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Especially mountain biking.  With vast areas of 'campo' criss-crossed with tracks and lanes, the area is surrounded by four sierras making it ideal for up-out and down-back routes.  Bring your own bike or you can hire them for 12 euros per day.  Favourite routes are Sierra Cabrera, Bedar and El Pinar and to the Almanzora dam.                                              more...

Golf

Numerous golf courses including Val d'Este and the world famous Desert Springs which is just one mile away.  Tee queues are rare but remember to take water with you in the summer.                                       more...

Go-Karting                                                           

At Garrucha Gokarts there are two tracks - the shorter circuit is ideal for children with dual seated karts suitable for ages 3 and upwards.  The long circuit has full speed 300cc karts for fast-moving grown-ups!!  Prices start at just 5 euros for 8 minutes ( trust me - that is plenty!!).     more...

Aqua Park                                                           

Open from May to September the Vera Aqua park is the ideal family day out with slides and pools to suit all ages.  Food and refreshments are available inside so you can make a day of it.                              more...

Horse-riding

At the Media Legua Equestrian centre you can book lessons or go on treks from one hour to a day in duration.  The scenery is varied as you trek through orange groves, along dry river-beds (ramblas) and over hills on the 'campo'.                                                                       more...

There are several dive shops in the area and the one we recommend  is Vivariva Sports in Villaricos which is only one mile away.  Most of the dives are boat dives from their 'RIB' but they also cater for beginners and try-a-dive'.                                                                             more...

With the vast numbers of tracks in the area there are a number of places you can hire quad bikes.  The tracks and ramblas are ideal but watch out for mountainbikers.                                                                more...

Beach

With miles and miles of beaches from San Juan to Mojacar there is a choice of beaches to suit all tastes from quiet coves to long expanses to flat sand.

Running

As well as races there are ample opportunities for training runs of all distances, whether it be up and down hills, along tracks on the 'campo' or beside the Almanzora rambla or along the pavements of the seafront.

Walking

Longer walks than simply pottering along the seafront include to the Cabeza de Maria, a small, extinct volcano, to various of the abandoned silver mines or longer still to the Cabrera, Almagrera or Lisbona mountains that ring the area.