About the map

The map is rendered by OpenFreeMap from OpenStreetMap data. Positions marked 'approximate' were placed by hand from descriptions; the others come from Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. If you walk in the mountains or in Maro–Cerro Gordo, carry a proper map or an offline app – mobile coverage in the gorges is poor.

On this page

  • Almuñécar — The town centre around Plaza de la Constitución and the old town below the castle.
  • Castillo de San Miguel — The castle on the rock: Phoenician, Roman and Moorish stronghold, rebuilt under Charles V. Museum and views. →
  • Peñón del Santo — The rock with the cross between the beaches. Viewpoint and monument to Abd ar-Rahman I's landing in 755.
  • Parque El Majuelo & salting factory — Botanical park of subtropical plants and the Roman fish-salting factory. Stage for the jazz festival.
  • Cueva de Siete Palacios – archaeological museum — Roman vaults beneath the old town with finds from Phoenician to Moorish times, including the vase of pharaoh Apophis.
  • Roman baths and aqueduct — Excavated baths and an aqueduct arch at Carrera de la Concepción. The aqueduct continues in four stretches up the Río Seco valley.
  • Palacete de La Najarra – tourist office — Neo-Moorish nineteenth-century mansion with a garden, Avenida de Europa. Tourist office, tel. +34 958 63 11 25. →
  • Loro Sexi bird park — Small bird park on the slope of the castle rock with parrots, flamingos and peacocks. Good with children.
  • Playa de San Cristóbal — The town's largest beach, about 1 km, west of the Peñón del Santo. Beach bars, sunbed hire, Blue Flag.
  • Playa Puerta del Mar — The beach below the castle, east of the rock, with the Paseo Puerta del Mar promenade.
  • Playa de Velilla — Long, quieter beach to the east with a promenade, restaurants and the Torre de Velilla watchtower.
  • Playa de Cotobro — Smaller beach in the Cotobro villa area, west of Punta de San José. Many Scandinavians live here.
  • Marina del Este — Yacht harbour at Punta de la Mona with restaurants, dive centres and a small beach.
  • La Herradura — The village in the horseshoe bay 7 km west of Almuñécar. Beach, diving, the Castillo de La Herradura and a large Scandinavian community.
  • Cerro Gordo viewpoint — Viewpoint and watchtower on the headland in the Maro–Cerro Gordo nature reserve. Trails down to the coves.
  • Playa de Cantarriján — Naturist beach in a cove below Cerro Gordo, with two beach restaurants. In summer the road is closed and a shuttle bus runs down.
  • Bus station — ALSA coaches to Málaga, Granada, Nerja, Motril and Almería. Approximate position. →
  • Centro de Salud (health centre) — Calle Chinguetti 2, tel. +34 958 02 74 22. 24-hour urgent care. Approximate position.
  • Salobreña — White village on a rock with a Moorish castle, 13 km east. The sugar-cane fields below were the last in Europe.
  • Motril — The Costa Tropical's largest town, 20 km east. Santa Ana hospital, port, shopping centre.
  • Nerja — The resort town 25 km west, with the Balcón de Europa and the Nerja caves.