.
And we end our tour for the reservation(reserve) in the charcón of Top
Entinas, located in the coastal plain, limited by the alcores. It(he,she) will
be called your attention that the water of this great pool is semidrinkable.
It is due to the fact that his(its) origin is, to equal parts(reports), of marine
filtrations and fluvial contributions, being flooded in some more rainy epochs.
Of there the placid refuge that here think the migratory birds, managing to
register up to 150 species(kinds). Clear that all sound bondandes. The mosquitos
are also assiduous guests of this zone. If you remain to seeing a precious(beautiful)
putting of the Sun, you will be able to verify it. One sees good prepared against
them.
But they are not the mosquitos the principal problem of Top Entinas - Sabinar.
As it happens in Adra's large salt-water lagoon, the extraction of sands in
the beaches and surrounding areas of the Reservation(Reserve) for the greenhouses,
constitutes the most dangerous aggression that suffers this enclave. Equally
the bordering greenhouses for the north zone suppose a source(fountain) of residues
(plastic, remains of crops, packings(packages) ...). And equally his(its) landscape
environment is seen also very altered by both urbanizations that limit it.
Top Entinas-Sabinar, which includes a surface of 1.960 hectares of the municipalities of The Common land and Roquetas of Sea. A walk along she(it) would lead us to visiting Top Entinas, Almerimar, The Sea-coasts and the beacon of Top Sabinar.
The Roquetas's late development of Sea, it(he,she) has allowed the conservation
of some of his(its,her) places, which nowadays they find protected and which
constitute a great tourist potential, having in bill his(its) beauty. The municipality,
just person where the Beach urbanization finishes Serena Sur, tells with the
Natural Place of Top Entinas Sabinar, that he(she) shares with the municipality
of The Common land. In this place there can be admired the humedales, who are
visited every year by thousands of migratory birds and who constitute a great
spectacle of the nature. Also the former Salt mines can be visited, very well
preserved and that impress for the beauty of these big dry lakes of pink color,
from which tons of salt were extracted in the antiquity. And quite(everything)
it in a zone that relies on kilometres and beaches kilometres virgins who can
be enjoyed with total tranquility.
We have to come up to Berja, km. Zero of this route alpujarreña. And
without realizing, you are going to be entering a different world, to a landscape,
a few peoples(villages) and a few peoples who in nothing look alike to that
we have come finding previously. The artificial division of this so genuine
zone partly from Granada and it(he,she) divides almeriense it(he,she) will be
able to have value to administrative effects. But the men and women who live(inhabit)
these most singular peoples(villages) do not understand on artifices and are
considered first of all and especially alpujarreños. We go out of Berja.
From here we would enter The Alpujarra in strict sense and would visit small
peoples(villages) lost in half of the mountain: Castala (with a precious(beautiful)
recreative complex), Alcolea, Laujar (former residence of Moorish kings), from
where we would turn approximately 10 km aside. For conference(seen) Paternal
and Bayárcal. We would return to the regional highway to happen(pass)
for Hefty, Baires, Almócita and Ohanes, famous his(its) grape of table.
And here we would begin the decrease for Canjáyar, Rágol, Instinción
and Íllar, to end in Alhama, zone of thermal waters, with a precious(beautiful)
resort. We are to approximately 30 km. Of Almeria. We will come to her(it) crossing
Gádor's saw for three charming peoples(villages) of mountain: Enix, Felix
and Vicar. Of there Aguadulce (7 km.) and to a step, Almeria.
It includes a surface of 11.625 hectares distributed between(among) the municipal
terms(ends) of Taverns, Gádor and Gérgal. It is the only natural
space that in the whole Europe is catalogued as - desert-, or, said with other
words, it is the desert existing only one in Europe.. It is one of the images
most spread of Almeria and "culprit" in good part of the reputation
of arid and dry that has our land. The whole world knew these fields in the
decade of the 70, when Hollywood was fixed in them and there was rolled great
quantity of movies of the west or of Biblical topic, substituting with enough
success the natural scenes(stages).
Already I say to you that the Desert of Taverns is the space where the best
there is perceived the typical and peculiar aridity of some zones of the interior
of our province. His(its) ecological interest resides both in the vegetation
and fauna and in the genuine shaped one of his(its) surface, with his(its,her)
original and suggestive forms and figures. Good scene(stage) to demonstrate
your skills as photographer.
