Guten Tag

Anna Ellis

ALMERIA City Council and the Provincial Council have joined forces once again to launch a tourism promotion campaign for the Costa de Almeria destination in the German market.

The aim of the campaign is to encourage visitors by promoting existing air connections such as the Almeria to Dusseldorf flight route which began in May and will run until October.

Both Almeria City Council and the Provincial Council will each contribute €100,000 for the promotional side of the campaign.

The councillor for Tourism, Joaquin Perez de la Blanca, confirmed: “It is essential that the administrations work hand in hand to improve connectivity and attract travellers.”

The German market is one of the main issuers of visitors to Spain and is a tourist profile

THE Andalucian Federation of Mountain Sports, Climbing and Hiking has now approved Berja’s Lead Trail which is a circular route with its starting point next to the Castala lookout.

The trail is the longest approved distance within the Berja trail network and leads up to the high mountain on that tends to make long­term trips.

Almeria’s mayor, María del Mar Vázquez, and councillor for Tourism, Joaquin Perez de la Blanca.

Their main reasons for travelling are leisure, staying overnight in hotels with an average stay of more than a week. Their main activities during their stay include enjoying the beach and nature, visiting monuments and shopping.

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the plains of Sabinar, one of the areas with the highest mining intensity in the region.

The route will also allow hikers to get to know enclaves as unique as the Lupion Well, the Berja Mine and areas loaded with 100­year­old enclaves such as La Retumba.

Berja Council will continue to work on reinforcing active tourism and joining it to the mining identity to which Berja has been historically linked.

The offer of trails is also joined by Via Ferrata de Castala which opened last year.