Reservoirs in Andalucia
If you are planning an overlanding trip to Andalucia, southern Spain or are already here there are numerous places to visit and explore. Reservoirs are dotted across the landscape and we’ve found that these bodies of water offer some great scenery and off roading around the outskirts due to their location.
Reservoirs in Andalucia tend be located around mountainous areas making them great places to drive around, you can find tracks all the way around many of them, some of which [but not all] lead to the waters edge where you can park and take a break, cool off in the Spanish sun and escape the Andalucian dusty roads for a while.
Even without access to the water reservoirs are pretty spectacular from a landscape view point with photography opportunities high in the surrounding mountains overlooking the water.
Almeria
- Embalse de Benínar
- Embalse de Cuevas de Almanzora
- 36.8825° N, 3.0253° W
- 37.3315° N, 1.8965° W
Cadiz
- Embalse de Arcos
- Embalse de Almodóvar
- Embalse de Barbate
- Embalse de Bornos
- Embalse de Celemín
- Embalse de Guadalcacín
- Embalse de Los Hurones
- Embalse de Zahara el Gastor
- Embalse de Charco Redondo
- Embalse de Guadarranque
- 36.7635° N, 5.7960° W
- 36.1561° N, 5.6445° W
- 36.3812° N, 5.7142° W
- 36.8117° N, 5.7142° W
- 36.3064° N, 5.7537° W
- 36.6522° N, 5.7353° W
- 36.6873° N, 5.5342° W
- 36.8411° N, 5.3704° W
- 36.2545° N, 5.5657° W
- 36.3186° N, 5.4683° W
Cordoba
- Embalse de Arenoso
- Embalse de Bembezar
- Embalse de Guadalmellato
- Embalse de Guadanuño
- Embalse de Iznajar
- Embalse de La Breña
- Embalse de Martín Gonzalo
- Embalse de Puente Nuevo
- Embalse de Retortillo
- Embalse de San Rafael de Navallana
- Embalse de Sierra Boyera
- Embalse de Yeguas
- 40.0939° N, 0.5597° W
- 37.9772° N, 5.3023° W
- 38.0626° N, 4.6838° W
- 38.0233° N, 4.7931° W
- 37.2584° N, 4.3283° W
- 37.8456° N, 5.0506° W
- 38.1018° N, 4.3302° W
- 38.1022° N, 4.9403° W
- 37.8522° N, 5.3717° W
- 37.9896° N, 4.6257° W
- 38.2745° N, 5.2489° W
- 38.0806° N, 4.2306° W
Granada
- Embalse de Canales
- Embalse de Colomera
- Embalse de Cubillas
- Embalse de El Portillo
- Embalse de Francisco Abellán
- Embalse de Los Bermejales
- Embalse del Negratín
- Embalse de Quéntar
- Embalse de San Clemente
- Embalse de Béznar
- Embalse de Rules
- 37.1570° N, 3.4688° W
- 37.4032° N, 3.7194° W
- 37.2766° N, 3.6712° W
- 37.8058° N, 2.7889° W
- 37.3076° N, 3.2703° W
- 36.9846° N, 3.8884° W
- 37.5928° N, 2.8315° W
- 37.2081° N, 3.4341° W
- 37.8667° N, 2.6462° W
- 36.9214° N, 3.5522° W
- 36.8598° N, 3.4953° W
Huelva
- Embalse de Aracena
- Embalse de Zufre
- Embalse de Andévalo
- Embalse del Chanza
- Embalse de Corumbel Bajo
- Embalse de Jarrama
- Embalse de Los Machos
- Embalse de Piedras
- 37.9205° N, 6.4583° W
- 37.8276° N, 6.2974° W
- 37.6304° N, 7.3490° W
- 37.5585° N, 7.5208° W
- 37.4390° N, 6.5577° W
- 37.6676° N, 6.5094° W
- 37.3210° N, 7.2147° W
- 37.3862° N, 7.2680° W
Jaen
- Embalse de Aguascebas
- Embalse de Dañador
- Embalse de Giribaile
- Embalse de Guadalén
- Embalse de Guadalmena
- Embalse de Jándula
- Embalse de La Bolera
- Embalse de La Fernandina
- Embalse de Quiebrajano
- Embalse de Rumblar
- Embalse de El Tranco de Beas
- Embalse de Vadomojón
- Embalse de Vívoras
- Embalse de las Anchuricas
- Embalse de la Novia o de la Vieja
- 38.0412° N, 2.9541° W
- 38.4044° N, 3.0345° W
- 38.1101° N, 3.4625° W
- 38.1891° N, 3.4675° W
- 38.3939° N, 2.9051° W
- 38.2587° N, 3.9343° W
- 37.7799° N, 2.8964° W
- 38.2070° N, 3.5737° W
- 37.6292° N, 3.7270° W
- 38.1912° N, 3.7854° W
- 38.1286° N, 2.7758° W
- 37.6350° N, 4.2256° W
- 37.3863° N, 3°5948° W
- 38.1959° N, 2.5430° W
- 38.1747° N, 2.4606° W
Malaga
- Embalse de El Limonero
- Embalse de Guadalteba
- Embalse de Guadalhorce
- Embalse de La Concepción
- Embalse de La Viñuela
- 36.7703° N, 4.4317° W
- 36.9551° N, 4.8391° W
- 36.9551° N, 4.8391° W
- 36.5482° N, 4.9624° W
- 36.8785° N, 4.1693° W
Seville
- Embalse de Cala
- Embalse de El Pintado
- Embalse de Gergal
- Embalse de José Torán
- Embalse de La Minilla
- Embalse de Puebla de Cazalla
- Embalse de Torre del Águila
- 37.7114° N, 6.1043° W
- 37.9870° N, 5.9555° W
- 37.5703° N, 6.0492° W
- 37.7481° N, 5.4846° W
- 37.6894° N, 6.1958° W
- 37.1224° N, 5.2201° W
- 37.0524° N, 5.7518° W
There are of course other bodies of water to explore but reservoirs in Andalucia are certainly worth a visit, we hope this list is useful and let us know if we’ve missed any!
Happy overlanding.
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