The temperature of this zone is the typical one of the desert. In summer they
can manage to be reached 45ºC.; now well, in some nights of winter the
temperature can manage to descend to them 0ºC. The annual rain is evidently
very scanty, not overcoming almost any year all 250 liters. Certainly, if in
your trip you see something green in the horizon ... it(he,she) is that constabulary
is patrolling for the zone.
Though the first sensation that is had to contemplate the landscape is the total
absence of life, slightly yes that exists: a vegetation xerofílica, autochthonous
of desert zones, between(among) which stands out the Lymonium Insignis, which
for these lands they know with a very significant name: siempreviva.
As for the fauna, stand out some species(kinds) as stone curlew and the bullfinch
trumpeter, besides some amphibians and reptiles in more humid zones, which also
exist though it it(he,she) does not seem.
And obliged visit being for this Natural Place, it is necessary to to be the
people(village) of Taverns. In the distance already habrás spied in the
high of a hill a former wall of an old castle. But it does not stop being it:
an old wall of 80 meters of height, without any other preserved element. In
other times it was a scene(stage) of a meeting between(among) The Lad and the
Kings Católicos. But already it has rained since then. Well, here not
too much.
In the urban hull of the people(village) I will emphasize specially his(its)
Church. It(he,she) is of Mudejar style, with a nice interior artesonado. Also
it(he,she) is of great beauty the Town hall and the whole square(seat) in which
it is located. A walk along his(its,her) interior streets you will turn out
to be pleasing, for the irregular and characteristic(typical) of his(its) tracing.
We will begin this route towards the interior of the province will cross the
Desert of Taverns, with his(its,her) lunar landscapes and his(its,her) old men
populated with the West, today turned into tourist attraction.
Two is the only and unusual places with which we prune to satisfy our playful
cravings in the desert of Taverns: the Mini Hollywood and the Zoological Reservation(Reserve),
natural attached spaces of great beauty and landscape originality.
The settlement of the Mini Hollywwod was constructed for the movie " The
death had a price ", of Sergio Leone, and there it(he,she) continues 30
years later. It(he,she) offers to the visitor a complete people(village) of
the American West, with his(its) saloon, the jail, the office of the sheriff,
the bank, the shop of provisioning, the stables... It(He,She) Takes care inside
these buildings up to the most minimal detail. Here they rolled stars as Clint
Eastwood, Sean Conery, Burt Lancaster, Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale or
Raquel Welch, that they rolled movies since(as,like) - the good one, the snub
and the villain-, - for a handful of dollars-, - the Petroleum ones - or "
The last crusade of Indiana Jones ".
A visit to the Mini Hollywood allows to give a jump in the time us and re-lives
the legendary environment of the far west, enriched with amusements as playpark,
shop and photographic study with disguises(fronts) of the epoch, walks astride,
through live music in saloon, restaurant with exterior(foreign) swimming pool
and a complete program daily spectacles, escenificando the typical scenes of
the movies of the West: I assault to the bank, flight and pursuit of the outlaws
and appearance of the sheriff and his(its,her) men. At 12:00 h, at 17:00 and
at 20:00 we prune to contemplate it.
And in attached areas for the settlement it was opened a couple of years does
a Zoological Reservation(Reserve), which, sure, will do children's delights
and major. Located on a surface of 200.000 square meters, he(she) respects scrupulously
the environment and the natural habitat of the hundred of species(kinds) that
it(he,she) shelters. To the entry we prune to contemplate a reservation(reserve)
of exotic birds and reptiles, the reservoir of the crocodiles, the environment
of the felines and an infantile zoo. Already in his(its) interior, an itinerary
that you will cross in train, it(he,she) will be showing you from different
watchtowers, animals in semifreedom: dun bears, giraffes, zebras, ostriches,
deer, bucks, gnus, elephants, dromedaries, bisons, gazelles, hippopotami and
others that are coming little by little. A real photographic safari that you
can live in your visit to this place.
To return
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The impressive mountainous clump of Sierra Nevada, placed astride of the provinces
of Granada and Almeria, constitutes the major(bigger) protected area of the
whole Andalusia, with a total surface of 169.239 hectares. An exceptional botanical
variety, with a good number of endemic species(kinds) and great diversity of
vegetable(plant) formations, fruit of the natural conditions that provide to
him(her) so much his(its) privileged altitude as his(its) low latitude, they
do of the Nature reserve of Sierra Nevada one of the most genuine enclaves of
the whole Spain.
