Almería full of contrasts, is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Spain. In "Alpujarra Almeriense" you will find green and lush landscapes with mountain climate. In Tabernas, the only desert on the European continent offers you the scenario of countless "spaghetti westers", films that made "Almeria" famous all over the world.
You can enjoy the last virgin beaches of the Spanish Mediterranean coast, paradisiacal beaches that make the "Natural Park of Cabo de Gata Níjar" incomparable.
You can not miss visiting the capital of Almeria to enjoy the "monumental Almeria". Almeria, you certainly will not be disappointed. Abderramán III, Caliph of Cordova, founded al-Mariyyāt Bayyāna ("the watchtower of Pechina") that received the title of city in the year 955. In this year the construction of the walls begins and of the Alcazaba, that would become, with its 43,000 square meters, in the second largest Muslim fortress in al-Andalus. Almeria soon became the most important port of Al-Andalus, becoming the base of the Umayyad fleet and one of the richest cities in the known world.
Almería specialized in the production of silk, which became the most exported product, his more than 10,000 looms manufactured a variety of fabrics that were reputed to have an excellent quality. The richness of Almeria makes it the most influential and prosperous city of the caliphate after Córdoba in the eleventh century. With the disintegration of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Jairán became the first king of the taifa of Almería, highlighting among his achievements, the expansion and reinforcement of La Alcazaba. Almeria reaches its greatest splendor with his successor Almotacín, king poet who knew how to maintain the economic emporium, at the same time that illustrated his court with literati and scientists.
In the center of the city of Almeria you can find charming hotels, which will allow you to enjoy this magical atmosphere from a close distance. Almeria was taken by the Catholic Monarchs in 1489, the Christian Almeria highlights, for its monumentality and uniqueness, "The Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Encarnación." Built with a double function, the ecclesiastical and military, as a fortress, to defend the population of the city from the attacks of Turkish and Berber pirates.
