Category Archives: Costa Tropical

The light at the end of the tunnel today is Gualchos.  This tiny sleepy village is neatly nestled between the sea and Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, it’s extremely pretty – a picture postcard and totally non-commercialised.  I guess that most of the residents here are Spanish although I understand that a few expats have movedContinue reading “Gualchos”

We headed out east today, past Motril to the town of Adra. The thing that overwhelmed me more than anything (despite being surrounded by beautiful mountains) was the sea of plastic.  This is true agricultural land and every spare centimetre of land is covered in plastic.  It is tropical fruit growing country, big time. AdraContinue reading “Adra, La Rabita, Los Yessos and Castell de Fero”

About 4 miles east of Almunecar along the coast is La Herradura.  We drove down into the bay through pine forests, past some gorgeous villas.  I wonder if we could afford to live here?  It has a very upmarket feel about it and is definitely the best place we have seen. The seafront is prettyContinue reading “La Herradura”

Alumnecar is our next stop and our day is definitely improving.  We got out and had a walk around the old town.  This is a really lovely town, about the same size as Falmouth.  Quite Spanish but there are clearly quite a few nationalities about. We walked up into the old town, where the streetsContinue reading “Almuñécar”

Today we decided to go inland to start. We travelled east from Nerja to Salobrena and then north to Velez de Benaudalla. The town is set in a valley with beautiful mountains all around it.  Velez de Benaudalla is a small but lively Spanish working town and as such is well equipped with amenities ofContinue reading “Salobreña and Vélez de Benaudalla”