Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar, Roquetas also, is a city in Spain, at the southeastern tip of the Iberian peninsula, on the Costa de Almeria in the Andalusian province of Almeria, about 30 km west of the province of Almería capital. From a historical perspective, the urban area into the actual Roquetas de Mar, a pre-existing in the ancient settlement divided, and. In the south-west of it located, resulting only in recent decades Urbanización Roquetas de Mar, where preferably the tourist infrastructure and leisure facilities are
Economy
Roquetas applies mainly with Spanish, German and English as a popular holiday destination. Here and in the adjacent coastal area of Almerimar there are long beaches. The place is preferably used by the British as a winter home. In addition to tourism is the second major economic activity of the municipality of fruit and vegetables. The area of Roquetas de Mar is characterized by greenhouses, where the year is over worked. These two industries, the city owes the bulk of its extremely solid financial budget. It also led to an enormous increase in population. While in 1900 the city had just over 2000 inhabitants, the number rose to almost 13,000 residents by 1970. In the following decades, followed by an even stronger influx. In 2001, there were around 50,000 and on 1 January 2013 87 868 people in the city.
Culture
Worth the nature reserve to the west of Las Salinas is Urbanización Roquetas, where in the summer months thousands of flamingos nest. The new Urbanización Las Salinas Hotels with the conservation area, however, was greatly reduced. Nearby points of Roquetas de Mar are the Castillo, the lighthouse, the marina, the theater, the shopping center and the bullring. Furthermore worthwhile to visit the nearby town of Tabernas desert, where once Western movies were filmed by Sergio Leone and the neighboring mountain villages Enix and Felix and the old town near the provincial capital of Almeria.
For the nightlife offer in Roquetas de Mar numerous small pubs and discos along, the same as in the neighboring town of Aguadulce, where the youth of Roquetas and Almeria celebrates its parties and festivals.
As everywhere in the province of Almería, the symbol of the Indalo is also present in Roquetas a prehistoric figure, which is now traded in the region as a talisman.
Climate
The weather is all year determined from the Azores. So the rule of thumb for this region, which lies in a valley and is included in the directions west and north through the mountains of the Sierra de Gádor with a height of up to 2,300 meters and thus limited merely to the southeast directly to the Mediterranean, following climate control:
- February / March: Spring with occasional clouds, sometimes windy, average of 18 degrees C during the day, 12 degrees C at night, rarely rain.
- April / May: early summer with spring winds, rarely cloudy with little rain, an average of 25 degrees C during the day, 15 degrees C at night.
- June to October summer. Clouds are the exception, rather moderate wind, temperatures can reach in July and August to mid-September peak values up to 50 degrees C during the day and about 30 degrees C at night.
- November / December / January: Autumn and Winter: Occasional cloudiness, especially in November very heavy rainfall possible daytime temperatures around 16 to 20 degrees C at night to 10 degrees C.
For weather information about Roquetas is important to note that the climate in the 30 km neighboring Almería always completely different, mostly poor and colder, than in Roquetas. The area of Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, is considered the hottest region in Europe. The air here is very good and comparable with a spa resort.
Sea
The water and its temperature are mainly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, as the water exchange is felt through the Strait of Gibraltar. In winter, it often happens that the water is warmer than the air.
It is quite possible to see from the beach dolphins or whales. Sharks are rare. In many parts of the beach shore falls not shallow but steeply into the sea; it is only about five meters from the beach already two feet deep in some places the water.