The showiness of his(its,her) landscapes, his(its) geological interest, the
variety and wealth of his(its) ecosystem, the contrast between(among) his(its,her)
diverse climates, the deep presence of traditions pliriculturales, as well as
his(its) important fauna with endemismos own(proper), they have made him deserving
of the recognition of the Unesco, declaring it in 1986 It(He,She) Reserves of
the Biosphere.
In spite of the fact that this Natural Space is in the habit of associating
more with Granada that to Almeria, good part of he(it) is situated in our province.
To accede to him(it) we must realize an itinerary that divides from Alcolea,
small people(village) of great wealth oleícola, famous for his(its,her)
oil-mills. We will continue up to Laujar de Andarax, the most beautiful people(village)
of Moorish flavor. The Kings Católicos delivered it to Boabdil as residence
of for life, after his(its) surrender to the Christian hosts. It is the most
rainy municipality of Almeria, which is reflected in the frondage of his(its)
territorial demarcation. In the same entry of the people(village) we will think
a highway that us he(she) will hospitalize(send inland) in the heart of the
Park, put up signs towards Paternal and Bayárcal. To two kilometres we
will think a forest track that will lead us to a beautiful area of encamped:
Monterrey. Very little later we prune to accede to other one, Source(Fountain)
Embitters. Both are very seemed, with abundant vegetation of walnuts, apple
trees, cherry-trees and chestnut-trees. The water runs generously for his(its,her)
sources(fountains), tubes and creeks.
Also a refuge exists where to be able to go on a few unforgettable days to an
altitude of 1800 meters. The Cerecillo is called. It(he,she) has capacity for
eight persons, who can enjoy drinkable water, tables, kitchens and bedrooms.
Our dream will pass between(among) pines, chestnut-trees and walnuts. And even
it is possible to to go fishing in a zone truchera near the Andarax.
Still(Yet) we must do a stop before coming to the peoples(villages): Pigs, where
we prune to find a great tube and a swimming pool with thermal, rich waters
in iron and other minerals. A barecillo with his(its) dining room they complete
the infrastructure of the place. And very abundant grove, naturally
Both peoples(villages) complete the zone of the Nature reserve already mentioned,
Paternal of the Rio and Bayárcal. They are the two of major(bigger) altitude
of the province (1193 and 1258 meters respectively), what a cold enough climate
awards them in his(its) long winter, but deliciously freshly in the summer months.
Both enjoy some seen wonderful on the saw. Centenary trees flank his(its) entry.
His(its) architecture is the typical alpujarreña, with narrow and sinuous
streets, houses of ground floor, whitewashed, with roofs of slate(blackboard)
and launa. The chestnut-trees, apple trees, mulberries, fig trees, poplars and
elms populate his(its) leafy valley. The highway continues towards the Port
of the Ragua, which he(she) communicates with Granada and there happens(passes)
good part of the covered with snow winter.
The north slope of the Nature reserve of Sierra Nevada leads us to a zone not
very known, characterized by the abrupt beauty of his(its) natural environment.
We cross, along her(it) N-323, it(he,she) divides from the municipalities of
Abla, Abrucena and Fiñana. A highway recently asfaltada, he(she) will
communicate this zone with Ohanes, in the same heart of the Park. After 5 kilometres
we will turn aside towards the recreative area of The Serval and to only 1 km.
We find the classroom of nature of Walls, the most beautiful places riddled
with water and leafy grove.
To few distance there are situated recreative area of The Cleared grounds and
a farmhouse of mountain, Ubeire's so called Farmhouse. Both present a double
access: for where we come or for the highway. The landscape that in them wraps
us is wonderful: big masses of pinegroves, walnuts, chestnut-trees, willows,
poplars; and between(among) his(its) fauna, goats montesa, squirrels, hares
and jabalíes, close to birds as eagles and sparrow-hawks. In them we
find tubes of the purest water, tables, banks of rustic wood, barbecues, services,
kiosk bar, devices for infantile games and sports facilities. Point and final
of the Park in the province of Almeria is Fiñana presided by his(its)
majestic church of the Annunciation, of 1570. The rest of the Park is already
in the province of Granada.
For mas information:
Almeria is, first of all, a luminous province, being registered more than 3100
hours of the Sun anually. For this motive he(she) has established himself(herself),
in Gergal's surroundings, the Astronomic Center Hispanic - German (To penetrate
High place), with the most powerful European telescope; and in Taverns, the
most important Solar Platforms of Europe, propitiated(caused) by the International
Agency of the Energy. This province enjoys an everage temperature of 12,6o in
winter and 23,2o in summer. Equally, the kindness of his(its) climatology and
the special characteristics of Dalías's field, with the natural defense
of Gádor's saw, which prevents the penetration of the winds of the North,
have turned this agricultural zone into the most productive of Europe.
