FerryTravels offers you to book a ferry to Almeria. Ferries to the ports of Melilla and Nador in Morocco also available. You can book a ferry to Almeria with Trasmediterranea.

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Book a ferry to Almeria, which is a pleasant modern city and offers a relaxing holiday destination and has a wealth of history. Also Almería hosted the Mediterranean Games in 2005.

Almería is the capital of the province of Almería in Spain, on the eastern edge of Andalucia. It is located in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea and all its area is an important Mediterranean resort. Almería has an international airport, named Almería International Airport.

Almería is the driest region in Europe as well as one of the warmest with an average annual temperature of 19 degrees. Due to its arid landscape, numerous spaghetti westerns were filmed in Almería. One of Almería's most famous natural spots is the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. This park is of volcanic origin, and is the largest and most ecologically significant marine-terrestrial space in the European Western Mediterranean Sea.

Almería has the largest naturist beach in Europe, also surrounded by naturist accommodations, called El Playazo despite current attempts to reduce the naturist extent of it. A great part of Almería's economy is based on Agriculture, which is located mainly in the west part of the region. There we can find a sea of plastics, which are in fact green houses which produce tons of fruit and vegetables, more than 70% of the products is exported to the rest of Europe.

The name "Almería" stems from Al-Mariyat: "The Mirror of the Sea", in Arabic. The city was founded by Abd ar-Rahman III of Cordoba, in 955, as a principal harbor in his extensive domain to strengthen his Mediterranean defenses.

Ferry routes from Almeria:
Almeria - Melilla with Trasmediterranea
Almeria - Nador with Trasmediterranea

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Its magnificent Moorish castle, Alcazaba, is the second largest among the Muslim fortresses of Andalusia only after the Alhambra. In this period, the port city of Almería reached its historical peak, continuing, after the fragmentation of the Caliphate of Cordoba, under powerful local muslim taifa emirs like Jairan, the first independent Emir of Almería and Cartagena and Almotacin the poet emir, both fearless warriors but also patrons of the arts

The 16th century was for Almería a century of natural and human catastrophes, for there were at least four earthquakes. Landings and attacks by Berber pirates were also frequent in that century, and continued until the early 18th century. In that time, huge iron mines were discovered and French and British companies came to settle in the area, bringing renewed prosperity and bringing Almería back to a relative importance within Spain.

In the second half of the 20th century, Almería witnessed spectacular economic growth due to tourism and to its intensive agriculture, with plants grown year-round in massive 'invernaderos' - plastic-covered intensive farms, with a selection of museums, art galleries and shops. The centre, La Rambla is a long avenue with pretty squares, street cafes and children's play areas.