Enjoy a 4x4 joyriding in Europe’s only desert landscape on this scenic drive through the Tabernas Desert, situated between the Sierra de los Filabres and the Sierra de Alhamilla.
Boasting over 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, annual rainfall of a mere 200 millimetres and temperatures ranging from 23° F to 118° F (-5°C to 48°C), the grey tones of the desert’s gullies, ravines, and other geological formations turn golden when the sun rests on them at sunset.
Essential to the history of cinema in Almeria, Tabernas Desert served as a location for hundreds of films, including “Lawrence of Arabia.” Dozens of spaghetti westerns, such as “A Fistful of Dollars, “For a Few Dollars More,” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” gave rise to an era of rampant shooting. Adventure stories war films, and science fiction films have all made use of the landscape, including “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “Conan the Barbarian”, “Game of Thrones”, or “The Crown”.
Marvel at the desert’s similarity to the American badlands, and the deserts of north Africa and Arabia. En route, you will learn about the geological formation of this extraordinary place, including the flora and fauna that somehow manage to survive there.
