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Cabo de Gata. Níjar - Cabo de Gata - San José - Almería trekking routes

Time: Eight hours.

This is an extremely easy route with no problems of orientation, as we have the sea to our right as a constant point of reference for the whole of the route. The walking tour is along a road and a track both hugging the beach or the cliffs.

We shall leave the town of Cabo de Gata by asphalted road, going southeast, passing a salt mine rich in birdlife and an attractive fort, in order to reach Almadraba de Montero.

So far the countryside has been dominated by sand, dunes, palm-trees and mainly flat ground, with the rocky promontov of Cabo de Gata standing out at the bottom.

We shall then go up a very steep slope around San Miguel´s Peak and after climbing and descending once more, we shall reach the light-house (which is a private property) from where there is a splendid view of the cliffs, with natural points of shelter used by both fishermen and sea birds, some beautiful caves, reefs and limpid water; the nearby mountains of the Rif, in Africa, can be seen from here.

At this point starts a track going down across the reservation area of the Cabo de Gata - Níjar park until it reaches another point where cactus grow and from where the beautiful and probably the wildest beaches in Europe can be reached, such as Monsul and the Genoveses.

After crossing this mountainous spur, which penetrates the salt mine plains and the sea, we shall reach the village of San José which, although quite a resort, still maintains its traditional flavour.