Natural areas in the province of ALMERÍA, Spain.

Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Níjar

04071 Almería, Nijar, Carboneras, Rodalquilar (Cabo de Gata), San José (Cabo de Gata), Cabo de Gata, Las Negras (Cabo de Gata), Los Escullos (Cabo de Gata), Agua Amarga (Cabo de Gata)

Tlf: 950 38.97.42

The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar, which has one of the most beautiful and ecologically rich coastal strips in the western Mediterranean, is the first Natural land and sea park in Andalusia.

Desierto de Tabernas Natural Park

Tabernas

It is the only region in the European continent that is properly called a desert. It has been over exploited by film companies that use this area to shoot scenes.

Punta Entinas-Sabinar nature reserve and natural place

El Ejido, Roquetas de Mar

This semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem combines coastal and land biotypes and is located on the western coast of the province of Almeria. The coastal strip extends from la Punta de Entinas to the salt mines.

Natural Monument Isla Terreros and Isla Negra

Pulpí

Islotes de pequeñas dimensiones y escasa altitud que atesoran unos fondos marinos especialmente ricos, colonizados por una amplia pradera de Posidonia oceanica y habitada por una variada fauna marina.

Sierra Nevada National Park

Dílar, Yegen (Alpujarra), Güejar Sierra, Huéneja, Jerez del Marquesado, Juviles, Aldeire, Bayárcal (Alpujarra), Lanteira, Lecrín, Lugros, Nevada, Padul, Pampaneira (Alpujarra), Pórtugos, Trevélez, Monachil, Bubión (Alpujarra), Capileira (Alpujarra), Lanjarón (Alpujarra), Válor (Alpujarra), Mecina Bombarón (Alpujarra), Mecina Fondales (Alpujarra), Sierra Nevada, Taha (La), Pitres (Alpujarra), Alpujarra de la Sierra, Orgiva (Alpujarra), Busquístar (Alpujarra), Cástaras (Alpujarra), La Zubia, Cádiar (Alpujarra), Cogollos de Guadix, Cáñar, Cenes de la Vega, Nigüelas, Bérchules (Alpujarra), Dólar, Dúrcal, Carataunas, Ferreira, Gójar

Some of the peaks of the Sierra Nevada are over 3000 metres high which make it the highest mountain range in Western Europe after the Alps. The Mulhacén peak(3481m) is the highest one in the Iberian Peninsula.

Port of Ragua

Bayárcal (Alpujarra)

Located in the National Park of Sierra Nevada, but in the more unknown zone, between the provinces of Granada and Almeria, Port of the Ragua is a natural step between two different regions that have known conserve intact its customs.

The Giant Geoda of Pulpí

Pulpí

In December 1999 a gigantic geoda upholstered of plaster great crystals was discovered. The spectacularity of the discovery also resided not only in the size of same but in the dimensions and the transparency of the crystals that cover it.

Pilar de Jaravía Mines

Pulpí

The mines of Pilar of Jaravía, also well-known as mines of Pulpí, mainly operated for the iron mineral obtaining during the last decades of XIX century and principles of the XX. In this mine have been found the Giant Geoda of Pulpí.

Natural Park Sierra María-Los Vélez

04000 Vélez Rubio, Chirivel, María, Vélez Blanco

This rural mountain range in the north of Almeria has a surface area of 18,962 hectares. With a continental Mediterranean climate,typically characterized by low temperatures in winter.

Natural Place Sierra de Alhamilla

Tabernas

It forms part of Almería’s littoral area of the Cordilleras Béticas along with the Sierras of Gádor and Cabrera. It separates the two regions of Campos de Níjar and the Tabernas-Sorbas passage which lead to the Alborán Sea.

Natural Place Gypsum Karst of Sorbas

Sorbas

This area is located in the East of the region, less than an hour from the capital, in the municipal district of Sorbas. It can be reached by the Almería – Murcia motorway, taking the exit to Sorbas and then the N-340.

Albufera of Adra Natural Reserve

Adra

Situated on the Southwest coast of the province of Almería in the municipal district of Adra, the attractiveness of this area is found in its rivers surrounded by reeds, masiegas and bulrushes.