Street parking in Almería’s blue zone costs €0.65 for one hour, €1.50 for two and €2.30 for the three-hour maximum, Monday to Friday 9:00–14:00 and 16:30–20:30 and Saturday mornings; Sundays, public holidays and the midday break are free. Bookable car parks start at €1.46 per hour or €12 per day on Parclick. This guide covers the official 2026 tariff, the green zone, how to cancel a penalty notice for €1.95, the car parks you can reserve and when parking is free.
Do you need a car? Not in the centre of Almería. For Cabo de Gata, Tabernas and the Alpujarra you do: compare prices at Almería Airport on DiscoverCars, or read our guide to car hire in Spain for deposits, insurance and what to check at the desk.
Regulated street parking in Almería is called ROA and is run for the city council by Dornier, part of the Empark group. There are two colours. Blue bays are for visitors all day. Green bays are shared: in the morning anyone may park there with a normal ticket, in the afternoon they are reserved for residents with a permit. Outside the marked bays, street parking is not charged. Underground car parks along the Rambla and near the old town are run by private operators, and several can be booked in advance.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Blue zone (street) | €0.65 for 1 hour, €1.50 for 2 hours, €2.30 for 3 hours | Maximum 3 hours; Mon–Fri 9:00–14:00 and 16:30–20:30, Sat 9:00–14:00 |
| Green zone, mornings | Same tariff as the blue zone | 9:00–14:00 with a normal ticket; afternoons residents only |
| Sundays, public holidays, midday break | €0 | No charge in blue or green bays |
| La Rambla PARKIA (bookable) | From €1.46 per hour on Parclick | Open 24 hours, height limit 2.1 m |
| APK2 Almadrabillas (bookable) | From €12 per day on Parclick | Open 24 hours, height limit 2.2 m, by the beach and the station |
| Obispo Orberá (bookable) | From €21.15 per day on Parclick | Open 24 hours, height limit 2.1 m, by the Central Market |
| Airport, Aena General P1 | From €13 on Parclick | 679 spaces next to the terminal |
The tariff is set by a municipal ordinance and is the same in every regulated street. The shortest ticket is 20 minutes for €0.20, and you can stay three hours at most; once the three hours are up you may not buy another ticket in the same zone. You pay on working days: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30 to 20:30, and on Saturday mornings from 9:00 to 14:00.
| Time | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 minutes (minimum) | €0.20 |
| 30 minutes | €0.35 |
| 45 minutes | €0.50 |
| 1 hour | €0.65 |
| 2 hours | €1.50 |
| 3 hours (maximum) | €2.30 |
There are no discounts for electric or hybrid cars: the ordinance grants no exemptions or reductions. Motorcycles and mopeds may not use the blue or green bays and must park in the spaces reserved for them.
The ordinance annex lists the regulated streets. The largest groups of blue bays are on Calzada de Castro (155), Avenida Blas Infante (75), Calle Granada (68), Avenida Montserrat (56) and Paseo San Luis (42), and along Parque Nicolás Salmerón, the park that runs between the old town and the port (96 in two stretches). Plaza Marín, below the Alcazaba, has just eight.
Green bays are in residential streets of the centre. From 9:00 to 14:00 they work like blue bays, at the same price and with the same three-hour limit. From 16:30 to 20:30 only residents with a permit may use them, so a visitor’s car left in a green bay after lunch can be reported and towed. If you plan to stay into the afternoon, choose a blue bay or a car park.
There are two ways to pay: coins at the meter or the Telpark app. At the meter you must type in your number plate, and the machines give no change, so bring the exact amount. With Telpark you start the session on your phone, can extend it up to the limit and can stop it early, in which case you pay only for the time used. No paper ticket is needed with the app.
These are the central car parks listed on Parclick, with the prices shown on 13 October 2026. All are covered, open 24 hours and can be cancelled free of charge up to one hour before arrival. Prices on Parclick are for pre-booked passes; the drive-up tariff is posted at each entrance.
On the Rambla, the avenue that runs through the centre; the vehicle entrance is at Avenida Federico García Lorca 93. Less than 15 minutes on foot from the Cathedral, the Town Hall, Puerta de Purchena and the railway station. Height limit 2.1 m. See La Rambla PARKIA on Parclick.
At Calle Ángel Jover 2, a few metres from Almadrabillas beach and the seafront promenade and close to the intermodal station. Entry and exit by number-plate recognition. Height limit 2.2 m. See APK2 Almadrabillas on Parclick.
