Introduction to Roquetas

A relative newcomer to the Costa package holiday market, until the early 1990s Roquetas de Mar was little more than a fishing settlement, typical of this coast, with its small port backed by a village of Moorish streets and little white houses (‘the pueblo').

Now this has been augmented by outlying urbanizáciones (urban developments) where most holiday apartments, hotels and tourist facilities are located. Aside from the original village houses the only obvious reminders of the past is the imposing landmark of the medieval Castilla de Santa Ana.