Known in Roman times probably as Aquilae and in medieval times as Aquila. The first human settlement in the current location of Águilas was created between centuries - BC. C., under the control of the Republic of Rome, as a strategic coastal area for the exit of mineral from the surrounding mountains. It belonged to the Citerior Tarraconense Province and the Carthaginian Legal Convent. Under the administrative division of the Lower Roman Empire (century AD) it is part of the Carthaginian Province. Surely in late Roman times it would have been under the rule of the Visigothic Province of Auriaola, in the 1st century, when the settlement was abandoned as demonstrated by archaeological evidence. Its end is possibly related to the Byzantine invasion of the year 552. In the century, the coastal territory of the Southeast of the peninsula is part of the possessions of Count Teodomiro "Teodomiro (Visigoth)"), who made an agreement with the Muslim invaders in the Pact of Tudmir in 714.

In the medieval period it belonged consecutively to the independent Emirate of Córdoba (756-929) and the Cordoban Caliphate (929-1031). Being also under the rule of the first Taifa of Murcia of the Banu Tahir in the century as well as the Second Taifa of Murcia of Ibn Mardanis (1147-1172). The Almohad invaders defeated Mardanis, but were defeated by Ibn Hud in 1228, creating the Third Taifa of Murcia.

It will be definitively included in the Castilian kingdom of Murcia "Kingdom of Murcia (Crown of Castile)") in the context of the Christian conquest. By the Treaty of Alcaraz (1243) "Treaty of Alcaraz (1243)"), Prince Alfonso of Castile, on behalf of his father Ferdinand III, signed with the Muslim leaders of Murcia the granting of the Taifa of Murcia to Castile as a protectorate. The pact was not accepted by various towns such as Mula, Lorca and Cartagena, although the superior military force of the Christians would submit the dispute in favor of Castile. On the other hand, Castilla and Aragon signed the Treaty of Almizra in 1244 by which the Aragonese king Jaime I accepted Castilian control of the kingdom of Murcia, ratifying the will of his predecessors, who had already signed the Treaty of Cazola in 1178. Finally, it should be noted that the rebellion of the Murcian Mudejars (1264-1266) allowed King Alfonso

The current city of Águilas was designed by Mateo Vodopich during the reign of Carlos III (in 1765) as an enlightened measure by the Count of Aranda to repopulate the area and provide the Guadalentín valley with a port. A few years before, the construction of the San Juan de las Águilas Castle had been carried out to defend the bay, designed in 1756 by Sebastián Feringán on the remains of the previous defensive system.

With the consolidation of the city and its port, its municipal independence occurred in 1834, after having belonged to Lorca.

Águilas was the destination, along with Mazarrón, of the first maritime expedition of the Canton of Murcia, which took place on July 20, 1873 with the steamship Fernando el Católico under the command of General Contreras, incorporating the two towns into the Canton.

During the Bourbon Restoration, at the end of the century and beginning of the century, a large British colony arrived in the town with the rise of mining activity, so a certain influence of this presence remains in Águilas, highlighting the various buildings and infrastructures that still stand, such as the British cemetery, annexed to the municipal one. Due to the large investments of British capital, the railway line was laid between Lorca, Baza and Águilas by the company The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Limited, to provide outlet for the esparto grass or the minerals that were exported, making the port one of the main ports in the Mediterranean. The construction of the Embarcadero del Hornillo is due to this period, a great engineering work of its time built with iron and concrete.

During the Spanish Civil War, Águilas remained in the rear of the area loyal to the Republic, suffering aerial bombardments from the Italian air force and from the rebels coming from Mallorca.

Starting in the 1920s, the mining crisis led to a decline in the population, an emigration that continued in the 1950s and 1960s. Their main destinations were to Catalonia, mainly to the province of Barcelona (Moncada and Reixach) in Spain, southern France, Switzerland (Basel) and Germany. Until the proliferation of intensive greenhouse agriculture and the development of beach tourism, as well as the improvement of transportation infrastructure (highways and highways) reversed the population flow, becoming a recipient of immigrants.

Águilas has a population of (INE "National Institute of Statistics (Spain)") 2025).

According to the 2020 census, 4,290 people are of foreign nationality, 12% of the population of Águilas, mainly from Europe and Africa.[8]​.

