The bestist so far ...

We left Torre del Mar yesterday morning, heading for Granada, but as we were heading along the motorway Elaine said, "That looks nice down there, lets get off the motorway and check it out".  I am so glad we did as we explored our most bestist (is it a word?) and fantastic place yet.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Nerja .. I am sure loads of poms have been there for their hols, but to us it was just so fantastic ... touristy but still very Spanish.

One of the many lovely streets ...

We had lunch at a lovely little cafe up a side street, the chap next to us was having lunch with his parrot!! 

There were actually quite a few people about ... it's just that when I get the camera out they hide! 

The town square and church ...

Lovely views ... 

The wind had dropped down so it was very pleasant.....actually it was 'kin fantastic! 

It was so nice we went into a couple of very helpful real estate offices to check out prices.  It is definitely a bit more exy then a lot of other places in Spain but it was oh so special ...

By now Bombo was over the view ... 

We weren't ... 

Boom!

Lovely crystal clear water ... 

Sammie said, check this out...white pointers!!  

So many restaurants and bars ... 

Later in the afternoon we carried on our trip up to Granada.

There was still a bit of snow on the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas ... 

Once again fantastic, deserted roads ... 

We had a query the other day as to whether the dogs prefer the boat or the motorhome.

They are more relaxed in the motorhome and generally just sleep! 

It was quite late by the time we reached Granada and moored up for the night.  We found a nice little site on the outskirts of Granada.  The first people we bumped into were four Aussies from South Australia - they were sitting having drinks, so invited us to join them!  We went to get the dogs out of the van and when we got back they had gotten out a big Aussie flag and displayed it across the front of the table!  They were really nice people and we had a good 'yarn'!!

.  One of the couples (Graham and Colleen) was in a motorhome, which he bought for £2000 two years ago on Ebay, and comes over for the European summer.  The other couple (Bob and Ginny) had a car and caravan and who do the same thing.  During the winter they head off back down under whilst the vehicles are stored at Weston Super Mare.  I got them very interested in narrowboating!  

They were leaving this morning, heading to Gibraltar so we had a quick photo opportunity.   I was still in my dressing gown, it was 08.30 am!! 

This morning we headed off to check out the Alhambra Palace ... 

We walked around the perimeter as we had the dogs with us.  They were not allowed into the palace and it was too hot to leave them in the van ...

Incredible building ...

Lovely views across to Granada ... 

Elaine, the women in red, coming down the stairs (with Bombo up on the wall again!)... 

We left Granada in the afternoon and headed back down across the mountains to the coast.

Bombo assumed the position ... 

The landscape changed drastically on our drive back down to the coast.  We saw lots of caves and cave-houses but couldn't get a good shot of them ...

At one point on the journey, it looked like we had landed on the moon - the landscape was so rugged and barren looking.

Totally deserted roads for a change ... 

We passed the odd fort ... 

Yay, we can see the sea ... 

We stopped by at a Supermarket to get supplies then carried on to the closest camp site.  Closing in on the campsite the road got very narrow ... 

But oh so much fun!! 

That's us in the centre of the pic.

Where we stayed: 

La Garrofa, Almeria (great pics on their website - shows the road a treat!)

Coordinates:  N 36o   49' 35"          W   2o   30' 59"

An older camp site ... little bit run down but right on the beach!!  Has all facilities / services you need. 

Is in the Camping Card / ACSI book so was 16 Euros a night, inc. one wifi hook up.

Has a nice terraced bar.