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Costa Tropical — Boutique Hotels & Travel Guide
The Costa Tropical, east of Málaga towards the border with Granada province, is the most underrated stretch of the Andalusian coast — a coastline of dramatic cliffs, clear water, and small resort towns that have never been developed to the scale of the Costa del Sol proper. The micro-climate here is the warmest in mainland Spain, sheltered by the Sierra Nevada to the north, allowing tropical fruits — avocado, mango, cherimoya — to grow at sea level.
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Almuñécar is the main town — a genuinely attractive resort with a Phoenician history, a Moorish castle, and beaches that are considerably less crowded than those to the west. The surrounding hills are covered in subtropical fruit plantations that give the landscape an almost Caribbean quality. The village of La Herradura, 5km west, has a perfect natural bay and some of the best diving on the Andalusian coast.
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The Costa Tropical is mild year-round — the warmest part of the Spanish mainland in winter. May through October for the beach. The tropical fruit harvest in autumn gives the local markets an extraordinary variety of produce unavailable anywhere else in Spain.
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The cherimoya from the hills above Almuñécar — a custard apple with a flavour somewhere between banana, pineapple, and vanilla — is considered the finest in the world. Buy them at the Saturday market in Almuñécar from the growers directly, at a price that makes supermarket fruit embarrassing. Eat them cold from the fridge with a spoon.
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