The area known as Poniente Almeriense or Western Almería
is located where the mountains of The Alpujarras open
up to the Mediterranean Sea. This ancient land is a cross
between east and west and a balcony on the sea.
This area in the south west of the province of Almería
has been visited by many peoples since the Antiquity,
and combines the maritime nature of its coastline with
a rural interior, around the mountain range of the Sierra
de Gádor.
Places such as the town of Aguadulce, in Roquetas de Mar,
the coastal villages around Adra, the dam of Benínar
and the village of Enix show us that Western Almería
remains a place where Europe and Africa are within reach
of each other. These two continents have always been divided
and brought together by the same sea, a silent witness
to events such as the arrival of the Phoenicians in the
8th Century BC or the retreat of Boabdil, the last king
of the Moorish reign of Al-Andalus, to North African shores.
Almeria province
