Andalucia - Almeria Province (PDF Chapter)
This is the Almería Province chapter from Lonely Planet’s Andalucía guidebook.
Silent mountain valleys, sublime beaches and vast tracts of semidesert scrubland – Almería province is an area of haunting natural beauty. Its obvious drawcard is its glorious coastline, but venture inland and you’ll discover plenty to explore in its sparsely populated and often other-worldly hinterland.
- hop around the heavenly beaches and plunging cliffs of Andalucía’s southeastern coastline
- maps
- patrol Almería’s formidable hilltop fort, once one of the most powerful in Moorish Spain
- transport
- go underground in the otherworldly cave complex of Cuevas de Sorbas
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Almería, Desierto de Tabernas, Níjar, Laujar de Andarax, Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar, Mojácar, Los Vélez, Vélez Blanco, Cuevas del Almanzora.
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