Nicolás Salmerón Park is an urban park, between the port and the city. It is divided into three areas known as Parque Viejo, Parque Nuevo and Paseo de San Luis.

The Parque Viejo, as the area next to the port is popularly known, from the Rambla de la Chanca to the roundabout of the Fuente de los Peces fountain by Jesús de Perceval, at the foot of Calle Real, was designed by José María de Acosta and is home to a multitude of centenary trees. The park's surroundings are adorned with fountains and ponds, along with street furniture and rows of palm trees.

For its part, the Parque Nuevo is an area adorned with ponds and fountains redesigned by Guillermo Langle Rubio in the 1970s for the celebration of Spain's naval week. It runs from the aforementioned roundabout to Avenida de la Reina Regente.

The park was created in 1860 after the demolition of the original bastion of San Luis and the part of the wall that ran parallel to the Port. This part of the park, which today (2009) is colloquially known as Parque Viejo, was designed by José Martínez Acosta around 1890. At the beginning of the 20th century the park was dedicated to King Alfonso XIII on the occasion of his first visit to Almería. In 1913 the Town Hall handed over its upkeep and maintenance to the Junta de Obras del Puerto (Port Works Board).

After the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931, the city council decided to revise the names of the streets and squares of the city and in this context the park was renamed Nicolás Salmerón Park, a famous Almerian born in Alhama de Almería, known for being one of the presidents of the First Republic.

After the Civil War, the Town Hall demolished some buildings in the impassable Pescadores Street and the municipal architect Guillermo Langle extended it into another section that we know today (2009) as Parque Nuevo, forming the landscaped area that we know today. The Franco regime dedicated it to José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, and it kept that name until the end of the regime.

With the arrival of democracy, on 20 December 1979, the full council approved that it should henceforth be called Parque de Nicolás Salmerón.