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Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park

Nature park in Almería Province, Spain

Photo: Martyn Thompson (Cabo de Gata Photography), CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is in the Almería province in the Spanish region of Andalucia. It is Andalusia's largest coastal protected area, a wild and isolated landscape with some of Europe's oldest geological features.

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Getting there

Almería Airport, at 30 km from San José in the heart of the park, is the closest airport to the Cabo de Gata.

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Getting around

The M-202 bus serves Cabo de Gata village and some of the beaches and salinas in the SW of the park on a two hourly schedule, connecting them to Almería city via Retamar (terminating at the intercity bus/train station,…

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UnderstandThe natural park's arid landscape has long been used for iconic cinema.

Get inAlmería Airport, at 30 km from San José in the heart of the park, is the closest airport to the Cabo de Gata.

Fees and permitsThere are no fees or permits to enter Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park.

Get aroundThe M-202 bus serves Cabo de Gata village and some of the beaches and salinas in the SW of the park on a two hourly schedule, connecting them to Almería city via Retamar (terminating at the intercity bus/train station,…

SeeAt Almadraba de Monteleva are the salt works and lagoons known as Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata. They are still operational.

DoSee the church, take a bath in the beach and the eat fish in a typical restaurant in the area.

BuyArts and crafts based on local traditions are still carried out around the Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata and especially so in the little Moorish "pueblo blanco" of Níjar.) made from esparto grass.

Eat, drink, and sleepServices can be found in the small towns in the park:

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: Martyn Thompson (Cabo de Gata Photography), CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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