Roquetas
de Mar / Andalusia
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The beach of Roquetas de Mar was
not as fine sandy as our guide told us. There were much more
stony parts than sandy ones, but in the second week Ralf found a
sandbank about 15 meters off the shore that was high enough to
stand there, at a height of 1,75 m or more. Roquetas is divided
up very strange. There's a centre where (in June) nothing
happens; then you may follow the beach promenade for more than 1
mile (nearly) without seeing any restaurant or shop to reach the
hotelzone of Roquetas with the main street and a number of shops,
restaurants and bars.
Unfortunately there have only been young
families and pensioners. So the nightlife was embossed by
pensioners from 10.30 p.m. til the end. There are only on handful
of bars and pubs for young people, which have been rarely filled
on Saturday and might be full in summer. Another problem was to
find something to eat in the afternoon. No fast-food or something
like that could be bought between 3 p.m. (restaurants stopped
cooking) and 5 p.m. then opened the shops and we could buy some
cakes. The next Mc Donald's is 25 min. away (by car) in Almería
and also a Carrefour (former PRYCA). |
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Comment 1:
Beautiful hotels, boring (empty) and not attractive beach, no
nightlife; only a place for young families and pensioners to
relax. Nothing for young people who like to have partytime.
Surroundings
and the Costa de Almería
The surroundings in about 70 miles
are not very exciting. Having seen a part of Andalucia (Costa del
Sol 1994) this region was disappointing. some scattered white
villages, some beautiful lonesome beaches near San José, some
desolate desert, a not so impressing coast (Gran Canaria was
better) at the Cabo de Gata and the certainty of the Sierra
Nevada or Nerja having been more interesting, that might be my second
comment. However we didn't see the Alcazaba of Almería;
this might have been a mistake.
Here are some of my
few photos I made on our three trips, with a short comment.
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José |
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Playa de
Mónsul with a view to the Cabo de Gata |
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| View to the
bay and the beach of San José, behind the Cabo de Gata . |
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The
Playa de Mónsul (near San José), is a beautiful
lonesome beach that could only be reached by driving some
miles on a very bad stony road. |
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| Landscape
near San José |
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Left
western-town near Tabernas |
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Typical
landscape in the surroundings of
San José and his beaches. |
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The former
wester-town "Texas-Hollywood" lays in Europe's
largest desert. Some miles away there is the still opened
"Mini-Hollywood". |
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| Ohanes |
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Ohanes |
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| White
village between the Sierra de Gádor and Sierra Nevada... |
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... that I
found by accident on one of my trips. |
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| Church
in Níjar |
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View in
the Sierra de Gádor |
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| Níjar is
famous for it's handmade quilt and pottery. It's really Andalusian. Visit it if you're near. |
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For this
view I drove up a long winding road. Beside of Ohanes it
was the only interesting thing on my trip through the
Sierra de Gádor. |
The End!!!
Translated in may 2001
