Vera & Vera Playa

Vera is a walled city 10 kilometres inland of the Vera Playa, which together make up a municipality in the Levante to the Eastern side of the Almeria Province in Andalusia.

Vera is a town of romantic Renaissance architecture, cobbled streets and open squares near a coastal strip of three beaches and urbanisations catering for a diverse mix of people.

After an earthquake felled the original city site, legend has it that Queen Isabella I climbed the hill and fired an arrow, ordering the rebuilding of Vera where it landed. The central Plaza Mayor is dominated by the 15th century Inglesia de la Encarnación, a fortified church with four towers built to fend off invaders. The 16th century town hall hosts the Ethnographic and Archaeological Museum. Then stretching down towards the coast there are a large number of new developments connecting the town to Vera Playa.

Vera Playa splits into three beaches; Playazo, Las Marinas and Puerto Rey. Playazo is one of the most popular naturist beaches in the world because of the numerous facilities in the large urbanised zone around it catering to naturist philosophy, not to mention the year-round sunshine. Traditional Spanish chiringuitos serving food and drinks line Las Marinas and Puerto Rey and there is a beach long walkway stretching along the sand to the bordering town of Garrucha.