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Municipality in Andalusia, Spain
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The cathedral has a fortress-like appearance due to its towers, merlons and protected paths, created to defend it from Mediterranean pirates. It was built as a mosque, and later converted into a Christian church, before being destroyed in the 1522 earthquake. In the 16th century it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style, whilst keeping some of its defensive features.
La Alcazaba
Massive Arabic hilltop fortress that dominates the city. It was beautifully decorated with intricate stucco work that rivalled that of the Alhambra, but much of it was destroyed or removed during periods of abandonment. Nonetheless the surviving structures are beautiful, and a sympathetic restoration has created beautiful, shaded gardens and fountains that make the site a haven of tranquility, with fantastic views over the city. You don't get views without climbing: the site is on top of a rocky outcrop and is spread over multiple terraces. Bring your pedometer and feel virtuous. The site is frequently used for exhibitions and shows. Check the website to find out what's on.
Cabo-de-Gata-Spain
Just outside Almeria is an important natural reserve. The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata Nijar. It is a volcano area with virgin beaches and isolated coves.
Film studios in the Tabernaz desert were used to film many spaghetti westerns, and parts of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Game of Thrones. Some sets can be visited.
The pedestrian street by the sea offers a great number of bars de tapa, where breakfast, coffee, juices beers and tapas can be enjoyed with the view of the sea and the beautiful sunsets.
center
Calle Mayor is a tapas-bar between the Rambla and the paseo de Almería near the centre. It has a variety of tapas, often different than the most common choices found in most of the tapas bars in the city, some of the choices being vegetarian. The price for a caña of beer (a smaller glass than the tubos) and a tapa is only €1 in the evenings.
center (quatro calles)
For a different selection of tapas, 46 is an Italian tapas bar, with a variety of lasagna and pastas as an additional choice to the common tapas. Price of a tubo of beer and tapa is €2.
city main street
central market
By train
The route from Madrid is quite slow (almost 7 hours), but incredibly scenic, as the train winds along a serpentine route though the desert, revealing a landscape like nothing else in Europe, with…
By road
Almería has a good land communication with all the Mediterranean coast by the highway, which join up to France frontier in La Jonquera and, on the other side, ends at Algeciras.
By bus
The bus station is combined with the train station, and is immediately south-east of the city centre, near to the Cable. Buses arrive from Jaén, Málaga, Granada and a variety of other cities all day.
By boat
Despite the mountainous terrain surrounding the city, Almeria itself is mostly flat, and getting round on foot is easy and pleasant, due to the dry conditions and shaded streets.
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