The Countryside Property Portal for Almeria Province and the Costa de Almeria - Andalucia

Here the stark landscape of eastern Almeria dramatically meets the Mediterranean, where the originally volcanic Sierra del Cabo de Gata plunges to the clear azure waters. Here lie some of the most beautiful beaches, strung between coves and cliffs of the most awesome grandeur giving the whole area a most unique feel. The natural park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar was created in 1987 and is the first Terrestrial/marine Park in Andalucia it covers 38,000 hectares of dry land and 12,000 hectares of land under water.

The climate is Mediterranean sub desert and average annual temperatures are around 20°C, the average sea temperature is 17.7°C and the area receives approximately 3,000 hours of sun a year with just 100mm of rain in an average year. Due to the lack of good roads, its sub desert character this are has remained largely undeveloped, there are no real towns, just a scattering of villages. Namely San Miguel de Cabo de Gata (although often just called Cabo de Gata), with its lovely expanse of coarse sand, small fishing fleet and the Laguna de Rosa, a large lake that is home to flamingoes and other waders. La Almadraba de Montelera with its fishing boats chained up along the beach. Further south past a hill known as Pico de San Miguel, the Faro de Cabo de Gata (lighthouse) marks the cape’s southern tip and on a clear day Morocco’s Rif Mountains can be seen. Beyond the lighthouse a track leads to two of the most beautiful beaches in the province and to the pueblo of San Jose. This track is closed to cars and provides a lovely walk through the Parque Natural.

San Jose is a small fishing village set in a small cove with a sandy beach, rocks rising at both sides and crystal clear waters. Los Escullos with its good if rather pebbly beach, Las Negras that is situated in a beautiful cove. Agua Amarga is the last stop before the Parque Natural´s northern boundary and is a delightful little fishing village cut of from the surrounding world by a long road. The attractive collection of whitewashed houses stand out against the intense blue of the sea.