Costa de Almería Map

Almería has the driest climate in Europe and the emptiest coastline in Spain. The Cabo de Gata is a volcanic natural park where whole beaches have nothing built behind them at all, which is rare enough on this sea to be the main reason to come. Inland lies the Tabernas desert. The map shows both the protected stretch and the developed one, and the contrast is the point.

What is plotted on the Costa de Almería map

The map carries 13 places on this coast: 4 historic sites, 3 towns, 2 villages, 2 natural parks, 1 beach, 1 museum. They span roughly 56 km in a straight line, from Mojácar la Vieja in the north to Cabo de Gata in the south.

The Costa de Almería coast, north to south

Every marker on the map, in the order you would meet it driving south. The distance is a straight line from the place above it.

Place	Type	From previous
Mojácar la Vieja Mojácar la Vieja is an active archaeological dig where researchers and locals excavate together, still working out when and why	Historic site	—
Mojácar Mojácar claims to be Walt Disney’s birthplace via a persistent unproven legend, and was saved from near-abandonment in the 1960s	Town	1 km
Playa de los Muertos Playa de los Muertos got its name from centuries of shipwrecks washing ashore where currents converge — now named Spain’s	Beach	17 km
Níjar Níjar’s jarapa rugs are traditionally woven from recycled fabric scraps — a centuries-old craft now down to a handful of	Town	28 km
Los Millares Los Millares predates the Egyptian pyramids and was confirmed in 2025 as Spain’s oldest known city — discovered by accident	Historic site	28 km
Agua Amarga Agua Amarga’s name origin is genuinely disputed — and an 1811 silver strike here is credited with helping finance the	Village	52 km
Rodalquilar Rodalquilar’s population collapsed from 1,345 to just 79 in 25 years after its gold mines closed — the abandoned ruins	Village	14 km
Alcazaba de Almería The Alcazaba of Almería reached its golden age under Al-Jayrán, a former slave who became independent ruler of the city	Historic site	38 km
Museum of Almería The Museum of Almería lets visitors literally climb through 5,000 years of history via a 13-metre stratigraphic column in its	Museum	1 km
Almería Cathedral Almería Cathedral is Spain’s only fortified cathedral from the 16th century, built with actual cannon holes to defend against pirate	Historic site	1 km
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Níjar’s desert-dry cliffs were born as underwater volcanic eruptions millions of years ago — now Andalusia’s first protected	Natural park	33 km
San José San José’s coastline has doubled as the Wild West, the Middle East and an Indiana Jones adventure, all within the	Town	3 km
Cabo de Gata Cabo de Gata’s salt flats are western Andalusia’s last working industrial saltworks and one of its most important bird habitats	Natural park	9 km

By what you are looking for

Historic site (4): Mojácar la Vieja, Los Millares, Alcazaba de Almería, Almería Cathedral

Town (3): Mojácar, Níjar, San José

Village (2): Agua Amarga, Rodalquilar

Natural park (2): Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, Cabo de Gata

Beach (1): Playa de los Muertos

Museum (1): Museum of Almería

Which comarca each place sits in

This coast is not one administrative unit. These are the comarques the mapped places belong to, which is also how local signage and bus networks are organised.

Níjar (5): Níjar, Agua Amarga, Rodalquilar, San José, Cabo de Gata
Levante Almeriense (2): Mojácar, Playa de los Muertos
Almería (1): Alcazaba de Almería

How to read the map

Each marker is coloured by place type, so a glance tells you whether a point is a beach, a town or a natural park. Clicking a marker opens its name, type and a link to the full page. The checkbox bar above the map filters by type: untick everything except beaches to see only the coastline, or leave only historic sites to plan a day inland. Markers cluster when zoomed out, so a number in a circle means several places sit close together — zoom in and the cluster splits.

For the coast written up as a single read, see the Costa de Almería guide or the region page.

How to use this map

The map is scoped to this coast: the pins are the destinations on it, not the whole of Spain. The filters above narrow it further — show only beaches, or only coves, viewpoints, castles, museums or natural parks.

Town guides on this coast

For the coast in words, see the full guide, or the region page for its destinations by area. Every Spanish coast is on the main CostaMap map.

Every place we have mapped on the Costa de Almería

27 towns, beaches, coves and landmarks, kept up to date automatically.