Today, the town's economy is mainly supported by summer second-home tourism and intensive agriculture of fruits (peaches, oranges "Orange (fruit)"), lemons, melons and watermelons) and greenhouse vegetables (tomato, lettuce, eggplant, zucchini, capers) with its classification, storage and distribution plants for both the product and the necessary infrastructure (for example, warehouses for water pipes, plastic greenhouses, workshops, etc.).

At the time, the construction of various marinas, luxury hotel and residential complexes was planned for the foreign and national population with a high purchasing power, with the problem that the location of these new developments was located in natural areas classified as protected by the European Union, such as the Cabo Cope-Calnegre or La Zerrichera regional park. lack of protection of land in the Cope Marina, led to the paralysis of that project.

Other economic sectors are: construction, fishing, shipyards (fishing boats), railway workshops, aquaculture (bream and sea bass), hospitality and commerce.

Municipal government

The political administration of the city is carried out through a democratically managed City Council whose members are elected every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral roll is made up of all residents registered in Águilas over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the Law of the General Electoral Regime,[10]​ which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the municipal corporation of Águilas is made up of 21 councilors.

The d'Hondt system is the electoral method used in Spain to distribute city council members approximately proportionally to the votes obtained by the candidates.

To obtain representation on the City Council you must obtain 5% of the votes.

In the municipal elections held in Águilas in 2015, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez lost the elections. In this way, the PP obtained 9 councilors, 3 less than in the previous legislature, while the PSOE obtained 3 more councilors, going from 7 minutes to 10, and its candidate, María del Carmen Moreno, became the first mayor elected in the municipality. Izquierda Unida "Izquierda Unida (Spain)"), like Ganar Águilas IP (IU, Verdes and CLI-AS) maintained 1 councilor with respect to the previous elections. Águilas Podemos, as a group of voters of the Podemos party " Podemos (political party)") also obtained 1 councilor. Citizens who also ran did not obtain any councilor. The MASd did not show up.

Services

• - AP-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Toll Highway) in one direction towards Almería: to Pulpí, Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"). In Vera "Vera (Almería)") connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) to Almería and the rest of the southern peninsula along the coast.

In the other direction towards the district of Calabardina, the Lorca district of Ramonete, Mazarrón, Fuente Álamo de Murcia and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), then passing through the San Javier airport in the Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community: Torrevieja and Crevillente in the province of Alicante. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Elche in the province of Alicante and Alicante as well as the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast north to the French border.

• - RM-11 Autonomous Highway, to Lorca. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Puerto Lumbreras, in the Region of Murcia, Almería and Granada (the latter via the A-91 A-92N from Puerto Lumbreras) in one direction and towards Murcia and the Valencian Community: Alicante in the other direction. In Lorca the highway, RM-11, becomes the regional highway C-3211 towards Caravaca de la Cruz.

• - National highway N-332 RM-332 RM-333. It runs parallel to the AP-7 E-15 and in one section overlaps with the RM-11 Regional Highway. In one direction it goes towards Mazarrón and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), within the Region of Murcia. On the other, towards San Juan de los Terreros (the coastal district of Pulpí), Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"), in the province of Almería.

Águilas has the Águilas-El Labradorcico stop and the Águilas station, which is the terminus for the Cercanías trains of line C-2 "Line C-2 (Cercanías Murcia/Alicante)") of Cercanías de Murcia. Of the 16 daily trains on line C-2, only 3 travel the entire line. From Águilas it goes to Lorca through Pulpí (Almería), Almendricos and Puerto Lumbreras. And from Lorca to Murcia through La Hoya "La Hoya (Lorca)"), Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla and Alcantarilla "Alcantarilla (Spain)").

Since July 13, 2012, an Intercity train "Intercity (Renfe)") has been running, only during the summer and some weekends. Madrid-Águilas every Friday and Águilas-Madrid every Sunday. And since the summer of 2013 a Talgo train "Talgo (Renfe)") Barcelona-Águilas, only during the summer.

It has a bus station located next to the Águilas railway station, where the following interurban line provides service:.

The following long-distance bus lines also provide service:

In addition, the municipality has several urban lines that operate under the Águilas Movilidad brand.

Águilas has a taxi service at the following stops:

The closest airport is the Region of Murcia International Airport. The following in proximity are: Almería airport and Alicante-Elche airport.

