| Torrox coastline has an expanding
infrastructure, capable of offering the very best amenities to 30,000
people, approximately: apartments, bangalows, chalets, hotel rooms, campsites,
and the rural lodgings that are developing. The two main batteries are
Ferrara and El Morche. they centralize the two urban nucleus of the coast
and offer all the amenities and services.
La Carraca, El Peñoncillo, Mazagorraba, Calaceite and Vilchez, complete
a geography where large and small beaches can be found. Torrox has all
the comforts without the overcrowding of other tourist destinations.
The eastern part of the Costa del Sol-Axarquía has 30 kilometres
of beaches stretching from Rincón
de la Victoria to the boundary with the Province of Granada. It
is slightly different from the rest of the Province of Malaga in both
the way the beaches are used and the type of tourism it attracts. Torre
del Mar, Torrox and Nerja have long sandy beaches, around Nerja and
at Maro the cliffs form small coves where there is a nudist beach. The
sea is usually crystal clear and the beaches are all fairly near the
N-340 road which makes it easy to reach them. Here there is a different
kind of tourist to the cosmopolitan western Costa del Sol.
Travellers who want to explore the villages of the Axarquía
can combine sunbathing and swimming with an appetiser and the good local
wine in the popular "chiringuitos", as the beach restaurants
are called here. They are right on the beach, almost at the water’s
edge. Friends meet here to chat and share a dish of shellfish, paella
or fried fish. You can sail, windsurf, fish or scuba dive from any of
the beaches and all kinds of ball games can be played on the beach.
There are cafeterias, restaurants and bars all along the Paseo Maritimo
(promenade) at Torre del Mar, Torrox and Nerja - the ideal place for
a drink while you listen to the sound of the waves.
Some of the venues even offer live music. Beaches where you can still
see the fishermen bringing in the nets full of silver fish at sunset
or first thing in the morning. Beaches to enjoy a beach party around
a fire where sardines are being roasted on a skewer. Beaches for a fleeting
midsummer’s night’s romance in Torrox.
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