Blogs from Salobreña, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

3 hours of sleep later I think I have partially recovered from last night! We went to Lanjaron for the Fiesta del Agua and afterwards went to Salobreña for a big bonfire and late night ocean swimming! We arrived in Lanjaron around 9/930 pm and there was a giant parade with probably 20 different floats of people with music and crazy costumes and facepaint etc etc. driving down the one “big” road in Lanjaron, this little mountain town about 30 minutes away from Granada. We hung out for a little just dancing and drinking tinto and hanging out with everyone until the water fight that started at 12. There were thousands of people crammed into this street running around with buckets, water guns, water balloons etc., their source of water? The fire hoses that the locals ... read more

Salobrena - it's no Torremolinos After four days in Granada we were thoroughly sick of bagels and fancied a change of pace, so we travelled an hour out of the city to the Costa Tropical. Not one of the most famous Costas...it was no Costa del Sol or Costa Brava. But there were a lot of ex-pats wearing socks and sandals and a supermarket that sold HP Sauce and PG Tips (but no Marmite. What's that about?)... Salobrena is quite a small beach resort with a black sand beach - which is probably why it's not so popular with the package deal tourists. Apparently it is quite popular with the Spanish though. The main part of the town is by the beach, with the old Moorish quarter cascading down the side of the hill behind ... read more