Mojácar is elevated 172m. above sea level at the point where the South and the Levante of the Iberian Peninsular merge. The capital of Almería can be found at 90kms. away on the Mediterranean highway. With more than 3.000 hours of sun per year, by which Mojácar is decisively influenced, a special micro-climat exists in the area. Winter is practically non-existent, it is more like a long srpingtime. The average annual temperature is from 19ª. Mojácar has 17kms. of coastline, with a colourful variety of unusual landscapes.

When one arrives in Mojácar one can feel safe. The protection of the Indalo will be with you everywhere you go. The origin of this totem comes from this part of the mediterranean. Today it is the identification symbol of the whole of the province of Almería, especially Mojácar.

In the urban districts also, lines of ancient cultures that were established in these lands, Spanish/Portuguesse; Greek; Phoenician; Roman and Moslem; Carthaginian, are still preserved.

The meeting of Mojácar with the sea takes many forms. The 17kms. of beaches offer ample coves and open beaches. On the boundry of the neighbouring locality of Carboneras, (a small town with marine traditions) Where the Sierra Cabrera allows you to bathe in the mediterranean, the coastline is sheer cliff forming a large amount of small, beautiful coves, some of these have difficult access therefore providing more privacy.

From the renowned Macenas beach one can still see and appreciate the coastal Watch-Tower, XVII century, in perfect state of conservation, the sand extends for several lilometers, bordered by white houses, hotels and groups of apartments perfectly intergrated in the environment and natural surroundings of the Sierra Cabrera, popularly known as the beaches of Mojácar.

The beaches are crystal clean and the sea bed rich in indigenous flora and fauna, this caused the area known as Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata, some kilometers to the South, to be designated a natural park, a place well worth the effort to visit and when you do it will be difficult to forget. It is reckoned with various other natural park. The Parque Natural de Sierra Alhamilla, 10kms. from Almería, has its own Arabic thermal baths, which continue to function these days. Sierra Maria-Los Velez, in which one can find the best preserved forests in the region of Almería; its rich Palaeolithic and Neolithic archaeological sites and its diverse variety of birds of prey, eagle, buzzards, haawks. The desert of Tabernas with its famous film studio of western films, Mini Hollywood. Karst en Yeso at Sorbas, the only place where you can enter caves, discover and live adventures. It is the most important of its tipe in Europe.