Aguadulce Travel Guide

Aguadulce Travel & Tourism Information

Aguadulce is a municipality in the province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The municipality covers an area of 75.6 square kilometers and, as of 2018, had a population of 21,992 inhabitants.

Aguadulce is a tourist destination due to its beaches, some of the busiest in the province. The municipality has many hotels and resorts. The Playa de los Genoveses is a Blue Flag beach.

The area around Aguadulce has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. The first settlers were the Phoenicians, who founded the city of Akra Leuke. The Romans also settled in the area and called the town Arunda. In the 8th century, the Moors arrived and renamed the town Aguadulce.

After the Reconquista, Aguadulce was annexed to the Kingdom of Castile. In the 16th century, it was a stopping point for ships traveling between the Americas and Spain.

Aguadulce was the site of a chemical factory that produced saltpeter, which was used to manufacture gunpowder. The factory was founded in 1804 by the Spanish government. The British later took it over and used it to produce saltpeter for their munitions during the Crimean War. The factory was destroyed in an explosion in 1856.

Aguadulce is the birthplace of the writer and Nobel laureate Vicente Aleixandre.

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