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Garrucha is one of the smallest towns in Spain, covering only 7.6km. White Macael marble balustrades line the esplanade which runs for almost 2km beside a beach of soft sand and palm trees. Garrucha has three ports; a leisure marina, the fishing port and a commercial docks. Well before dawn, fishing boats leave the port and head out to sea, returning with fish and seafood that is quickly dispatched for auction at the ‘Lonja.’ It’s worth a visit to this busy market just to experience the atmosphere, as restaurant owners and fishmongers bid for the best of the catch. Garrucha prawns, which are only found on this part of the coast, are famous throughout Spain for their great flavour and about 200,000 kilos are caught each year. |
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Once famous for its Arab and Phoenician-style pottery and ceramics, Vera is now the main market town of the area and its centre of local government. The Saturday morning market is popular for its locally-grown fruit and vegetables, clothes and cookware.There is a museum of local history within the town council buildings. It has exhibits relating to the different civilizations who have settled in the area throughout the centuries, such as the Argars and the Romans. The bullring, constructed in 1879 at the height of Vera’s prosperity, is the oldest in Almería.
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Vera is undergoing extensive development of its tourist industry. Hotels, holiday homes and residential urbanisations in the areas of Puerto Rey, Pueblo Laguna, Las Marinas and the Playazo beach have meant Vera has expanded out to, and along the coast. |
Turre is an agricultural town set back from the sea and to the west of Mojácar. The local cuisine is highly-regarded and best known for its strongly-flavoured local stews - gurullos, olla de trigo and pelotas - and for dishes such as migas, caracoles (snails), fritailla and ajo colorao (a fish, potato and paprika dish). Just beyond the town is Sierra Cabrera, a development built as a quasi-Moorish settlement and now largely settled by immigrant homeowners. Part of the development, which has fantastic views of the surrounding countryside, includes the 9-hole Cortijo Grande golf course, the first of many to be built in the area. |
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Huércal-Overa is the second-largest town of the province (after Almería city). The town is renowned for its fertile plains and its good luck in resisting bad weather, plagues and earthquakes. These days, the town is more famous for its Holy Week processions and as an agricultural centre for the cultivation of oranges, almonds, potatoes, lettuces, alfalfa and esparto. It’s also where you’ll find the nearest district hospital.
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