Adra Museum: Visitors can spend their free time in the three exhibition halls of the museum, which show the cultural legacy of the
Phoenician,
Punic and
Roman civilizations, and which educate and entertain at the same time. Important exhibitions of national prestige are periodically held here with success. The museum has a shop where archaeological reproductions can be bought. A nearby mill, El Molino del Lugar, built around 1814 and recently renovated, is the site of the ethnographic section of the museum. The Fair: Adra's fair is considered to be the second most important in the province of
Almería and the population of Adra and countless visitors gather between September 5 and 10. The patron saint is
la Virgen del Mar, who is taken out in a procession on September 8, while
San Nicolás de Tolentino is celebrated on the 10th with a procession through el Barrio, the old town. April 25 is the day of
San Marcos and is important to the farmers of Adra. It is an official festival of tourist interest in
Andalucía. July 16 is the day of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron saint of fishermen. A procession takes place by boat. Bazaars take place two Saturdays a month in a carpark which is beside the Sports Center and
I.E.S Abdera School. Adra had a successful regional level
football club,
C.F. Adra, which is now defunct. == People ==