Mojácar

A small figure holding a rainbow, the Indalo, was once painted on Mojácar's house fronts to ward off the evil eye; artists who settled here in the 1960s turned it into the emblem of all Almería. The white village sits on a steep hill above the Mediterranean, its car-free centre a tangle of narrow streets and stairways. Each June, Moros y Cristianos recalls the town's peaceful surrender in 1488.

Highlights

• The Indalo, a prehistoric figure painted on houses for protection
• Iglesia de Santa María (1560), built over the mosque and used for defence
• Moros y Cristianos, on the weekend nearest 10 June
• Local dishes: gurullos, migas, ajo colorao and fried fish
• The beaches of Mojácar Playa, six with Blue Flag status in 2021

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.