Almuñecar, a great place to live

Almuñecar, and its surroundings, is an ideal place to live. There are many charms to this town on the tropical coast of Granada offers to those who are privileged to live in and visit. Climate Gatronomía, history, culture, leisure, supply is ample in the Andalusian town of less than 30,000 inhabitants and it gets quadruple its population in the months of July and August.



The sea and the mountains are merged into this corner of Spain, forming cliffs, beaches and numerous coves and crystal clear waters many of them accessible only by sea. The town is famous dunk at sea, seafaring, yet agricultural, currently prevailing subtropical growing densely populate the hills and valleys of this town unique.



Because of their ecological, note the importance of the seabed of the Parque Natural Maro-Cerro Gordo for its extraordinary beauty and abundant marine life. There are several diving clubs offering the lovers of this activity to access these resources from the seabed.

The fiestas patronales, the neighborhoods, villages and farmhouses that make up the town of Almuñecar offers visitors the opportunity to see first hand the customs and traditions of the inhabitants of this corner of old Europe, with particular relevance to its cuisine, fully Mediterranean, rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals, fish, meat ... and where olive oil is established as the basic ingredient in its preparation. In short, health for the body and delight to the palate.


Almunecar milenaria
Major events in the history of Almuñecar are arriving on its shores the Umayyad prince Abd ar-Rahman I, the first independent Emir of Cordoba Damascus, wreck of a powerful Spanish fleet, the siege of the Moors, as well as stories and legends of hidden treasures, pirates, and arriving on its shores of historical figures such as the Apostle Paul.



From Almuñecar highlights its rich architectural and archaeological heritage. The presence of prehistoric cultures and civilizations as Punic, Greek, Roman, Muslim, testify to the cultural wealth and strategic importance of the square. Many archaeological remains and objects of these civilizations are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum Cueva de Siete Palacios.You can visit the same way, several sections of the Roman aqueduct, baths, the ruins of Punic-Roman fish salting factory where they produced garum (fish sauce highly demanded throughout the Roman Empire), columbarium, burial, walls, watchtowers and San Miguel Castle, an imposing fort on the highest point of the town center.



Currently, for its privileged geographical setting, Almuñecar is a major tourist center, a major producer of subtropical fruits and third most important town in the province of Granada (approx. 27,000 people registered - data of 2009), endowed with a marked personality the highlights among the Mediterranean populations.



The beaches of Almuñecar, characterized by a subtropical climate and pleasant temperatures in winter, are located less than an hour from the ski resort of Sierra Nevada is just over an hour from the international airport of Malaga.



Its green vegas environment populated slopes and terraces laden subtropical fruit plantations of custard apples, avocados, mangoes, persimmons, etc.., Make this a paradise privileged southern Europe.

Oferta Hotelera en Almuñecar
Almuñecar and La Herradura offer visitors more than 6,500 accommodation places. This capability makes the town of Almuñecar in the destination that has the most comprehensive offering of Granada province after the capital.



The hotels have modern facilities, comfortable, and quality, in which places in hotels 3 *** 4 **** and over 57% of the accommodation offer. Hotels all located in one of the most fascinating cities of Spain for its unique climatic and topographical features that make this beautiful corner of the Mediterranean coast of Spain is, in its own right, the Tropic of Europe.



The large hotel capacity offered by the town of Almunecar puts in value the rich historical and cultural heritage of a locality inhabited continuously for its 3,000-year history, which makes it one of the three oldest European continent after the cities Cadiz and Malaga.



Almunecar is, in short, an ideal place to relax and enjoy a wide range of activities in which we emphasize the Castle-Museum of San Miguel, the Municipal Archaeological Museum Siete Palacios Cave, Mediterranean Fauna Aquarium, Botanic Park, theBonsai Garden-Museum, Aquatic Park Aquatropic Nature Park Written Rock, the Bird Park "Loro Sexi" Marina of Marina del Este ... This wide range of tourist services develop and consolidate as the tourist capital Almunecar Tropic of Europe, the Europe Tropical.