The South Coast of Spain, part 2

El Dedo and Malaga

Following on from our last blog post, ‘The South Coast of Spain, part 1’, we left Benalmedina after doing our laundry and filling up our water tank.

We headed to a nice park up, it was right next to the beach at a place called El Dedo. The beach we were parked by was very rocky and not really a suitable place to swim. Just a short 5 minute walk though, past a marina and then there was a lovely sandy beach that was great for swimming. Here’s the sign on the beach.

It was a nice walk to get there, past the marina.

And here’s a couple of photos from where we were actually parked

We stayed here for a couple of days. On the second day we cycled to Malaga. We only got to have a quick look around as Dee wasn’t feeling that well as he had a bad cough.

I only managed to get a couple of photos from the Pedro Luis Alonso Gardens, which we were able to have a walk around in the centre of town, they were very pretty. The building behind is Malaga Town Hall.

I’m not even sure what the building is behind? If you’re reading this and you know then please, we’d love to know.

I believe there is a lot more to see in Malaga but as said Dee wasn’t at his best, possibly an excuse to come back another time. 🤣

We stopped on the way back for drinks. Here’s the view and me with a sangria!

The following day we decided to move on but before we did we managed to get a good shot of the sunrise where we were parked.

Nerja

Our next stop was Nerja which we’d been hearing a lot about. Nerja (pronounced Nerya) really had a lovely feel to it and seemed to have everything. It is in fact one of the most sought after destinations on the costa del sol. It attracts tourists but at the same time it still has the charm and feel of a traditional fishing village. It sits at the bottom of the Sierra de Tejada mountains.

We were lucky to find that the car park right in the centre of town was in fact free. It was very easy to walk everywhere from here.

Here’s a couple of photo’s from the top looking over the beach where I did go and swim a couple of times during our stay.

There was a cut through from the car park into town which was really handy. The roads were a bit of a maze initially, at least for me but we did get to know where to go after a few attempts!

Dee managaed to buy a new hat, he’d been looking for one for a while.

I swam a couple of times at the nearest beach. It was a bit of a walk down and then up again but a lovely little beach with a really cute little cottage. It didn’t look like anyone was actually living there, maybe just a holiday home.

We also discovered that the most popular beach at Nerja was a short walk away. It also involved some steep uphill climbing but it was worth it. It was called Burrianna. It was a big white sandy beach and it had a few restaurants and bars. Dee was able to sit and have a beer while I went for a swim.

Frigiliana

The following day we decided to get a bus up into Frigiliana, it wasn’t very far and was a village in the mountains.

We had to walk to the other side of town to catch the bus. Whilst we were waiting we discovered that it is still compulsory to wear face masks on the Spanish bus! Luckily they do have a stock on the bus for those like us who didn’t know! Here we are, felt like a bit of a throwback.

Frigiliana was such a lovely pretty village. It was very steep and there were lots of stairs. We were surprised that so many elderly people seemed to live there. I’m guessing that many of them have lived their whole lives there.

As you get off the bus there is a 16th Century Renaisssance palace which is currently being used as a sugar cane factory. I didn’t get any photos as it wasn’t as grand as it sounds!

It was difficult to choose which photo’s of Frigiliana to choose! It was such a quaint and colourful village as you can see below. In the end I just chose a selection and included the church as well.

We had a lovely lunch up there in the mountains. With some great views too.

After lunch we had a wander back down through the windy streets and steps back to wait for our bus back to Nerja. It had been well worth the visit.

In our next post we head off to find the perfect park up for spending Xmas on the beach.

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