Port of Almeria

The Port of Almeria is a busy ferry-port in Almeria, Spain.
Location
The port is located in the centre of the city. The main activity in the port is the ferry terminal.
Crossings to destinations in North Africa take approximately 6 hours (normal ferry to Nador or Melilla). This is a much longer, and therefore also more expensive, crossing then the short crossings from Algeciras to Tangier, but it is more convenient for people traveling to the Rif area or Algeria.
Almeria offers also a marina and a normal commercial port: it can receive cargo ships and cruise ships. The Royal Navy uses the port.
Ferry terminal
The ferry terminal is busy. Moroccan nationals living in Western Europe use the crossings from Almeria to visit relatives in the summer. The port offers several sailings each day to different destinations in northern Morocco and Algeria.
The port has a large waiting and sorting area for cars. As people often have...