ABANDONED urbanisation of Cortijo Zurano and the close by La Perulera, Almería Spain España

Drone photography of the abandoned incomplete new build urbanisation of Cortijo Zurano and then on to the close by old village of La Perulera, Almería, Spain. Showing hidden places and gems off the beaten track just short distances away from the main tourist areas in Almería and Spain as a whole. What are you waiting for come and discover these hidden gems in Almería, Spain The hills of Huércal-Overa open into a quiet, sunlit expanse where intention and abandonment sit side by side. Below, Cortijo Zurano reveals itself—an unfinished vision etched into the landscape. Bare earth cuts between plots where roads were never completed, and pavements were never laid. Villas stand in uneven stages of construction: some skeletal, others half-formed, and a small handful complete and quietly inhabited. It feels suspended—caught between ambition and stillness, where life has only just begun to take hold in isolated pockets. Gradually, the land begins to rise, and the rigid outlines of the development dissolve into the natural rhythm of the hills. The tones soften, the terrain breathes again, and the sense of incompletion gives way to something more grounded. At the crest, La Perulera comes into view—clustered white houses set against the slopes, shaped by time rather than plans. There’s a quiet permanence here, a contrast to the unfinished geometry below. From above, both places share the same frame: one paused mid-creation, the other enduring—two visions of settlement, separated not by distance, but by time and completion.