Car Rental from Mojacar Beach

Pick up your rental car in Mojacar Beach

The beach town of Mojacar is located within an hour's drive by car hire Almeria from the city.  It is placed on a rocky hillside overlooking the Mediterranean sea.  Mojacar Pueblo (the town), and Mojacar Playa (the beach) are roughly a 2 km apart, and both are worth seeing.

The beach at Mojacar has a 4000 year history of enjoyment.  As you lounge next to these waters imagine those before you, the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, and Moors who came with their civilizations over time to this lovely coastal town.  Save on your day at the beach and get there by cheap car rental Almeria, Spain.

In the middle of the 19th century the region (technically Europe's only desert) began to suffer from droughts and many residents began to leave, causing a great depopulation of Mojacar.  Many moved to distant places like the Americas, and local legend has it that the famous cartoonist Walt Disney was actually born in Mojacar and immigrated to the US as a child.

Mojacar has since become a popular tourist destination for its beaches and this has increased its revenue.  Mojacar has one of the highest expatriate populations in all of Spain.  

There are many sites worth seeing in the area.  La Fuente Mora is a Moorish fountain located in the pueblo.  A history of the village is written on the fountain's walls, and locals come here to fill containers of the fresh, spring water, just as they have done for centuries.  Take your Almeria car hire past the Plaza Nueva for the best veiw in Mojacar.  View the Mediterranean Sea behind Mojacar beach and the craggy hills dotted with farms and homes.