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Ten kilometres
east of the industrial port of Adra is this small wetland
reserve of 217 ha on the Mediterranean coast.
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This
spectacular Moorish fortress town stands on a towering crag
overlooking a shore graced by pristine beaches and the sparkling
waters of the Mediterranean.
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Southwest
of the coastal resort Roquetas del Mar is a 15km-long strip
of protected coastline.
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Situated 8 kms along the
coast, this is a popular resort for tourists with some good
beaches.
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San José
is a delightful small township of 175 souls in Almería
province, nowadays proving increasingly popular as a holiday
resort.
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The charming small
town of Villarícos is located approximately ten kilometres
north of La Garrucha, a lively fishing harbour in the process
of development.
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The coastline varies enormously in the degree and
type of development along it. The stretch of shore between Granada
province and Almeria city is the most blighted by plastic greenhouses,
although it has the occasional wildlife oasis, such as the lakes
in the Albuferas de Adra Natural Reserve, which
attract numerous aquatic birds undeterred by the sea of plastic
that surrounds them. Another protected enclave south of the resort
of Roquetas de Mar is the Punta Entinas-Sabinar
Natural Area, covering a beach and marshlands between two
headlands in the municipality of El Ejido, the epicentre
of the plastic greenhouse agriculture.
East of Almeria there is a remarkable change as
you draw nearer to the Cabo de Gata. The park has a long, rugged
coastline with secluded bays and remote beaches, some linked only
by a footpath. Much of the park is comprised of volcanic rocky mountains
that plunge directly to the shore, creating one of Andalucia´s
most dramatic coastlines. San Miguel del Cabo de Gata is the first
village you come to in the park from Almeria, close to a saltwater
lagoon with exceptional birdlife, the Salinas del Cabo de Gata.
The next coastal village is the largest one in the park, San
José, with the small resorts of Las Negras, La Isleta
del Moro and Agua Amarga to the north.
The most popular resorts are Roquetas de
Mar and Mojácar, the latter with
the highest concentration of foreign residents in the province.
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