Águilas: Holiday apartment between snorkelling trails and culture

Águilas has a network of 13 sea snorkelling trails suitable for all target groups, with a particular focus on families. To plan your days, you can consider water activities, monuments, museums and local traditions as separate areas of focus.

Nature and sea

La Carolina is part of the “Cuatro Calas” area and is recognised as a protected natural landscape. For planning purposes, the snorkelling trails and this protected area can be considered as two different coastal themes.

History and culture

The Castillo de San Juan de las Águilas that stands today dates from 1756. It is an 18th-century monument and is recognised as a Bien de Interés Cultural. From Águilas city centre, the Castillo can be reached on foot via Calle Murillo in approximately 20 minutes; the route includes ramps and stairs. For planning this route, the approximate walking time as well as the ramps and stairs are the relevant details.

The Termas Romanas de Águilas preserve the remains of Roman baths dating from the 1st century AD, including parts of a caldarium, that is, a warm bathing room.

The Embarcadero del Hornillo was inaugurated on 18 August 1903 and began full operation after improvements in 1904. The structure was built entirely from steel and concrete.

The “Francisco Rabal” Centro de Interpretación presents the actor’s career in an educational and immersive exhibition. The Museo y Centro de Difusión del Esparto is dedicated to presenting the craft of esparto. Those who wish to place different cultural aspects side by side can give separate weight to monuments, archaeology, acting and crafts.

For thematic focus in Águilas, several distinct areas therefore stand alongside one another: coast and water, protected landscape, Roman archaeology, monuments, exhibitions, crafts and local tradition. The places and topics mentioned can be considered individually and arranged according to the desired focus, without combining them into a single experience. This separation, in particular, keeps the different ways of discovering the area recognisable.

Places in the surrounding area

The Museo Arqueológico Municipal, the Mirador de la Calica, the Castle of Saint John of Águilas and the CIMAR-Centro de Interpretacion del Mar-Aquarium are each located in the surrounding area of Águilas.

The surrounding area also includes Playa de la Colonia, Playa de Levante, Playa de Poniente and Playa de las Delicias.

For further location options, you can also visit Calabardina, Puerto Lumbreras, El Esparragal, El Saladillo, El Albujón, Isla Plana, Abanilla and Cobatillas.

When booking a holiday apartment in Águilas, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions are among the details visible on the respective offer pages. They form the practical accommodation framework, while snorkelling trails, beaches, monuments and museums remain independent themes of the destination.

Local tradition

Águilas’s traditional carnival includes La Cuerva, a drink made from wine and fruit.

For the overarching travel overview: Murcia.