The Local Attractions
Vera Playa covers the beach area between Puerto Rey and Villaricos. The resort has earned the prestigious blue flag for its 8 km of white sandy beaches: Las Marinas, Puerto Laguna, Pueblo Laguna, Puerto Rey and El Playazo, the later reserved for nudists.
Vera Playa also offers the only Water Park in the area, Parqu Acuatico.
Garrucha is a beautiful and lively fishing town that still retains much of its original charm. It is famous for its “Garrucha prawns” – only fished in the local waters. Garrucha has a magnificent beach and promenade with an excellent selection of restaurants and bars with many superb seafood restaurants found along the seafront serving fresh catch of the day.
Mojacar Playa is approximately 10 kilometres from the apartment. Here you will find an array of restaurants, bars, shops, banks, nightclubs, most of which are opened all year round. Mojacar Playa also has an excellent sandy beach and long promenade.
Aguilas with its rich micro climate has an average annual temperature of 23 degrees centigrade. A wide variety of outdoor activities are available from rock-climbing or trekking through beautiful countryside to scuba diving in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. The town is noted for its underwater landscapes, attracting divers from across the world.
Mojacar Pueblo, the ancient Moorish village is located on the top of a mountain looking out to sea from 172 metre high vantage point. In its narrow white streets pretty cube-like whitewashed houses are perfumed by the abundant flowers which decorate the house-fronts. In June, Mojacar Pueblo boasts the fantastic Moors and Christians festival with mock battles, fireworks, music and giant paellas.
Vera is a delightful town, which is home to a beautiful old town square, gardens and a bullring. It is a vibrant town with plenty of shops, boutiques, and fantastic restaurants. Very Spanish!
Almeria city is a lively, modern and very Spanish commercial centre with a ferry terminal, sports marina and working fishing port. There’s a wealth of historic sites, museums, art galleries, good restaurants and traditional tapas bars.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains, offering excellent hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter, can be reached in 2 hours. Granada is another place of considerable interest that can also be reached in 2 hours. The apartment is ideally situated near three top class 18 hole golf courses and a 9 hole course, all of which can be easily reached within 15 minutes drive, namely Desert Springs, Marina Golf, Valle del Este and Cortijo Grande. Within 10 minutes drive there is a Go-Karting track that is open all year round.
Mini-Hollywood is a mock-up of an American Wild West village set in the Tabernas Dersert. This set was built for Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars and also used for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and the Magnificent Seven among around 100 other films. It is a great day out for the whole family with entertainment including mock cowboy shoot-outs, performing parrots and a zoo.