Almeria is a province of contrasts: of the fertility of Dalías's field
to the desert. In the proximities of Taverns, it(he,she) offers the remains
of an important cinematographic industry that recreated scenes of the American
West.
THE FORT
The Fort is placed in the summit of a hill, to approximately eighty rods on
the level of the sea. The worn down walls that Olive groves of the Rock it(he,she)
observed in 1878, they were, to his(its) judgment(reason), " reconstructed
by the Arabs and to his(its) taste almenadas, and they proclaim the former lineage
of Almeria. Some writers make mend his(its) origin to the times of the Phoenician
domination and do not walk to my to see wrong those who such suppose, provided
that rare(strange) times we find in the fortification of the Arabs so excessive
extension ".
In 1931, for decree of June, three published in the Gazette the following day,
the Fort Historical - artistic Monument is declared.
They follow(continue) the works in May de1942, being restored the door of entry
(Door Judiciaria), both plants(floors) of the Tower of the Mirrors and the adarve
of the first enclosure, and a few siloes being discovered near the treadmill
and the cisterns. Also he(she) fixed up the tower of the second enclosure and
the mosque with the tower of the muecón, appearing a few dungeons. And
in the third enclosure the adarves of the towers were repaired, beside placing
it is a shield of the Kings Católicos in the Tower of the Honoring, where
also there was cleaned a well of eight meters; the treadmill of the Wind was
deepened up to all 56 meters and dismantled and fixed up the vault of the Tower
of the Polvorín, destining her(it) to museum.
In 1950 the Gothic arch dismounted and with the opposing dovelas wider other
one consisted.
On January 20, 1989 The Kings Don Juan Carlos and Dona Sefía visited
the Fort.
The Holidays(Parties) of Almeria are from August 20 to August 27.
One day is worth going to the Fair and crossing the sheds (in the prolongation
of the Avda. of the Mediterranean)
Schedules:
Summer: on June 16 to September 30:
Of 10:00 to 14:00 hours and of 17:00 to 20:00 hours
I hibernate: on October 1 to June 15:
Of 9:30 to 13:30 hours and of 15:30 to 19:00 hours
THE FORT
C/Almanzor.
Tfno. 950-271617
Closed on December 25 and January 1
You visit in group: Coordinated with precedence, by post and by means of telephonic call to the Set or across the Pedagogic Office(Cabinet) of Fine arts, situated in the Provincial Delegation of Almeria:
THE CATHEDRAL
Of the Fort to the cathedral the transition is not very violent (he(she) says
Olive groves of the Rock in 1778), since the Cathedral actually(indeed) is not
another thing that a castle. Four towers of big ashlars defend his(its,her)
angles and up to the same apse the form of a fort presents torreón polygonal.
His(its,her) high walls are protected by loopholes and battlements, so that
the building stays exteriormente small less than eclipsed by what it(he,she)
has of fortress ".
The permanent threat of the Algerian and Berber pirates binds to construct the
Cathedral as a fortress centred on the city, in which the neighbors could be
provided in case of emergency. And there arose this immense hermetic mass flanked
of buckets and crowned with battlements, which is the Cathedral.
During the century XVII there is a few occasions in which the danger of an assault
to the coast is sharpened and the defense of the Cathedral is prepared with
major(bigger) care. In October, 1620, after the assault and Adra's occupation
for the Algerian pirates, the Chapter buys forty arcabuces and ten muskets Don
Iñigo Briceño, general captain of the Coast.
Little later, in the spring of 1625, the navies provoke the alarm Englishwoman
and Frenches, who maraud for Alborán's sea. The Town hall proposes to
the Chapter that two companies of the militias concejiles, ordered(sent) by
Alonso de Marín the Old and his(its) son Francisco, defend the Cathedral.
The alarm happens(passes) without innovation and the situation is saved.
Ten years later, in 1635, military men of profession organize the defense of
the cathedral. The Chapter, I lack(am absent) of money, he(she) agreed to ask
the bishop for it given to buy fifty arcabuces and twenty muskets. One never
managed to complete such an armament for lack of money. In this occasion the
buy was expanded, the danger happened(passed) and forgot. There does not consist
any other serious organization of the defense of the Cathedral.
