Nerja itself is a pleasant seaside village with three streets. Warm weather seeking northerners have mushroomed Nerja into a major resort town in the Costa Del Sol in the last few decades. One can hardly fault them, as the area's particular suitability for human habitation had long been evidenced by prehistoric cave paintings nearby (not being cave fans, we gave that a miss).
A century ago, the area grew sugar cane; even now vegetable and fruit fields extend all the way to the water. A good part of the fields have turned into housing developments for people from northern Spain and above who both vacation and retire here. I remember reading about such developments during the last financial crisis. We didn't think the area looked particularly boomy or depressed as there were a good many baby boomers roaming around muttering a multitude of languages. We so got the idea is Costa del Sol is like Florida for Europe!
Looking WEST from Balcón de Europa.
And then EAST....Cliffs and beaches, no?
And the Balcón itself faces SOUTH (more or less.)
Streets at night.
And in in the daytime.
Lifeguard stand, and paddle boat with slide.
Beach with elevator access.
At the edge of town, fruits and vegetables are grown below this modern-ish irrigation channel.
On our walk to Maro, a town 4 kms to the east, we passed this 19th century aqueduct. It brought water to a sugar factory.
Maro.
I was joking with SL that although Nerja was reminiscent of South Florida there were no early bird specials; then we saw this. ;-)
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