YOU COULD BE HERE!
Whats not to love about untouched beaches, palm trees, incredible food, kilometers of incredible trails and sunshine for an average of 300 days per year.
Our little corner of the Coasta de La Luz ‘Coast of light’ is famous in Spain for it’s surf, beaches, and celebrities, and you can see why!
The coastline and hills behind are dotted with beautiful ‘Pueblo Blancos’ - white towns with narrow cobbled streets to wander through, and plazas teeming with life as restaurants and bars spill into the streets.
In Andalucia life is lived outside, and it’s people in my opinion are the most friendly and welcoming people in Spain.
Marina has been a local here all her life and has shown me some of the best places to eat and drink, swim and surf, walk and spend a sunset.
We hope to share all of this with you, along of course with some amazing cycling. Although famous for surf and summer holidays, cycling, and especially Gravel cycling, is relatively untouched and that’s why I’ve been spending the last year exploring, searching, getting lost, and searching some more for routes that range from 30-120km, criss-crossing the coast, and out into the hills across the some of the most important wetlands for migratory birds in Europe.
Our Local Towns
Vejer de la frontera
Ancient hilltop fortress town built by the Moors and one of the most beautiful towns in Spain. Wonderful views of the ocean and the mountains. Resturants with fantastic local food, fusion and Morroccan inspired dishes, Jazz festivals, and steeped in history, Vejer is just up the hill behind the house and a must visit.
Conil de la frontera
Ernest Hemingway called Conil de la Frontera "el pueblo más bonito de España". He visited the town in 1959 and was so taken with it that he compared it to Cojimar, Cuba, which inspired his novel The Old Man and the Sea.
Conil still holds true to its roots as a fishing town with fishing boats working daily to supply the local resturants with freshly caught Lubina, Pargo, Dorada, and of course Tuna. Its beautiful beach stretches for 10km down to the Trafalgar lighthouse where over 200 years ago Nelson, heavily outnumbered, won the battle of Trafalagar against the Spanish and French natives.
El Palmar
This beachside villlage is the surf capital of the area with a strip of surf schools and bars that look out over the beach. A 15 min ride from the yurts it’s a lovely spot for a drink or a bite to eat while watching the sunset and the surfers.
Los Caños de Meca
Originally called Los Caños de Meca because of the fresh water that runs out of the cliffs of the beach, Los Caños has a much more relaxed vibe to it than the beachside party of El Palmar.
Nestled in the bay behind the lighthouse of Trafalgar, and backed up with the natural park of La Breña behind, it’s small restaurants, cafes and bars, make this one of our favourite places on the coast.
