Mojacar Holidays Resorts - Sierra Cabrera

Sierra Cabrera Rising steeply from the Mediterranean the highest point of the Sierra Cabrera is 962 m above sea level. Sierra Cabrera is an area of great ecological interest whose legal protection is being studied by the Junta de Andalucia.

The area offers rural tourism, particularly popular outside the hot dry summer season (when proximity to the beach is preferred). Accomodation is available at all levels. The mountains are popular with hunters, off road enthusiasts nature lovers and ramblers alike.

There are several abandoned and partially re-habited villages in the mountains: El Dondo, Los Moralicos, la Alcantarilla, El Moro, as well as the villages of Cortijo Grande, Cabrera, La Carasca, La Adelfa and Sopalmo, all of them extremely beautiful. Visitors may walk among architectural remains of ancient Moorish origin; labrynthine and each with its water balsa and bread oven. All of them are surrounded by a huerta where horticulture provided until only a few years ago total self-sufficiency amongst the inhabitants.

Due to a lack of protection this area of great natural beauty is slowly being developed for mass tourism, most controvertially, the Macenas Project. There are others who have preferred a more sustainable route, building their houses using traditional materials and practices, making the most of the isolation from the local infrastructure by using solar power and alternative technology, encouraging visitors to enjoy this atmosphere to the full.