"ALMERIA" Top 5 Page for this destination Almería by blissgirl
Almería Travel Guide: 214 reviews and 325 photos
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..)
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:Cheap, chilled, excellent climate.
- Cons:Very provincial, uptight, nosy-neighbour-y.
- In a nutshell:I like it here, -and until I dont, -Im staying!
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....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 ?
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....
I can't wait to see Almeria. Only been to Mojacar and Turre.
Interesting destination...nice ambiance in the Albergue de San Jose, isn't it? And also the door of Morocco...(by ferry)
Wow, Almeria has a long beach? I wonder if it's anything like Long Beach, California!
Que pasa? Como estas?
Grandes playas en Almería. Gran página
Excellant start..beautiful phtographs...Welcome to VT too
great dance tips................kenneth
very nice page from your hometown, greetings Alphons...
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