Níjar
A hilltop white village famed for handmade pottery and colorful rag rugs, overlooking the Campo de Níjar plain.
Níjar is a white village on the southern slopes of the Sierra Alhamilla and the administrative center of the municipality that includes Cabo de Gata Natural Park. The old town keeps its narrow Moorish lanes and is known for green and blue glazed handmade pottery and colorful jarapa rugs woven from scraps of cloth. The pottery street is lined with workshops where you can buy directly. The Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation has a Mudéjar wooden ceiling. Climbing the watchtower at the top of the village offers views over the plain, the distant sea and the vast expanse of plastic greenhouses.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Cuevas de Sorbas
- Rodalquilar Gold Mines
- Salinas de Cabo de Gata
- La Isleta del Moro
- Mirador de la Amatista
- Castillo de San Felipe (Los Escullos)
- San José
- Fort Bravo (Texas Hollywood)