At Rambla Obispo Orberá 28, under 100 metres from the Apolo theatre and about two minutes on foot from the Central Market and Paseo de Almería. Height limit 2.1 m. See Obispo Orberá on Parclick.
At Avenida Federico García Lorca 52, about 10 minutes on foot from the Cathedral and the railway station and under 20 minutes from the Alcazaba. Height limit 2 m. See APK2 Rambla on Parclick.
At Calle Real 84, within walking distance of the Cathedral, the Alcazaba and Plaza Vieja. Height limit 2.1 m. The price depends on the dates you choose. See CLÜBO Calle Real 84 on Parclick.
The simplest free parking is in the regulated bays themselves, outside the paid hours:
| When | Blue and green bays |
|---|---|
| Sundays and public holidays | Free all day |
| Saturdays from 14:00 | Free until Monday 9:00 |
| Weekdays 14:00–16:30 | Free (midday break) |
| Weekdays after 20:30 | Free until 9:00 the next morning |
Arrive at 13:30 on a weekday, pay for half an hour (€0.35) and you are covered until 16:30. Remember that green bays become residents-only at 16:30 on weekdays.
Streets without blue or green markings are not regulated and cost nothing. The city council does not publish a list of free car parks, so we do not name individual streets; the regulated area is shown on the zone map on the ROA Almería website, and everything outside it is free unless a sign says otherwise.
Almería’s low-emission zone ordinance covers 54 hectares on the western side of the centre, between the Cerro de San Cristóbal and Calle de la Reina: the Cathedral district and La Pescadería, below the Alcazaba. Under the text published by the city council, any vehicle with a Spanish DGT environmental label may enter and park, and access is checked by an automatic system. Recent Spanish-registered rental cars qualify for one. We could not confirm on the council’s website whether penalties are already being issued, so if you drive an older car without a label, or a foreign-registered one, ask the Ayuntamiento before entering those streets or leave the car on the Rambla side.
Port. The ferry terminal is on the Muelle de Levante; the Port Authority gives the access as exit 438 of the A-7 motorway. It publishes no parking tariff for passengers. If you sail on foot and need to leave the car for several days, the nearest car park with a published daily price is APK2 Almadrabillas.
Airport. Aena’s General P1 car park has 679 spaces a few metres from the terminal and a height limit of 2.29 m. On Parclick it starts at €13 for a stay of just under a day. See Aena General P1 on Parclick.
Cabo de Gata. The beaches west of San José, from Genoveses to Cala Carbón and including Mónsul, are reached by a single track. Each summer the regional government regulates motor-vehicle access to it by a resolution published in the official gazette (BOJA), because traffic exceeds what the area can take. Outside the summer season you can drive to the car parks by the beaches. Check the current season’s dates and conditions with the natural park before you go.
Parking cost estimator
See Almería car parks on Parclick →Pre-filled with the official blue-zone rate for one hour (€0.65). The real tariff is stepped: two hours cost €1.50 and the three-hour maximum €2.30. For a full day, compare the car-park prices above.
In the blue zone, €0.65 for one hour, €1.50 for two hours and €2.30 for the three-hour maximum; the shortest ticket is 20 minutes for €0.20. Bookable car parks start at €1.46 per hour (La Rambla PARKIA) or €12 per day (APK2 Almadrabillas) on Parclick.
Yes. Blue and green bays are free on Sundays and public holidays. They are also free on Saturdays from 14:00, on weekdays between 14:00 and 16:30, and after 20:30.
Three hours at most. After that you cannot buy another ticket in the same zone, even if you pay again.
Only in the morning, from 9:00 to 14:00, with a normal ticket at the blue-zone price. From 16:30 to 20:30 green bays are reserved for residents with a permit.
With coins at the meter, where you must enter your number plate and get no change, or with the Telpark app, which lets you extend or stop the session from your phone.
You have one hour from the time printed on the ticket to cancel the penalty notice for €1.95, at a meter or in Telpark. Cars left much longer, or parked without any ticket, can be towed; the tow fee for a car is €78.85.
No. The municipal ordinance grants no exemptions or discounts, so electric and hybrid cars pay the normal tariff.
Not for the city centre, where the Alcazaba, the Cathedral and the port are within walking distance of each other. You do need one for Cabo de Gata, the Tabernas desert and the villages of the Alpujarra. Most visitors collect it at Almería Airport.
See also: Parking in Spain (all cities)
