Those who visit Spain and want to spend their holiday in the beautiful environment and also visit places of history would make Almeria their first choice. The city is always filled with tourists, visiting the beach, the tall mountains and many great monuments, museums, etc. In fact, a tourist is always busy when he visits Almeria because there is so much to see and enjoy.
Perhaps in entire Europe, Spain has the largest number of museums. Interestingly every museum has some great collections of works of art, artifacts, etc. There are museums exclusively earmarked for particular area of knowledge like museum on aqua life, etc.
The uniqueness of the Almeria Museum is that it has many collections of materials believed to belong to the Copper age. The relevance of these materials to those belonging to the Metal Age has been displayed and explained so that it is easy for the visitor to understand.
Solar platform:
This is actually a research centre with exclusive research being carried out on harnessing Solar Energy. This is considered to be the biggest Research Centre of Europe. The Centre can be visited, of course, with prior permission. This centre has made significant contribution in the field of harnessing Solar Energy.
This is a most fascinating place for people from all walks of life, young and old. This aquarium is located underwater and takes the visitor through the water where he can have a spectacular view of the aquatic life and underwater ecosystem. Of course, one can even touch some of the aqua life.
Natural Park:
This Cabo de Gata Natural Park is spread over an area of about 71500 acres to the east of Almeria. UNESCO has declared this area as a biosphere reserve. The average height of the natural park is about 493 meters. This has been popular as Europe’s driest area because the average annual rainfall of this area is about 100 mm.
Cave House:
In fact Almeria has the highest number of caves and some of these caves have been inhabited since 3000 years. These cave houses give a glittering example of the life of the people who lived in these caves. Help of guides is available on request.
Cuevas Castle:
According to historians the castle was built during the 6th century by a king by name los Velez. The castle has the wall and other structures which are of typical Moorish architecture. Out of the two buildings in the castle, one is used as an Archaeological museum. The other building is a palace which is believed to have been built in the 16th century and is now being used as a contemporary museum Cuevas de Almazora.
This is yet another historic building of Almeria. The Roquetas Castle is believed to have been built in the 10th century. This Arabic Castle underwent several changes during the successive civilizations. In spite of all these, the castle has maintained its popularity. This old castle has been very well preserved and is now being used as a place for holding exhibitions, etc.
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