Camping Cabo de Gata

Camping Cabo de Gata is on the Almería side of the natural park, beside the Cabo de Gata road: you reach it by a one-kilometre tarmac track from kilometre 9 of the AL-3115. It belongs to the Campingred network and is registered as a two-star campsite. It is the cheapest accommodation in the area for families with children, for motorhomes and for those travelling with a dog, and it also opens in winter, with a climate the house itself sells as the place where the sun spends the winter.

Three pitch sizes

There are three types of pitch. The standard is about 70 m², with an electricity hook-up of 6, 10 or 16 amps and deciduous trees, which give shade in summer and let the sun through in winter. The comfort, of the same size, adds water and drainage. The grand comfort is 120 m², with electricity, water and drainage, but no shade. They accept caravans, campervans and motorhomes up to 9 metres long and 3 high. Prices depend on the dates and are checked in the search engine on its website.

Five bungalows, two designed for dogs

The bungalows are of five types, for four people and one for five. All have air conditioning and heating, an equipped kitchen without oven or toaster, a capsule coffee machine, television, sheets and towels, and parking by the door; depending on the model, a porch or terrace. Those with the suffix DOG accept pets, with their papers in order and a supplement per stay, and the campsite has a shower for washing dogs on returning from the beach.

You can cancel up to seven days before arrival and you get a full refund.

Pool with slides and a new restaurant

The pool, of almost 200 m², has slides and a jet area and opens from Easter to October. There is a playground, a seven-a-side football pitch, a tennis court, a basketball hoop and a boules area, and on special dates, such as Halloween, entertainment activities. The supermarket has fresh and basic products, there are washing machines and dryers and chemical toilet emptying for motorhomes. The restaurant, La Parcelita del Cabo, is new and has its own menu; book on 647 75 95 15.

A step from the lighthouse and the salt pans

From here the lighthouse and Sirenas reef and the salt pans are along the same road, and the Las Amoladeras Visitor Centre is at kilometre 7. For the beach you have to take the car. San José and Los Genoveses beach are about half an hour away by the inland route, because the coast road does not continue beyond the lighthouse. To arrive from the A-7 motorway, the campsite recommends exits 762 or 769, even if the satnav says otherwise.