Took ages to upload the pics so we are a day late with the blog.
Yesterday morning we headed up the scenic Mediterranean highway ...
Next place on the map was the Monty Python favourite of 'Torremolinos...Torremolinos'! Once again, we just cruised through ...
We skirted past Malaga and headed up the hills. Malaga looked huge with hundreds of apartment blocks ...
Our destination was Vinuela which is about 30 mins in from the coast. We had seen Vinuela on the TV show 'A Place In The Sun'. Also at one of the shows we met a Geordie chap that had been living there for sixteen years and highly recommended it, so we had high expectations! It was a lovely little village but far to quiet. Elaine said it reminded here of a retirement village she worked at back in Sydney. We are trying to find a balance of not too many tourists, but with a bit of life.
We are trying to find Manly in Spain lol...
So Vinuela was crossed off the list quite quickly.
Very close by was Lake Vinuela so we went and checked it out, the colour of the water was amazing, it was Turquoise. Unfortunately there were signs everywhere saying no swimming!
There was a BBQ area but it looked like it had been razed by a bushfire - not too appealing ...
We then headed back to the coast. I set the co-ordinates in Tom Tom and away we went ... we got to the reception area and a chap walked in front of the van with his 'old fella' hanging out!! I checked the camping card book and my co-ordinates and realised we had arrived at a nudist camp site!!
I wanted to stay but Elaine said that it would be unfair to the other male members!!!
Off we went to site no 2 just down the road. It was deserted and a bit crappy but we checked in as we were feeling tired and it was right on the beach. After we parked up we noticed signs everywhere NO DOGS!
We went back to reception to tell them we had 2 dogs. "I am sorry, you cannot stay here"... woohoo, what a relief - we didn't want to anyway!
Site no 3 was a couple of k's down the road and was much nicer, with a restaurant, pool, good shade etc. plus it was dog friendly, which mostly they are. With the camping card book they are all the same price 16 Euros, incl elec, wifi etc. (which is a big saving on the usual prices).
We took ourselves and the boys for a walk into the town of Torre Del Mar which was about 500 metres away from the site ...
It was warm but windy and it was playing havoc with the beach beds!
We really liked the feel of the place ...
The prom was lovely and goes the full length of the beach which is 4 k's long.
Once again there so few people about. Apparently it all kicks off in July, August and September.
It was like walking the dogs along the Manly seafront again. ...
Had we found our place?
By now we were getting peckish so stopped at a nice bar on the beach and had a yummy Paella ...
A little girl was playing nearby with a toy cockroach but it scared Sammie to death ... it was only an inch long!
We walked back to the site along the deserted beach ...
It was just so lovely we are going to stay for another day and check it out on the treadlies ...
Where we stayed:
Laguna Playa Torre Del Mar (Malaga) Andalucia.
Nice place - all facilities you need and loads of shade. Right on the beach.
Co-ordinates: N 36o 43' 46" W 4o 6' 9"
I don't intend making recommendations, as one person's paradise is another's nightmare, but you are now very close to our neck of the woods in Spain, which is the City of Almeria. We usually stay just outside in Retamar, but now we have our motorhome will be using Camping Cabo de Gata, which I do know is dog friendly.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, we will check it out.
DeleteI like the idea of putting at the bottom of each blog where you stayed. Good for you to remember and for other folk doing what you're doing. Looks like you're having a great time!
ReplyDeleteElly x
Loving it Elly xx
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