Guides
Planning guides for the choices that shape a Cabo de Gata visit — the coves, the sea and getting around.
Getting to Cabo de Gata-Níjar: the bus from Almería to San José (€3.10), driving via the E-15, the summer access rules for Mónsul and Genoveses (€6 per vehicle, 20 km/h), the Los Muertos car park and path, and the boat to Cala San Pedro.
A guide to Cabo de Gata's beaches: Genoveses and its kilometre-long bay, Mónsul's lava rocks, Los Muertos and its 700-metre path, Cala San Pedro by boat from Las Negras, the tiny cove at the Mermaid Reef, and how to see the coves from the sea.
Beyond the beaches of Cabo de Gata: volcanoes active 16 to 8 million years ago, Mesa Roldán's fossil reef, the salt flats and their flamingos, the 1863 lighthouse and Mermaid Reef, snorkelling in the marine reserve, the Rodalquilar gold mines and the best time to visit.