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Almería Travel Guide: 214 reviews and 325 photos

My hometown.... for the moment

Its a very chilled town, about 6oo.ooo inhabitants (or was that in the whole province of Almeria??), a long beach, a few shopping streets, a mall, a moorish monument, -nice.

Another distinct advantage is the local practice of giving FREE tapas, with every beer or wine you get a saucer of food, FREE.
Tapas-hours: 11am-3pm and 8pm-midnight.

A supercool tradition.

I like living here because it also has an airport and is not overly touristy.
(...yet..)

El Parque

This is where we meet in the evening to do the "botellon".
Heres how you do it: you pass a shop on your way, buy wine, whisky, vodka, whatever, and pop in large quantities, and a kilo of ICE in a bag, and come and sit down around the fountain.

You wont be alone.

There are HUNDREDS of youths and ex-youths doing it.
After your alcohol is used up, you can go and do "la marcha", which in UK is called a pub crawl, only here its more a club-crawl.

The clubs, by the way, are all FREE to get in.

Its a cheap and cheerful way to start the night: the botellon.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Cheap, chilled, excellent climate.
  • Cons:Very provincial, uptight, nosy-neighbour-y.
  • In a nutshell:I like it here, -and until I dont, -Im staying!
  • Last visit to Almería: Sep 2003
  • Intro Updated Sep 7, 2003
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  • ungiramondo Jul 27, 2004 at 8:03 PM Report Abuse

    ....from what you wrote it sounds like that the main occupation and or interest is drinking every day, is it the only reason to go and stay in Almeira ?

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    aqazi Feb 16, 2004 at 6:37 PM Report Abuse

    You have loads of useful info on your page, my folks have just bought an appartment in Almeria so I was curious to see what it's like. By the sounds of your web page, looks like they made a good chice. Az....

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    binnie Nov 9, 2003 at 7:48 AM Report Abuse

    I can't wait to see Almeria. Only been to Mojacar and Turre.

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    nomada Oct 30, 2003 at 6:27 AM Report Abuse

    Interesting destination...nice ambiance in the Albergue de San Jose, isn't it? And also the door of Morocco...(by ferry)

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    Yubert Sep 2, 2003 at 12:30 PM Report Abuse

    Wow, Almeria has a long beach? I wonder if it's anything like Long Beach, California!

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    manuelEB Jul 29, 2003 at 4:33 AM Report Abuse

    Que pasa? Como estas?

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    genispp Jun 9, 2003 at 1:41 AM Report Abuse

    Grandes playas en Almería. Gran página

  • dsantosh May 28, 2003 at 2:47 AM Report Abuse

    Excellant start..beautiful phtographs...Welcome to VT too

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    Braveheart.southafrr May 21, 2003 at 9:35 AM Report Abuse

    great dance tips................kenneth

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    Alphons May 18, 2003 at 3:58 PM Report Abuse

    very nice page from your hometown, greetings Alphons...

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