Águilas is a maritime district of the same name that belongs to the maritime province of Cartagena. The district extends from Tarais beach to Puntas de Calnegre beach "Puntas de Calnegre Beach (Lorca)") and consists of the following nautical facilities:

• - Port of Águilas. (CT-2)

• Uses: and .

Fishing use is limited to inshore fishing. The port has a boat slipway.

• - Juan Montiel sports port. [15]​

• Uses: .

• - Club Náutico de Águilas marina. [15]​

• Uses: .

In Águilas there are three seaports. Two of them of a recreational-sports nature: The Águilas Marina and the Juan Montiel Marina, recently built. In addition to the fishing-commercial port. Currently the commercial use is null, transforming into a sports-fishing port located at the foot of the San Juan de las Águilas Castle and with the Punta Negra lighthouse.

Previously, since its construction, the fishing-commercial port was dedicated to inshore fishing and commercial esparto traffic. Next to the El Hornillo pier "Playa del Hornillo (Águilas)") it was used to load mineral from the mines of Alto Almanzora in the province of Almería and Cuevas del Almanzora through the railway managed by the company The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Limited. There was a branch that connected it to the station (what today is a part of the Paseo de la Bahía de Levante or Paseo de Parra). In the seventies, eighties and nineties of the century the commercial use was for loading cement or sand for cement. In the 1980s, a fish auction market was built on the fishing dock. In the nineties of the century, a reform of the port was carried out, building another dock for a boat dock and mooring for small fishing and sports boats. The entrances were renovated, demolishing the old workshops and warehouses, transforming them into walks and gardens; Its commercial use also ceased. In the first years of the century the fish market was demolished, and the new fish auction market was built in what was the commercial and shelter dock, transforming it into the fishing and shelter dock.

Sport

Because it is a coastal town, water sports are practiced in the Águilas Marina and the Juan Montiel Marina. In addition, various athletics and triathlon events are held annually in the streets of the town, and on some occasions, cycling events.

• - Águilas F.C., newly created in 2010, which uses the El Rubial soccer field.

• - Sporting Club Aguileño"), newly created in 2008 with the name of the old predecessor club of Águilas C.F.

• - Águilas C.F., which dated back to 1896 and was one of the oldest in Spain, disappeared in 2010.

There are also two other soccer fields where you can practice; Brothers Buitrago and Muñoz Calero.

A fixed bench rowing regatta in the area (falucho "Falucho (boat)"), llaut Mediterráneo... without having yet cataloged the type of boat to be used in said regatta), is held in the port bay on the occasion of the August festivities.

It can be done in the various clubs in the town and in Calabardina.

In the Águilas marina and in the Juan Montiel marina.

In addition, Águilas has several private gyms, where you can practice: Paddle tennis, Karate, Aerobics, Spinning, Gymnastics, etc. being, for a few years, an important focus for Murcian karate.

The sports infrastructures of Águilas are the following:

• - El Rubial soccer field.

• - Diego Calvo Varela sports pavilion.

Águilas has a municipal sports center to practice various sports, which has the following equipment:.

In addition, Águilas also has the Huerto Don Jorge civic and sports center with the following facilities:

Various paddle sports clubs and private gyms.

• - Moncada and Reixach (Barcelona), Spain. Twinned since 2002, mainly due to the number of people from Águilas who emigrated to that Barcelona town.[17]​.

• - DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ, L. History of Águilas. Notebooks of Aguileños Topics No. 6, from the Royal Academy of Alfonso Eagles, 2000.

• - GARCÍA ANTÓN, J. Brief History of Águilas. Murcia, DM Librero-Editor, 2002.

• - HERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, J. de D. “The salting factory on c/ Cassola – Paseo de la Constitución (Águilas, Murcia)”. Memories of Archeology 11 (2002), pp. 339–358.

• - HERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, J. de D. "The Islamic Cemetery of Águilas. Emergency excavation at Calle San Juan, 1. Preliminary report." Memoirs of Archeology 12 (2004), pp 435–450.

• - GÓMEZ CARRASCO, J.M. "Virtual reconstruction as a museographic instrument of the new archaeology, the example of the Roman baths of Águilas. Memory of works and method." Arqueomurcia Magazine 1 (2003).

• - PALACIOS, F. “Cope Tower”. Contributions to the History of Águilas (1989), pp 71–79.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Eagles.

• - Águilas City Council.

