DRIVE GUIDE FOR TRANSFERS FROM AIRPORT TO RESORT

ALMERIA AIRPORT TO 43 PARQUE RESIDENTIAL, MOJACAR PLAYA

AA Directions

There is a Town Post Code system in Spain rather than a street by street postcode. The reference for AA Directions is: Almeria Airport (LEI ) Carretera de Nijar 04701 Almeria Spain to 04638 Mojacar, Spain.

There is one thing to point out: (please read before you leave precincts of the airport)

This routing works fine until around 1km from your destination. The reason for this is that 04638 Mojacar is the grid reference for Mojacar Old Town not Mojacar Playa, the beach resort . (I could not get the AA Search Engine to locate Mojacar Playa or a road within Mojacar Playa close to the apartment complex e.g. Calle Lucerne, Avenida del Mediterraneo, Avenida Andalusia.) Therefore you need to follow the AA directions until you get to 76km (or thereabouts) 'Turn Right onto A 1203'which is correct. Ignore the rest of the AA directions. Instead:

79km/80km. At the next Roundabout IGNORE the first exit which states Al 6111 Mojacar. (This is the Avenida del Palacio that will take you up the hill to the Old Town) Instead go round the Roundabout and take the second exit (after the Petrol Station) signposted 'AL 6111 Carboneras'.

This takes you down the hill towards the sea. There is a shopping centre called Montemar on your LHS, then another large white building on the same side of the road with a white tower. This is Parque Comercial and the Parque Residential complex is situated right next to it on the other side.

If you need to collect your keys from Mojacar Estatesoffice or from the combination Drop Box by their front door, you need to take the first exit at the next Roundabout i.e turning right. ( Their address is Apdo de Correos 779 04638 Mojacar, Almeria, Spain) Drive down the Avenida del Mediterraneo for about 3km. The office (see picture) is on the last run of businesses on the BEACH SIDE of the road, before the promenade runs right round to the end of the resort where you can see the big white Hotel Indalo set back from the road.

Collect your keys, turn the car around and drive back to the first Roundabout at the Junction with Parque Comercial. Go straight on following sign 'ALP 118 Garrucha'. After 100m or so, turn first left into Calle Lucerne. You will have Parque Comercial on your LHS. Parque Residential is on the RHS. Number 43 is the first apartment on the right as you go up the hill, facing across to the plaza in front of the shopping centre. The entrance key is for the double door halfway up the road.

If you cannot get parked, drop your bags at the entrance and drive further up behind the complex, which is a one way system. It is only usually busy during business hours.

If you can get AA Directions to accept the actual postal address, rather than merely Mojacar Pueblo, great. It is this: 43 Parque Residential, Calle Lucerne Mojacar Playa - but you will still need to follow some of the above to swing by Mojacar Estates to collect the keys. Other adjacent roads flanking the Parque Comercial shopping complex are Avenida del Mediterraneo(beachside coastal road) and Avenida Andalusia (from Mojacar Playa back up to the petrol station).