Weary of hot temperatures in Granada, we quickly realized that in order to feel an ocean breeze, we would need to head south for the Mediterranean.
The famous and over-touristed Costa del Sol with its high-rise condos and shiny yachts didn’t much appeal to us; a quieter, adjacent portion of the southern coast, known as the Costa Tropical, with its azure water, chalky cliffs, and (faux) Roman ruins, surely did.
But first, we’d have to get through El Torcal, a hot and rocky hilltop landscape that used to be at the bottom of the sea, and then an endless traffic jam in Malaga, hometown of Picasso. [Read more...]
