Villages of the Lecrin Valley   Costa Tropical   Sierra Nevada   Granada city 
 
 La Alpujarra   Almeria 
 
Granada's coastline is known as the Costa Tropical because of its high year-round temperatures. Augmented by excellent crop irrigation from the snowmelt of the Sierra Nevada this tropical climate creates the perfect growing conditions for sugar cane, avocados and fruit that are usually found in more southern climes.
 
There are several towns along this stretch that are worth visiting. Almuñecar is popular with Spanish visitors and has an attractive historic quarter and some beautiful beaches in coves between rocky outcrops, a common feature of this coastline. Almuñecar is great for shopping, dining and wining, and every first Saturday of the month there is a large carboot sale in aid of cancer research.
 
  Salobrena
The jewel of the Costa Tropical is Salobreña, a whitewashed township clinging to huge lump of rock just back from the shoreline, topped by a Moorish castle and surrounded by lush sugar cane plantations. Along the beach you find a variety of restaurants, bars and shops.
 
La Herradura, named after the horseshoe (herradura) shape of its bay. Although somewhat blighted from insensitive development on its Cliffside outskirts, the centre has retained its friendly character and its pebble beach has a wooden pier and some great chiringuito beach bars.
 
  Salobrena     Almunecar