San José / Playa de Mónsul (Cabo de Gata) – 27.2.2022

We stayed at an idyllic place for the night (on the Mesa de Roldán), but the next day was windy and cool, so we drove off. We stopped at San José. It’s a touristy place, but due to the season there weren’t many people. On our walk to the harbour we saw some interesting plants…

Playa del Corral / Mesa de Roldán – 26.2.2022

Our first stop was in Carboneras, for a coffee. We watched a kite surfer, surfing in the strong wind! The next stop was at the Playa del Corral. The rocks and the rough sea were great to watch! Right next to that beach was the Mesa de Roldán. It’s a coral reef that was built…

Playa La Carolina / Palomares – 25.2.2022

Our morning walk around the beach, and to both sides of it, provided us with a lot of fantastic views. En route we saw different types of holiday places… Sometimes it turns out advantageous when I feel carsick – we have to stop for a break. On that occasion we stopped at a bird sanctuary…

Cala Blanca – 24.2.2022

What a beautiful coastline ! We then drove down the coast, past Aguilas, and past a lot of vegetable fields, to the Cabo Cope. Even more south, at the Playa La Carolina, we stopped for the night.

Cabo Tiñoso / Bolnuevo – 23.2.2022

The Bateria de Castillitos (on Cabo Tiñoso) is another world war II ruin. If the reason for their existence wasn’t so terrible, the buildings themselves would look quite good, with their little towers. The guns were apparantly manufactured in Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness! I preferred taking photos of birds, rather than guns… On the way down the…

Cabo de Palos / Cabo Tiñoso – 22.2.2022

We intended to just go for a stroll around the lighthouse, but we ended up walking all over Cabo de Palos. We then drove on to the Cabo Tiñoso to stay for the night. The narrow and bumpy roads reminded us of Iceland 🙂 We walked up to the Bateria del Atalayõn (a military defence…

Parc Natural El Fondo

Not far from Elx there is a birdwatching place, a nature park. We saw lots of different ducks and flamingos. After a bit of a walk we came to a more secluded place to watch more flamingos, and some cormorans. The guy at the info center told us, we’d find some ducks with light blue…

Elx/Elche 19.2.2022

We decided to walk to the barrier lake not far from the car park. The landscape looks like a desert It’s been a long time since any electricity was produced The walk took us along the lake, and then through some interesting looking hills and a little canyon Of course we also saw a lot…