LINKS
Whenever you come to an area you are not familiar with, local knowledge is invaluable. In this respect we offer our local knowledge and are pleased to give links below.
Getting here
Flights to Almería airport from the UK often change according to season but generally can be booked through the following:
EasyJet (from Stansted and Gatwick)
Monarch (from Luton, Manchester and Birmingham)
MyTravel Lite (from Birmingham)
Ryan Air (from Stansted, Dublin)
Sometimes it's possible to get better deals flying with Iberia travelling via Madrid airport. Please see Iberia.com for further details.
Car hire
For competitive car hire, we suggest that you try any of the following:
AutoEurope
Car Hire Spain
Goldcar Rental
Accommodation
There is a good standard of self-catering, hostal / hotel & backpacking / camping accomodation available in San José. Here is a brief selection of the best.
Self-catering:
Home Management Services
San José Spain
Hostals:
Caroline y Vanessa Aparthotel
Hostal Aloha
Hostal Las Dunas
Hostal Puerto Genoves
Hotels:
Hotel Cortijo el Sotillo
Hotel Don Ignacio
Hotel MC
Backpacking / Camping:
Albergue San José
Camping Tau
Cortijos / Casa Rurales:
Cortijo el Campillo
Food
There are numerous options for food around Cabo de Gata including some amazing sea food restaurants. It's difficult to recommend any though as ownership changes hands regularly and what might be good one day may not be good the next.
There is no shortage of supermarkets in Cabo de Gata though some of the better ones are located in Almería. There is also an excellent Sunday market for fruit & veg in El Alquián, near Almería airport.
Excursions
We are very environmentally focused and do not promote activities such as quad biking, motor-cross, etc... There are a number of alternative activities to become involved with in the Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata and a good source of knowledge is our very good friend Jesus Contreras. Please visit his website to see what he can offer. We are hoping to be working with Jesus more and more as time goes on. Please also see the website for Unique Almeria which offers some great ideas of things to do.