MONUMENTS
Jairán's cisterns:
The challenges of these cisterns that they were supplying of water to the city use as headquarters to the Flemish(Andalusian gipsy) rock " The Taranto ". Street Tenor Iribarne. They are of the century XI.
The Major Mosque:
It(He,She) ordered her to construct Abderramán III in the year 965. The
only thing that remains is the wall of the Quibla and Mihrab's niche. Nowadays
one finds the Church of San Juan, opposite to the barrack of the Mercy (former
Military Government).
Wall of the Hill of St Kitts:
From the Fort across the ravine of the Pit there gets up a line of wall that
comes up to the Hill of St Kitts. Century XI. Al Cerro of St Kitts can be acceded
by the street Antonio Vico. We find seven torreones, three muslmanes and four
Christians. Also an altar with the image of the Jesœs's sacred Heart, inaugurated
in 1930.
The Convent of the Pure ones:
Founded in 1515. Cervantes is acceded by the street. Front page(front) of the
beginning of the century XVII. The small front page(front) of entry to the temple
and the tower they are of Mudejar style of the century XVII. Entered(approached)
street Eusebio Arrieta. The Major Altar presides at a baroque altarpiece.
The Convent of the Whites of egg or Monastery of the Incarnation:
Founded in 1590. He(she) understands(includes) an apple by street Jovellanos,
Marian, Old Plaza and Marín. His(its) definitive construction dates back
of the century XVIII.
Church of Santo Domingo:
The Kings Católicos founded the convent in 1495. The temple is constructed
in the century XVI. The front pages(fronts) in the century XIX. In his(its)
interior there guards and venerates the Mistress of Almeria, the Virgin of the
Mar. Polychrome Gothic height of the centuries XII-XIV.
San Pedro's church:
Placed in the square(seat) of the same name. His(its) origin was the convent
of San Francisco, founded by the Kings Católicos in the century XVI.
Destroyed by an earthquake in 1790 the current church was constructed in 1800.
Church of San Sebastian:
Placed in the square(seat) of saying it(he,she) names. Mosque in the Moslem
epoch. In the century XVII the parish of San Sebastian is constituted. Monument
to Color You: one raised in honoring the martyrs of the freedom, who on August
24, 1825 had been revolted against the absolutism.
Old Plaza or of the Constitution. House of the Amat:
Building of the centuries XVIII-XIX. Recently restored. Plaza Bendicho.
SPACES PROTECTED FROM ALMERIA
In Spain they exist mas of 500 protected areas, with a surface of 3 million
hectares, of which 12 are in Almeria with a surface of 107.000 Hectares.
Of these places that of major(bigger) extension is the Nature reserve "
Gata's end " with 45.663 hectares, followed(continued) of of " Maria-Los
Vélez Saws " and the NATURE RESERVE of Sierra Nevada that includes
16 peoples(villages) of Almeria.
Other natural spaces are the places of the Desert of Taverns, Saw Alhamilla
and the Karst of Sorbas's Hokkaido, and two Reservations(Reserves), that of
Top Entinas-Sabinal and Adra's large salt-water lagoon; to them it is that añadír
Castala's declaration as Park periurbano and the qualification of National Monuments
of the Reef Posidonia's barrier, Island of San Juan of the Terreros and Isla
Negra and Stone Lobera.
The Park of Gata's end is the mas visited with 40.000 persons, followed(continued)
of There saws Maria (25.000 persons).
NATURAL PARKS
Gata's end
Sierra Nevada
Maria's saw
Top Entinas-Sabinal
Saw Alhamilla
NATURAL RESERVATIONS(RESERVES)
Adra's large salt-water lagoon
Natural routes
The Routes for the Natural Spaces for the province of Almeria we prune to realize
them for several places:
Routes for Natural Reservations(Reserves)
Routes for Nature reserves
Diverse routes
Virgin beaches
Of the desert almeriense to the Beaches of The Levant
The High place Almanzora
Coast of the West one
The fall Alpujarra
Rio Ncimiento and Saw of the Filabres
Zone North and marquisate of the Vélez
Routes for Nature reserves
In Almeria we have even three of them:
Nature reserve of Cabo de Gata
That understands(includes) a surface of 26.000 terrestrial hectares and 12.000
maritime. It(he,she) spreads over the municipalities of Almeria, Níjar
and Charcoal-bins. One tells with a total population that it(he,she) overcomes
all 100.000 inhabitants and Nature reserve was declared in 1987. An itinerary
for him(it), he(she) would be leading us for places as beautiful as San Miguel
of Cabo de Gata, San Jose, The Genoeses, Mónsul, The Well of the Friars,
the Islet of the Moor, Rodalquilar, The Negresses and Aguamarga.