Known in Roman times probably as Aquilae and in medieval times as Aquila. The first human settlement in the current location of Águilas was created between centuries - BC. C., under the control of the Republic of Rome, as a strategic coastal area for the exit of mineral from the surrounding mountains. It belonged to the Citerior Tarraconense Province and the Carthaginian Legal Convent. Under the administrative division of the Lower Roman Empire (century AD) it is part of the Carthaginian Province. Surely in late Roman times it would have been under the rule of the Visigothic Province of Auriaola, in the 1st century, when the settlement was abandoned as demonstrated by archaeological evidence. Its end is possibly related to the Byzantine invasion of the year 552. In the century, the coastal territory of the Southeast of the peninsula is part of the possessions of Count Teodomiro "Teodomiro (Visigoth)"), who made an agreement with the Muslim invaders in the Pact of Tudmir in 714.

In the medieval period it belonged consecutively to the independent Emirate of Córdoba (756-929) and the Cordoban Caliphate (929-1031). Being also under the rule of the first Taifa of Murcia of the Banu Tahir in the century as well as the Second Taifa of Murcia of Ibn Mardanis (1147-1172). The Almohad invaders defeated Mardanis, but were defeated by Ibn Hud in 1228, creating the Third Taifa of Murcia.

It will be definitively included in the Castilian kingdom of Murcia "Kingdom of Murcia (Crown of Castile)") in the context of the Christian conquest. By the Treaty of Alcaraz (1243) "Treaty of Alcaraz (1243)"), Prince Alfonso of Castile, on behalf of his father Ferdinand III, signed with the Muslim leaders of Murcia the granting of the Taifa of Murcia to Castile as a protectorate. The pact was not accepted by various towns such as Mula, Lorca and Cartagena, although the superior military force of the Christians would submit the dispute in favor of Castile. On the other hand, Castilla and Aragon signed the Treaty of Almizra in 1244 by which the Aragonese king Jaime I accepted Castilian control of the kingdom of Murcia, ratifying the will of his predecessors, who had already signed the Treaty of Cazola in 1178. Finally, it should be noted that the rebellion of the Murcian Mudejars (1264-1266) allowed King Alfonso

The current city of Águilas was designed by Mateo Vodopich during the reign of Carlos III (in 1765) as an enlightened measure by the Count of Aranda to repopulate the area and provide the Guadalentín valley with a port. A few years before, the construction of the San Juan de las Águilas Castle had been carried out to defend the bay, designed in 1756 by Sebastián Feringán on the remains of the previous defensive system.

With the consolidation of the city and its port, its municipal independence occurred in 1834, after having belonged to Lorca.

Águilas was the destination, along with Mazarrón, of the first maritime expedition of the Canton of Murcia, which took place on July 20, 1873 with the steamship Fernando el Católico under the command of General Contreras, incorporating the two towns into the Canton.

During the Bourbon Restoration, at the end of the century and beginning of the century, a large British colony arrived in the town with the rise of mining activity, so a certain influence of this presence remains in Águilas, highlighting the various buildings and infrastructures that still stand, such as the British cemetery, annexed to the municipal one. Due to the large investments of British capital, the railway line was laid between Lorca, Baza and Águilas by the company The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Limited, to provide outlet for the esparto grass or the minerals that were exported, making the port one of the main ports in the Mediterranean. The construction of the Embarcadero del Hornillo is due to this period, a great engineering work of its time built with iron and concrete.

During the Spanish Civil War, Águilas remained in the rear of the area loyal to the Republic, suffering aerial bombardments from the Italian air force and from the rebels coming from Mallorca.

Starting in the 1920s, the mining crisis led to a decline in the population, an emigration that continued in the 1950s and 1960s. Their main destinations were to Catalonia, mainly to the province of Barcelona (Moncada and Reixach) in Spain, southern France, Switzerland (Basel) and Germany. Until the proliferation of intensive greenhouse agriculture and the development of beach tourism, as well as the improvement of transportation infrastructure (highways and highways) reversed the population flow, becoming a recipient of immigrants.

Águilas has a population of (INE "National Institute of Statistics (Spain)") 2025).

According to the 2020 census, 4,290 people are of foreign nationality, 12% of the population of Águilas, mainly from Europe and Africa.[8]​.

