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The coastline
varies enormously in the degree and type of development along
it.
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Much of
the interior of Almeria province is semi-arid steppe. It is
a parched, lunar landscape of low, mostly barren mountains
and dried-up river beds.
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In the far Southeastern corner of the Iberian peninsula
is this sun-baked province, with the highest hours of sunshine and
lowest rainfall in Europe. Given Almeria´s climate, it´s
no surprise that much of the province is comprised of semi-arid
desert-like landscape. Due to the dry weather, much of this area
is a sparsely populated wilderness.
 Almeria´s skies are also the clearest in Europe,
meaning that Europe´s most powerful telescope has been installed
here, near Gergal. With an annual average of 3,000 hours
of sunshine, it is also home to Europe´s largest solar energy
plant, the Solar Platform of Almeria (PSA), an EU solar energy research
centre. Even if you´re not allowed in, you can peer over the
wire fence and marvel at the rows of futuristic heliostats reflecting
the sun´s rays into the towering solar oven and many other
devices for turning the sun´s energy into electricity.
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This hot climate and the natural protective barrier
of the Sierra de Gádor also means that Almeria is one of
the most productive agricultural zones in Europe, with more than
10,000ha of land cultivated commercially for fruit, vegetables and
flowers. Although bringing new wealth to an area of Spain that used
to be economically depressed, this intensive agriculture means that
a good chunk of the coastal territory is under wraps, swathed in
field after field of plastic greenhouses.
Fortunately, an equally sizeable area has so far
escaped being swamped by invernaderos (greenhouses) by virtue of
its protected status as one Andalucia´s most outstanding wildlife
areas and its largest coastal reserve, the Cabo
de Gata-Níjar Natural Park.
Almeria City
The provincial capital and port of Almeria
is overlooked by a vast, sprawling Moorish citadel, the Alcazaba.
Also well worth exploring is Almeria´s old town, peppered
with interesting monuments, including a cathedral with an impressive
Gothic interior, a 300-year-old hospital and great tapas bars.
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