Nature reserve of Sierra Nevada
It includes a surface of 169.239 hectares and spreads over the provinces of
Granada and Almeria. Nature reserve was declared in 1989. To cross it, we would
have visit the municipalities almerienses of Abla, Abrucena, Alboloduy, Alcolea,
Bayárcal, Beires, Canjáyar, Dona Maria, Fiñana, Hefty,
Laujar, Birth, Ohanes, Paternal, Rágol and Terque.
Nature reserve of María's saw
Smaller than other two, with only 18.962 hectares distributed between(among)
Vélez Blanco's municipalities, Maria and Chirivel. There registers in
his(its) interior a population of 6.115 inhabitants and Nature reserve was declared
in 1987. It(he) is the most north of the province and good part of he(it) is
catalogued as forest.
Routes for Places and Natural
Reservations(Reserves)
Five exist in the province of Almeria:
Adra's large salt-water lagoon
A surface of 152 hectares, all of them in the Adra's municipal term(end), which
understands(includes) the Large salt-water lagoons Deep and New and the perimeter
of absorbent vegetation of the environment.
Top Entinas-Sabinar
That includes a surface of 1.960 hectares of the municipalities of The Common
land and Roquetas of Sea. A walk along she(it) would lead us to visiting Top
Entinas, Almerimar, The Sea-coasts and the beacon of Top Sabinar.
The Desert of Taverns
Catalogued as such a surface of 11.625 hectares, which spread over the municipalities
of Taverns, Gádor and Gérgal. It is the only natural space that
in the whole Europe has the cataloguing desert.
Karst in Sorbas's plasters
They are approximately 2.375 hectares of the Sorbas's municipal term(end). One
finds in margins of the river Waters and the most excellent thing of him(it)
they are them more than 200 catalogued caves.
Saw Alhamilla
An approximate surface of 8.500 hectares of the municipalities of Almeria, Taverns,
Lucainena of the Towers, Níjar, Scallop and Rioja, characterized by his(its,her)
thermal waters and his(its) vegetation type oasis.
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THE BEACHES VIRGINS
We would initiate this Route by which Almeria is known as Highway of the Coast, and that at all time passes parallel to the sea. We would start by seeing the University (precious(beautiful), in the first line of beach) and Costacabana and Retamar's urbanizations, as well as the Airport, in the middle of both. From here (we take crossed approximately 10 km.) We would enter the zone of Cabo de Gata. Special support would do in the zone of the Nature reserve (the first one in being declared such in Spain) and we would be crossing a series of magicians pueblecitos seaworthy(sea): Cabo de Gata, San Jose, Well of the Friars, The Escullos, The Negresses, Monsul, The Genoeses. Already we are to approximately 30 km. Of the capital. In this moment we would enter a bit the interior to know pueblecitos miners and agriculturalists as Rodalquilar, the Hortichuelas and Fernán Perez. Of there we would turn to coast to visit the beacon of Table Roldán, Aguamarga and Charcoal-bins, the people(village) of major(bigger) tourist projection of the zone, to nuos 60 km. Of Almeria. And in this point we would initiate the return, but for the interior, to know peoples(villages) of an agriculture, I would dare to call me her handcrafted and targets as the lime that embellishes his(its,her) faces: The Argamasón, the Plain of D. Antonio, Campohermoso and, on all, Níjar, probably the most peculiar people(village) of the province. WE WOULD COME to Almeria crossing the slums of The Alquián, La Ca±ada and The Mills.
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ROUTE 2. OF THE DESERT ALMERIENSES TO THE BEACHES OF
EAST
We will begin this route towards the interior of the province, leaving on both sides of her(it) a series of pueblecitos in that we enter a later(posterior) route. This way we will cross the Desert of Taverns, with his(its,her) lunar landscapes and his(its,her) old men populated with the West, today turned into tourist attraction. From Taverns (to 30 km) we will continue towards Sorbas (to 25 km), picturesque people(village) with horrifying coffees with a dash of milk. From here to go to the coast, crossing The Gracefull ones, Alfaix and Turre. And we will initiate the coastal route for the people(village) mas singularly of the province: Mojácar. Of there to Pulley (7 km.) And, without leaving the coastal line, Port King, Dovecots, Villaricos, the Well of the Esparto and, already in the limit with the province of Murcia, S. Juan de los Terreros, where we would initiate the return. Already for the interior (though without losing of sight the sea), we will visit Pulpí, Guazamarra, Almanzora's caves to come to Side. And here I would recommend the old man to be detained, to happen(pass) the night in some housing of the zone (they are for all the tastes and pockets) and to be prepared to follow(continue) next day by a highway more tortuous enough than them previously used.