Today, the town's economy is mainly supported by summer second-home tourism and intensive agriculture of fruits (peaches, oranges "Orange (fruit)"), lemons, melons and watermelons) and greenhouse vegetables (tomato, lettuce, eggplant, zucchini, capers) with its classification, storage and distribution plants for both the product and the necessary infrastructure (for example, warehouses for water pipes, plastic greenhouses, workshops, etc.).

At the time, the construction of various marinas, luxury hotel and residential complexes was planned for the foreign and national population with a high purchasing power, with the problem that the location of these new developments was located in natural areas classified as protected by the European Union, such as the Cabo Cope-Calnegre or La Zerrichera regional park. lack of protection of land in the Cope Marina, led to the paralysis of that project.

Other economic sectors are: construction, fishing, shipyards (fishing boats), railway workshops, aquaculture (bream and sea bass), hospitality and commerce.

Municipal government

The political administration of the city is carried out through a democratically managed City Council whose members are elected every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral roll is made up of all residents registered in Águilas over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the Law of the General Electoral Regime,[10]​ which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the municipal corporation of Águilas is made up of 21 councilors.

The d'Hondt system is the electoral method used in Spain to distribute city council members approximately proportionally to the votes obtained by the candidates.

To obtain representation on the City Council you must obtain 5% of the votes.

In the municipal elections held in Águilas in 2015, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez lost the elections. In this way, the PP obtained 9 councilors, 3 less than in the previous legislature, while the PSOE obtained 3 more councilors, going from 7 minutes to 10, and its candidate, María del Carmen Moreno, became the first mayor elected in the municipality. Izquierda Unida "Izquierda Unida (Spain)"), like Ganar Águilas IP (IU, Verdes and CLI-AS) maintained 1 councilor with respect to the previous elections. Águilas Podemos, as a group of voters of the Podemos party " Podemos (political party)") also obtained 1 councilor. Citizens who also ran did not obtain any councilor. The MASd did not show up.

Services

• - AP-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Toll Highway) in one direction towards Almería: to Pulpí, Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"). In Vera "Vera (Almería)") connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) to Almería and the rest of the southern peninsula along the coast.

In the other direction towards the district of Calabardina, the Lorca district of Ramonete, Mazarrón, Fuente Álamo de Murcia and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), then passing through the San Javier airport in the Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community: Torrevieja and Crevillente in the province of Alicante. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Elche in the province of Alicante and Alicante as well as the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast north to the French border.

• - RM-11 Autonomous Highway, to Lorca. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Puerto Lumbreras, in the Region of Murcia, Almería and Granada (the latter via the A-91 A-92N from Puerto Lumbreras) in one direction and towards Murcia and the Valencian Community: Alicante in the other direction. In Lorca the highway, RM-11, becomes the regional highway C-3211 towards Caravaca de la Cruz.

• - National highway N-332 RM-332 RM-333. It runs parallel to the AP-7 E-15 and in one section overlaps with the RM-11 Regional Highway. In one direction it goes towards Mazarrón and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), within the Region of Murcia. On the other, towards San Juan de los Terreros (the coastal district of Pulpí), Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"), in the province of Almería.

Águilas has the Águilas-El Labradorcico stop and the Águilas station, which is the terminus for the Cercanías trains of line C-2 "Line C-2 (Cercanías Murcia/Alicante)") of Cercanías de Murcia. Of the 16 daily trains on line C-2, only 3 travel the entire line. From Águilas it goes to Lorca through Pulpí (Almería), Almendricos and Puerto Lumbreras. And from Lorca to Murcia through La Hoya "La Hoya (Lorca)"), Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla and Alcantarilla "Alcantarilla (Spain)").

Since July 13, 2012, an Intercity train "Intercity (Renfe)") has been running, only during the summer and some weekends. Madrid-Águilas every Friday and Águilas-Madrid every Sunday. And since the summer of 2013 a Talgo train "Talgo (Renfe)") Barcelona-Águilas, only during the summer.

It has a bus station located next to the Águilas railway station, where the following interurban line provides service:.

The following long-distance bus lines also provide service:

In addition, the municipality has several urban lines that operate under the Águilas Movilidad brand.

Águilas has a taxi service at the following stops:

The closest airport is the Region of Murcia International Airport. The following in proximity are: Almería airport and Alicante-Elche airport.

