Roquetas de Mar

The apartment is beside Roquetas de Mar town centre, unlike most rental apartments and hotels that are located in Roquetas Urbanization, which is dedicated purely to tourism and has few facilities open outside the summer season.

The apartment has direct access to the promenade and Romanilla beach, which is considered by many locals as the best for swimming in Roquetas de Mar.

Roquetas de Mar is famed for having 20 km of beaches and the promenade runs the length of these. An off-road bicycle path also runs adjacent to much of the promenade and cycling is a great way to see the local area.

The fishing port and castle are 10 minutes’ walk along the promenade and have numerous bars and restaurants.

The town centre is a 5-minute walk and has supermarkets, shops, restaurants, bars and all of the other facilities of a regional centre, including a historic church and medical centres.

The aquarium and water park are a 5-minute drive away and a large shopping centre is also nearby.

The international golf course La Envìa and the easier Playa Serena golf course are both about 20 minutes’ drive from the apartment.

The Salinas natural park is a short walk from the apartment and a large natural park with many birds, including flamingos during winter and spring, is just south of Roquetas de Mar. 

Roquetas has become famous as the luckiest town in Spain, after 1600 people won a total of €640m in the national lottery in 2015! But we love it for the magnificent sea views, the outdoor lifestyle with walking, swimming and cycling, great local food and drinks, visiting interesting mountain villages, and the many festivals in the town. You’ll have a great holiday, and you might be lucky too!

Almeria is a beautiful and varied part of Andalucia on the south coast of Spain. It is the sunniest place in Europe and has the only desert in Europe, near Nijar and Tavernas, where many Westerns and other films were made.

The warm, dry climate, with winter temperatures reaching 15-25 C most days, is very popular for those escaping northern Europe winters.

The city of Almeria is famed for the Alcazaba (castle), wartime tunnels and Cabo de Gata national park.  The Sierra Nevada mountains rise up from the sea behind Roquetas de Mar and have many traditional mountain villages.  There are skiing opportunities in winter.

The city of Granada is only a 90-minute drive from the apartment and has the Alhambra, which some consider the most beautiful building in Europe.