Níjar

Leave room in your bag for the ceramics and textiles Níjar is known for. The village, founded in the 13th century, spreads its white houses over the slopes of the Atalaya quarter, around the Mudéjar church of the Encarnación. Its huge municipality runs down to the sea and takes in most of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar natural park, with coves such as Mónsul and Los Genoveses.

Highlights

• Plaza del Mercado, where goods were once bartered
• Mudéjar church of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación on Plaza de la Glorieta
• Pilgrimage to the El Huebro sanctuary on the first Sunday of October
• Cerro del Hoyazo, an ancient volcano with garnet deposits, 3 km away
• Beaches of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park

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