13/05/2025
Nows the time to start planning your winter sun getaways, have you considered Aguilas on the Costa Calida. We offer our 4 x bedroom, 2 x bathroom apartment right in the heart of the old town, next to the fishing harbour. Everything you need is just a short stroll away from the large and bright comfortable apartment. Special Rates for long term winter rentals in Spain, please ask for more details. Águilas is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in Spain . It is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea , in the Gulf of Mazarrón within the Costa Cálida , in the Alto Guadalentín region , located in the extreme southwest of the Region of Murcia. Águilas is located 35 km from Lorca , 105 km from Murcia , and 75 km from Cartagena . Its municipal area covers an area of 251.77 km². It has 28 km of Mediterranean coastline in the southwest corner of the Region of Murcia .
The urban centre located at the foot of the rocky cliff on top of which is the castle of San Juan de las Águilas , with two bays on its sides, the western one and the eastern one, more sheltered as it is delimited at its other end by the peak of Aguilica, which is why the port of Águilas is located.
The municipality of Águilas is surrounded by a series of mountain ranges that separate it from the Guadalentín Valley : the Sierra de la Carrasquilla and the Sierra de la Almenara , the latter protected due to its great environmental value. El Talayón is the highest peak in this mountain range at 881 m above sea level, located in the north of the municipality, and also its highest point. Also notable is the Lomo de Bas , a relief that separates Águilas from the Lorca districts of Ramonete and Garrobillo to the east.
It has part of the Cabo Cope and Puntas de Calnegre regional park , shared with the municipality of Lorca , as well as the protected landscape of the Cuatro Calas on the border of the Region of Murcia with Almería on the coast.