Águilas is a maritime district of the same name that belongs to the maritime province of Cartagena. The district extends from Tarais beach to Puntas de Calnegre beach "Puntas de Calnegre Beach (Lorca)") and consists of the following nautical facilities:

• - Port of Águilas. (CT-2)

• Uses: and .

Fishing use is limited to inshore fishing. The port has a boat slipway.

• - Juan Montiel sports port. [15]​

• Uses: .

• - Club Náutico de Águilas marina. [15]​

• Uses: .

In Águilas there are three seaports. Two of them of a recreational-sports nature: The Águilas Marina and the Juan Montiel Marina, recently built. In addition to the fishing-commercial port. Currently the commercial use is null, transforming into a sports-fishing port located at the foot of the San Juan de las Águilas Castle and with the Punta Negra lighthouse.

Previously, since its construction, the fishing-commercial port was dedicated to inshore fishing and commercial esparto traffic. Next to the El Hornillo pier "Playa del Hornillo (Águilas)") it was used to load mineral from the mines of Alto Almanzora in the province of Almería and Cuevas del Almanzora through the railway managed by the company The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Limited. There was a branch that connected it to the station (what today is a part of the Paseo de la Bahía de Levante or Paseo de Parra). In the seventies, eighties and nineties of the century the commercial use was for loading cement or sand for cement. In the 1980s, a fish auction market was built on the fishing dock. In the nineties of the century, a reform of the port was carried out, building another dock for a boat dock and mooring for small fishing and sports boats. The entrances were renovated, demolishing the old workshops and warehouses, transforming them into walks and gardens; Its commercial use also ceased. In the first years of the century the fish market was demolished, and the new fish auction market was built in what was the commercial and shelter dock, transforming it into the fishing and shelter dock.

Sport

Because it is a coastal town, water sports are practiced in the Águilas Marina and the Juan Montiel Marina. In addition, various athletics and triathlon events are held annually in the streets of the town, and on some occasions, cycling events.

• - Águilas F.C., newly created in 2010, which uses the El Rubial soccer field.

• - Sporting Club Aguileño"), newly created in 2008 with the name of the old predecessor club of Águilas C.F.

• - Águilas C.F., which dated back to 1896 and was one of the oldest in Spain, disappeared in 2010.

There are also two other soccer fields where you can practice; Brothers Buitrago and Muñoz Calero.

A fixed bench rowing regatta in the area (falucho "Falucho (boat)"), llaut Mediterráneo... without having yet cataloged the type of boat to be used in said regatta), is held in the port bay on the occasion of the August festivities.

It can be done in the various clubs in the town and in Calabardina.

In the Águilas marina and in the Juan Montiel marina.

In addition, Águilas has several private gyms, where you can practice: Paddle tennis, Karate, Aerobics, Spinning, Gymnastics, etc. being, for a few years, an important focus for Murcian karate.

The sports infrastructures of Águilas are the following:

• - El Rubial soccer field.

• - Diego Calvo Varela sports pavilion.

Águilas has a municipal sports center to practice various sports, which has the following equipment:.

In addition, Águilas also has the Huerto Don Jorge civic and sports center with the following facilities:

Various paddle sports clubs and private gyms.

• - Moncada and Reixach (Barcelona), Spain. Twinned since 2002, mainly due to the number of people from Águilas who emigrated to that Barcelona town.[17]​.

• - DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ, L. History of Águilas. Notebooks of Aguileños Topics No. 6, from the Royal Academy of Alfonso Eagles, 2000.

• - GARCÍA ANTÓN, J. Brief History of Águilas. Murcia, DM Librero-Editor, 2002.

• - HERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, J. de D. “The salting factory on c/ Cassola – Paseo de la Constitución (Águilas, Murcia)”. Memories of Archeology 11 (2002), pp. 339–358.

• - HERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, J. de D. "The Islamic Cemetery of Águilas. Emergency excavation at Calle San Juan, 1. Preliminary report." Memoirs of Archeology 12 (2004), pp 435–450.

• - GÓMEZ CARRASCO, J.M. "Virtual reconstruction as a museographic instrument of the new archaeology, the example of the Roman baths of Águilas. Memory of works and method." Arqueomurcia Magazine 1 (2003).

• - PALACIOS, F. “Cope Tower”. Contributions to the History of Águilas (1989), pp 71–79.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Eagles.

• - Águilas City Council.