The city of Almeria Spain is designated of having a Marina which is the Almeria Club del Mar which features many watersports that include sailing, fishing, rowing as well as wind surfing. Aside from that, the Marina as well has also a ferry terminal which allows tourists and locals to have a trip to North Africa. The city is famous of being the least known and most pristine coastline that stretches within the whole part of Spain.

Some famous beaches in Almeria include:

• La Garrofa Beach—famous of having a very small beach which fits the cliffs of deep waters. The beach features small parking area with barely services and with the basic service of cleaning service for the lifeguards and the beach. In order for you to access La Garrofa Beach from the parking, it is important for you to cross the camping of the Garrofa.

• The Costa Cabana Beach—popular of being an urban beach which offers various numbers of services and equipments. Tourists can easily access across the highway of the University and it is easy for the tourists to park without experiencing any difficulties. Most of the equipments here include local police, lifeguards, Red Cross, restrooms, parking, showers, chiringuitos, handicapped persons facilities.

• San Jose Beach—this beach is nestling within the heart of the Parque Natural surrounded by fascinating sands and mountains. The San Jose beach caters excellent beaches as well as small marina and a good division of restaurants and bars. The other San Jose Beaches are; San Jose Beaches Cala de Monsul Beach, San Jose Beaches Cala de la Media Luna Beach, San Jose Beaches Cala Barronal Beach, San Jose Beaches Cala Chica Beach, San Jose Beaches Cala Principe Beach, San Jose Beaches Cala de los Amarillos Beach, San Jose Beaches Genoveses Beach, San Jose Beaches Playa San Jose Beach, San Jose Beaches Playa San Jose Beach, and San Jose Beaches Cala Higuera Beach.

• San Telmo Beach—another small kind of beach which fits between the cliffs. Parking here is easy, however it is easy to descent up to the sea since it is needed for you to go to the high elevated hill. There are only a few visitors visiting this pristine beach since its access is difficult and it is lacking with services.

• Restamar Beach—popular as a well-equipped urban beach, which features good access towards the (N-34) and a parking. It has a walkway as well as chiringuitos for you to enjoy the cooking of the zone, especially their fishes.

The city of Almeria has both modern and historical city. It is located within the historical medieval building together with some of the contemporary buildings. Its famous Al-Andalus can be viewed everywhere, that includes villages and cookery. The city was known being inhabited since the Bronze Age; in fact some of the ancient caves which have painting walls still exist. There are various people inhabited Almeria during its ancient period that includes the Phoenicians, the Iberians, the Romans, the Moors, and the Cartaginenses until the year of 1489 came where it fells to the Spanish Reyes Catolicos.

In this recent time, there are various captivating views to see in Almeria where tourists can enjoy a lot and that includes:

* Palaces and Castles—one of the most famous edifices found in Almeria is the La Alcazaba or known as the Arabic fortress. Alcazaba is situated in the historical quarter which is consists of three areas:

1. The Muslim Medina—this was built particularly at the foot of the la Alcazaba in 955.
2. The houses, baths, the remains of the Al-Mutasin palace and hermitages since the Reyes Catolicos
3. And then the Christian Area which was established by the Reyes Catolicos

* The remains from the Moors occupation of the city—these are found in the historical areas that start from la plaza Vieja or the old square. Heading forward will lead you to the townhall, the el Barrio de la Chanca or the Chanca neighborhood, as well as the San Nicolas Salmeron Park or the Alcazaba gardens, San Juan church that includes the remains of a 15th century mosque wall and 12th century tomb, and lastly the Arabic baths.

* Almeria’s Cathedrals and Churches—fascinating cathedrals and churches of the city includes:

1. Santo Domingo Convent—the 16th century edifice.
2. Las Puras Convent—16th century convent as well.
3. Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion Cathedral—the 15th century cathedral; the tower it has which is the famous ‘el Sol de Portocarrero is the symbol of the city.
4. Las Claras Convent or Convent of la Encarnacion—is an 18th century convent which is recognized as an artistic historical monument.
5. San Juan Parish Church—recognized as one of the best historical sites of the city. This was built within the remains of the 10th century mosque. This is as well recognized as a 16th century church which is located in the Plaza de las Chafarinas.

* Museums—museums in Almeria are also an ideal place to visit for tourists. Famous museums are the archeological museums, the Capitular museum, the Religious Sculptures Museum and the Morera Art Museum.

BEING located in the Spanish Mediterranean coastline, Almeria has loads of beaches, both conventional and nudist ones. Thus, there are two kinds of foreign tourists and expats here – the middle-aged British men and women who are fresh from retirement and would like to live a second life in Almeria so to speak. They were the baby boomers in Britain in the 1960s that dug into the Beatles before they went to their much-hyped United States tour across the Atlantic. The second group of foreign tourists and expats here are the gays and lesbians from the Scandinavian region who are the patrons of the nudist resorts. Thus understandably, most of the people here especially those working in the hospitality industry know how to speak English with the non-rhotic accent that are spoken in Britain as well as German and its variants which are spoken in the Scandinavian region. Staffs at the beach hotels are top of the line because they are graduates of Swiss hotel schools which are the best of their kind in the world. The resorts are likewise excellent in quality as they are inspected quarterly by European Union representatives for blue flag accreditation.

It’s so easy for the British and Scandinavian visitors to come here in Almeria because coming from Europe; they don’t need a visa to get here. Of course, our friends from Scandinavian countries such as Holland, Sweden and Norway can always get the Eurostar from their respective places which offer daily nonstop trips to Madrid and from Madrid, take a plane going to Almeria. The good news is that not only Spanish domestic carriers fly to Almeria but the passenger plane industry in Spain has already been entered by Irish investor Ryannair thanks to the deregulation of the industry in the country. And it’s not just the plane industry that is deregulated here but also the real estate one. That’s why British and Scandinavian tourists ultimately stay here for good and convert their properties into vacation homes to be leased to their countrymen who will also visit here as tourists. Their only obligation is to pay the annual income tax as well as the monthly garbage collection tax which goes directly to the government in Almeria.

Being a Mediterranean city, the diet here is surely a nutritious and healthy one. It consists mainly of seafood sautéed or grilled with olive oil, the healthiest cooking oil in the world because of its very low fat content. And because of this conduciveness, Almeria is being erected as the language haven of mainland Spain. That’s why people here also know the regional languages of the country such as Catalan and Basque. There are lots of Spanish language schools here for the British and Scandinavian visitors to learn. In fact, they will have their Spanish Linguistics International Conference here this April 3 to 5. Areas covered vary from psycholinguistics to corpus linguistics to computational linguistics to lexicology and linguistics engineering.