Helado artesano

Few provinces get to choose their gelateria guide in hand. The first edition, from July 2025, gathered 23 workshops; the Guía del Heladero Artesano 2026, presented in March at the Hotel Avenida with the provincial council's backing, reaches 29 across the province. Driven by Dimoba Suministros with Sabores Almería, it can be browsed at heladeroartesanal.es, and Alberto Buendía, Spain's artisan ice cream champion, took part in the plaque ceremony.

The 2026 list is a map for summer: Adra, Albox, Agua Amarga, Aguadulce, Almerimar, Balerma, Berja, Carboneras, Cuevas del Almanzora, Garrucha, La Isleta del Moro, Las Negras, Olula del Río, Roquetas de Mar and Vera, plus six gelaterias in the capital, Marconata among them. Among the houses with history, Sabor Helado, a family business founded in Vélez Rubio in 1978 with its own workshop since 2023, and Productos Artesanales Guada in Almería.

The cone is one of the flavours of the Almería Fair. A flavour of Almería's own does not exist — the guide lists workshops, not a local ice cream — so the thing to do is cover it cone by cone.