Mojacar, Costa Almeria, Spain Spread around 17km of superb coastline with numerous adjacent towns and villages, Mojacar offers excellent facilities and services. |
Mojacar bay
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Mojacar Pueblo (old town)
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Mojacar Playa seen from Mojacar Pueblo
Mojacar Pueblo seen from Mojacar Playa
The town of Mojacar consists of two parts: Mojacar Pueblo (old town) and Mojacar Playa, both areas are favourites for Spanish tourists, who still make up some 75% of the tourist trade. The viewing
platform of the Plaza Nueva is internationally renowned, as is the historic Fuente Publica (public water fountain). Mojacar Playa offers a number of wide, sandy beaches and some rocky ones - in total
some 17 km of beaches & promenades.
Mojacar beach
Garrucha Beach - Garrucha adjoins Mojacar seamlessly, providing a huge sea frontage with simply Hundreds of shops & restaurants etc
The sandy beaches have an EEC Blue flag for cleanliness and stretch for ten miles, besides which are bars, restaurants and shops. The beaches vary from unspoilt to commercial and offer something
for everyone.
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Mojacar coastline
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Mojacar new town
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If you don’t want to take the car there is a local bus every half hour outside the Continental Hotel on the coast road – a few minutes walk. Or you can catch the land-train, which is very popular
and runs along the coast until 23.00 every night!
There is a Tourist Information Centre on the seafront opposite.
Mojacar Sunday market
The World famous Mojacar viewpoint
There is a super shopping centre a few minutes away - the Central Commercial Mediterraneo – with many different shops eg clothes, jewellery, shoes. ceramics, rugs, furniture, Dental clinic,
Veterinary Clinic, including several coffee shops on the three levels.
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Mini Hollywood production facility 1 hour away
In its heyday, more than 100 films were partially shot here, including A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. These days visitors can enjoy a daily mock bank
hold-up and shootout staged at noon and 5pm daily. There is also a small zoo here with lions, elephants, brown bears and giraffes.
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Mojacar Playa
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Garrucha harbour
Desert springs golf course
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Mojacar Pueblo (old town)
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