ROUTE 3. THE HIGH PLACE ALMANZORA
We would divide, exceptionally, from the people(village) where we stay in the
previous route, probably Mojácar, Pulley or Side. And from the latter
we take the Railcar to come the detour that indicates Albox (to approximately
15 km.) . We retire in this bridge of the railcar to enter in her(it) N-323.
We will cross small pueblecitos agriculturalists: The Ores, The Alfoquía,
Arboleas and Almanzora, to come to Albox, head-board of the region. We will
enter the Saw Almanzora, to visit nice peoples(villages) of interior: Cantoria,
Ends(Purposes), Olula, Purchena (from where we would turn 6 km aside. Up to
Suflí and I Saw, famous for his(its,her) fritters), Armuña and
the most important people(village) of the zone: Tíjola. Of there to Serón
(famous for his(its,her) hams), I populate from that we would begin the return.
This we will initiate for the sinuous and unusual highway (sometimes enclosed
without asfaltar) that would take us to the peoples(villages) of the heart of
the saw: The Ores (former populated left miner), Bacares and Bayarque. The carreterita
of gaps would return to Tíjola, from where we would return for the same
highway that us led him during approximately 15 km., up to Olula of the Rio.
And in this point we would leave her N-323 to begin a picturesque descent for
peoples(villages) as Macael (the best mármoles of Spain), Chercos, Tahal,
Alcudia and Senés. To few kilometres it(he,she) is already her(it) N-340,
at a height(the level) of Taverns, which he(she) would lead him(her) to Almeria
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ROUTE 4. THE COAST OF THE WEST ONE
We would divide in this occasion towards zones of West, for her(it) N-340 (it(she)
is preferable this option, but also you can throw for Railcar), towards Aguadulce,
to ten km. Of the capital, the first urbanization of the province (chronologically
speaking). We would continue advancing course to The Inn, and there we would
turn aside towards Roquetas (to 5 km.), Seaworthy(sea), adjacent people(village)
already with the urbanization of the same name. But after leaving behind these
zones small they have of originally, a small highway us enters towards Serene
Beach and the Nature reserve of Top Entinas, on which I will spread more. Across
an urbanization, Almerimar, we will come to The Common land, geographical center
of the coastal zone. In this moment, the traveler has two options: First: to
follow(continue) for to coast: Old Guards, Balerma, Balanegra, up to ending
in Adra, the most ancient people(village) of Almeria, from where we will initiate
the raise towards the Alpujarra Almeriense concretly towards Berja. Second:
to rise directly towards the mountainous zone: The Pampanico, Dalías
(former head-board of region), Celín, Alcaudique and finally, Berja,
to 50 km. Of the capital.
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ROUTE 5. THE FALL ALPUJARRA
For any of two ways that I offered you in the third route you have come up to
Berja, km. Zero of this route alpujarreña. And without realizing, you
are going to be entering a different world, to a landscape, a few peoples(villages)
and a few peoples who in nothing look alike to that we have come finding previously.
The artificial division of this so genuine zone partly from Granada and part(report)
almeriense will be able to have value to administrative effects. But the men
and women who live(inhabit) these most singular peoples(villages) do not understand
on artifices and are considered first of all and especially alpujarreños.
We go out of Berja. From here we would enter The Alpujarra in strict sense and
would visit small peoples(villages) lost in half of the mountain: Castala (with
a precious(beautiful) recreative complex), Alcolea, Laujar (former residence
of Moorish kings), from where we would turn approximately 10 km aside. For conference(seen)
Paternal and Bayárcal. We would return to the regional highway to happen(pass)
for Hefty, Baires, Almócita and Ohanes, famous his(its) grape of table.
And here we would begin the decrease for Canjáyar, Rágol, Instinción
and Íllar, to end in Alhama, zone of thermal waters, with a precious(beautiful)
resort. We are to approximately 30 km. Of Almeria. We will come to her(it) crossing
Gádor's saw for three charming peoples(villages) of mountain: Enix, Felix
and Vicar. Of there Aguadulce (7 km.) and to a step, Almeria.
