Location: Nerja area < Costa del Sol - Malaga < Spain
Nearest Beach:
beach at 10.0
Metres
Car: not necessary
Nerja is a town which offers the charm of a simple Spanish village, traditionally dependent on fishing and agriculture and sheltered by the mountains to the North, it enjoys a specially mild climate.
Nerja is on the seashore some 50 kilometres from Málaga on the N340 coastal highway, and marks the eastern tip of Málaga's Costa del Sol. Once a sleepy fishing village, the town now has a population of over 12,000.
Nerja boasts 16 kilometres of beaches with powdery sand and sparkling clear water. All major water sports are available here, including water skiing, scuba diving and sailing.
Flanked by a dramatic mountain range, Sierra Almijara, to the east, the town has, fortunately, managed to avoid being blighted by the concrete high-rise scenario which has been the inevitable result of the tourist boom in some of the coastal resorts. The old quarter of the town is still virtually unchanged with narrow, winding streets, whitewashed houses with wrought iron terraces
