Agua Amarga is a pretty fishing village and beach resort on the Almeria coast, in Cabo de Gata-Nijar natural park, with a population of just 400. Still undiscovered by large-scale tourism, this is one of Andalucia's hidden seaside treasures. While its name may translate as Bitter Water, this delightful, laid-back beach town has excellent Mediterranean cuisine, good independent boutiques and trendy bars.
Agua Amarga is a wonderfully picturesque bay where you find Agua Amarga a secluded white fishing village. The whole coast from here northwards nearly as far as Mojacar is worth exploring. Mesa Roldan is a huge rock headland where a scene in Game of Thrones was filmed.
Set in Agua Amarga, Casa Serene offers free WiFi and pool views, 150 metres from Agua Amarga Beach.
Featuring air-conditioned accommodation with a balcony, Villa Teresa is located in Agua Amarga. This villa has a private pool, a garden, barbecue facilities, free WiFi and free private parking. Mojacar Marina Golf is 33 km from the villa and Almeria Circuit is 50 km away.
Offering mountain views, Cortijillo Violeta is an accommodation located in Agua Amarga, 1.3 km from Agua Amarga Beach and 31 km from Marina Golf. This holiday home has a private pool, a garden, barbecue facilities, free WiFi and free private parking.
Set within Almería’s Cabo de Gata Nature Reserve, Tio Kiko is just 150 metres from Agua Amarga Beach. Each elegant, air-conditioned room includes a private hot tub, TV and a private balcony. Hotel Tio Kiko offers an outdoor swimming pool surrounded by sun terraces and gardens.
Situated in Almería’s Cabo de Gata Nature Reserve, Hotel las Calas is 20 metres from Agua Amarga Beach. Rooms include satellite TV and private terraces overlooking the gardens or sea.
Located within the Cabo de Gata nature park, this typical rural hotel provides a charming and peaceful setting for your relaxing break in the sun.
Located in the spectacular Cabo de Gata Nature Reserve, 1 km from Agua Amarga, Real Agua Amarga La Joya is an adults-only hotel featuring a heated outdoor pool and panoramic views.
Cala San Pedro is more easily accessed from Las Negras than Agua Amarga. The 4km-walk from Las Negras takes about an hour; in the summer you can take a taxi launch. This isolated cove is picture-postcard perfect, overlooked by a 16th century castle with tower (built to protect the coast from Berber pirates), and ruined fishing village abandoned after an earthquake. Today inhabitants are a year-round naturist hippy community living in makeshift dwellings with their dogs.
Mesa Roldan is a flat-topped extinct volcano, part of a massive rocky headland topped with a lighthouse and tower, between Agua Amarga village and Playa de los Muertos. It is actually in the municipal district of Carboneras town to the north Mesa Roldan was also featured in the hit series "Game of Thrones," where its dramatic landscape played the role of Meereen.