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ROUTE 6. I LAUGH BIRTH AND SAW OF THE FILABRES
We will initiate this route for N-340, for where same the route 4. And in this case, yes we will turn aside minimally towards the peoples(villages) that are adjacent to her(it): Huercal, Benadux and Scallop, visiting specially a few thermal existing baths in his(its,her) surroundings and a former restored resort: Saw Alhamilla. Later we will return to the General 340 will cross Rioja, to approximately 16 km. Of the capital. We will advance some others, up to coming to a bifurcation and will take direction to Granada. To approximately 18 km. Of the crossing we will find Gérgal, in the spurs of the Saw of the Filabres. To 5 km it(he) is obligatory to leave her C-326 along that we circulate, to visit a pueblecito of dream, Aulago, and of there to follow(continue) course to the observatory of Penetrating High place, the major one of Europe. We come back to her(it) C-326 from that we will turn approximately 4 km aside little later. To come to Birth. Of there to All Three Villas (19 km) and to 8 km, Abla. For the surroundings we will visit Abrucena, The Cleared grounds (a precious(beautiful) natural place adapted to recreative complex) and the natural refuge Ubeire (I will give detailed information about these two natural spaces). Finally we will visit Fiñana, the head-board of region of the zone. After visiting Fiñana, we will turn(become) for the same route up to the crossing that, spent(passed) Birth (approximately 25 km), he(she) leads us to her(it) N-324. Along approximately 10 km. Of descending highway, we will visit small very typical peoples(villages) of the zone of the Rio Birth: Alboloduy, Santa Cruz, Alsodux, Alhabia. Slightly hereinafter(slightly later on) we must do a stop in the prehistoric settlement of the Thousands, valuable sample of the Neolithic Hispanic. Gádor will be the last people(village) that will deserve a stop before returning to her(it) N-340. From this point up to Almeria, approximately 12 km. They separate us.
ROUTE 7. NORTH ZONE AND MARQUISATE OF THE VÉLEZ
Since(As) the bodies at this point they will not be already for many trots,
we will resort for the latter route to the odious Railcar, by which any people(village)
is not crossed, but that saves a lot of time in a long trip like this that occupies
us. Along her(it) we will circulate during approximately 110 km, up to Huercal
Overa, one of the peoples(villages) mas señorales of Almeria. Here we
say goodbye of the Railcar and begin to ascend for her(it) C-321 towards Santa
Maria of It snows (to 11 km). We will cross a series of farm estates, in which
the landscape is increasingly typical of high mountain. To 25 km we find Vélez
Rubio, one of the most monumental peoples(villages) of the province. To 6 km
Vélez Blanco is, in the shade of a precious(beautiful) Renaissance castle
... externally, hollow within (already I will extend information). Very quite
close there is situated the Cave of the Signs, sample of the art Paleolithic.
And you upset 2 km, Maria, a nice people(village) of mountain. From Maria we
will enter the Nature reserve of María's saw, surrounded with a leafy
forest of pines and of that I will give wide information. From there, we will
return to Vélez Rubio, to continue course to Chirivel (18 km), another
nice people(village) of the north zone of the province, where we will begin
the decrease towards Albox. In the middle of these 25 km of decrease we will
find the Monastery of Projection, hermits' former hostelry. We will stop on
both sides of the highway small typical populations of the zone, up to coming
to Albox, I populate already visited in a previous route. And the better(best)
thing that can make the traveler, if she has been still this guide stepwise
and knows already the whole province, it(he,she) is to take(catch) again the
Railcar and to return to Almeria to rest, that good lack(mistake) him(her) will
do.
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Macael is the economic center of this region, also called the locality since(as,like)
" the city of the white gold ".
This utilization of the marmoreal substratum goes back to the Phoenician and
Roman epoch, but it(he,she) reaches his(its) major(bigger) brilliance with the
Arabic culture. His(its) whiteness and quality astonished these settlers who
used it in The Alhambra and all those big works that wanted engrandecer.
The marble of these quarries has reached world reputation. If it(he,she) wants
to admire the work of the marble, only it(he,she) has to cross his(its,her)
squares(seats) and streets, be stopped(detained) opposite to the cruises that
adorn them or before the statue that produces honoring to the stone-cutter.
The quarries can be visited coordinating the visit with the Businessmen's provincial
Association of the Marble in the telephones 950-128111 / 950-128112 Faxes 950-128210
or contacting with the Technical personnel in Mounts and Quarries in Tfn.950-128216
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