Adra - Almería

Adra is located in the most western zone of the province of Almeria; its shape seems to be triangular and it is crossed longitudinally by the road N-340A Cadiz - Barcelona, between the milestones  377,700 to 397. 

The western side of the municipality sets the limit with the province of Granada and covers from south to north the municipalities of Albuñol and Turón.

The oriental side borders on Berja's municipality (Almeria).

The municipality of Adra is located in the foothills of the South-east of Sierra Nevada. 

The orography of Adra is characterized by the existence of a set of hills and gullies beginning at sea level in the South-east vertex of the municipality, increasing their height the more we move forward  the North and the West, reaching their maximum levels at 1000 meters. The highest elevation of   960 meters stands out, and belongs to the hill of "La Pendencias and the houses of Cabañuelas”.

Adra's origin corresponds to the ancient city of Abdera, after the inquiries carried out after some excavations made in Cerro Montecristo. A colony of 49,38 meters of altitude over the sea level and considered as Property of Cultural Interest, where the Phoenicians settled themselves in the 8th century B.C. 

In these excavations important remains were found, which highlight the Punic origin of the city: house structures of the 4th century B.C., materials and remains of republican Roman period, high and low imperial, basically salting rafts.

In the Greco-Roman bibliography there are plenty of literary reviews from authors as Estrabón, Plinio or P. Mela mentioning Abdera, together with another cities founded by the Phoenicians in the south peninsular coast, as Sexi (Almúñecar).

Monuments in Adra

Parish of the Inmaculada Concepción
San Sebastián Hermitage
Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias Church
San Isidro Hermitage
Remains of Walls of Adra´s Fortress
Walls and Towers
Baroque Houses
Arch of the Animas
Mill of the Place
San Andres Smelting
The tower of the Perdigones
The Fabriquilla of the Vinegar
Montecristo´s Hill
Walls of the Fortress

How to get there

By road : From Almería take the Nacional 340 (N-340) till Adra, total distance of 51 Km. and about 40 minutes.

Distances

To Almería 57 km
To El Ejido 22 km
To Berja 17 km
To Aguadulce 46 km
To Motril 56 km
To La Rábita 17 km
To Málaga 151 km
To Granada 115 km