Natural Park Cabo de Gata hides charming villages and hundreds of places to explore. We offer here a selection of routes to visit the towns of Cabo de Gata and their points of interest: monuments, farmhouses, nature, geology, gastronomy… and much more to discover!

The dessert meets the sea

Villages: Cabo de Gata, Pujaire, Las Amoladeras and Torre García.

Main locations of interest: Visitors Center, sisal crops, La Amoladeras viewpoint, azufaifal, birdwatching, Torre García shrine, watchtower, Romans rafts, Amoladeras fossil beach where the river meets the sea, coastal dunes, El Charco wetlands with wetland birds, fishing village of Cabo de Gata.

Distance : 30 Km. 12 Km.

Volcanoes and precious stones

Villages: Cabo de Gata, Pujaire, Las Amoladeras and Torre García.

Main locations of interest: Volcanic caldera, Arco beach, fossil dune, San Felipe Fortress, Cala del Embarcadero, Los Frailes hills, Viewpoint of Isleta, Isleta Pier, Playa del Peñon Blanco, Los Toros Cove, Las Amatistas scenery deck, Rodalquilar volcanic denver, Botanical Garden, Volcanoes center, Playazo, etc…

Distance: / 20 Km.

Water, source of life

Villages: Huebro, Níjar, Torre del Campo, and Campohermoso.

Main locations of interest: Source of Huebro river, Rosario Church, route of the water mills, Villa de Nijar: Plaza de Arriba, Calle de las Eras; Isabel II Marsh, Campohermoso, Bermejo moorish well, Fernan Perez aqueduct, Fernan Perez mill and washing, Balsa Blanca cortijada, Alias river mills, Carboneras desalination plant.

Distance: 52 Km.

Watchtowers and fortresses

Villages: Carboneras, Aguamarga, Las Negras and Rodalquiar.

Main locations of interest: Castle of San Andres, Carboneras (tourist village, fishing and seafood cuisine), Mesa Roldan fortress, Lighthouse, Mesa Roldan geology, Los Muertos beach, old structure of Sierra Alhamilla iron mines, Scenery viewpoint , Agua Amarga, bentonite mines, the Hortichuelas, los Alumbres castle, etc…

Distance : / 36 Km.