Almuñécar on the Costa Tropical

7 March 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Almuñécar Beach © Paul Munhoven

Almuñécar Beach © Paul Munhoven

Almuñécar is a municipality in the Spanish Autonomous Region of Andalusia on the Costa Tropical between Nerja (Málaga) and Motril (Granada). It has a subtropical climate. Almuñécar lies in the Province of Granada, and has around 26,000 citizens (2006). Since the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, the town of Almuñécar has become one of the most important tourist towns in Granada and this section of coast is now called the Costa Tropical. Almuñécar has good transport connections and a football (soccer) stadium. It is an important setting in Laurie Lee’s account of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, referred to as “Castillo” to disguise people’s identities.   read more…

Cádiz in Andalusia

11 December 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cadiz Palace - City Hall © Falkue

Cadiz Palace – City Hall © Falkue

Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.   read more…

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