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What to see and do in Huércal de Almería

What to see and do in Huércal de Almería (Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 4 Monuments · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Huércal de Almería

Ermita de la Peinada 1.1 km
Canal de San Indalecio 6 km

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What to see and do in Huércal de Almería

Huércal de Almería
Village
Municipality of 18,660 inhabitants (2025) just 7 km from the provincial capital, at 72 m altitude (rising to 704 m in its mountains). It should not be confused with Huércal-Overa, in the eastern Almería region. It was designated a suburb of Almería by the Catholic Monarchs in 1501 and achieved municipal independence on 12 June 1887.
Iglesia de Santa María (Huércal de Almería)
Monument
Church built between the 16th and 18th centuries, declared Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection).
Villa María (Huércal de Almería)
Monument
19th-century civil building declared Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection).
Independencia municipal de Huércal de Almería
Historical milestone
The Catholic Monarchs made the place a suburb of Almería in 1501; it did not gain its own parish until 1614 and did not become an independent municipality until 12 June 1887.
De arrabal a municipio independiente
Historical milestone
The Catholic Monarchs made Huércal a suburb dependent on Almería in 1501; the municipality did not achieve definitive independence until 12 June 1887, after a brief period of reannexation to the capital between 1876 and 1886.
Ermita de la Peinada
Monument
19th-century chapel with a triangular floor plan, one of the characteristic religious buildings of Huércal de Almería.
Canal de San Indalecio
Monument
Historic water conduction infrastructure of which stretches of aqueduct are still preserved within the municipal term.
Primera etapa de la Vía Mozárabe
Curiosity
Huércal de Almería is the first town through which the Camino de Santiago Mozárabe passes on leaving the capital.