Andalusia has been the highlight of this trip for me whilst planning it the last four years. It’s a region that I know quite well after spending many mountain bike and hiking trips there as well as time on the coastline. But I had never travelled this far South in a campervan before so this would be a very new experience.
Leaving Guardamar we had planned to spend at least another week before arriving in Andalusia but after visiting a few dodgy park-up’s and driving all the way to naturist camping El-Portus only to find that it was completely shut down and somewhat derelict, even though their website said it was open, we were left a little disheartened. And with my sore throat now turning into a fever, we decided to find a campsite and hold out for a few days so my body could heal.
We took a couple of nights just outside Vera Playa where Leela went running and painting and I spent the time shivering and running back and fore to the sanitary block with a foul case of Montezuma’s Revenge. But fortunately I was fit and well again after an unpleasant 48 hours and we were soon back at the beach.
It was really amazing to be able to park the van just 10m from a naturist beach and be able to just walk straight into the ocean from the door. We sometimes don’t realise how lucky we are!
Spending a few nights here we also were able to walk naked the km or so along the coast to the naturist village of Playa Vera. This apartment complex has certainly seen better days and the streets are littered with closed down hotels, unfinished apartments, and bars and restaurants that certainly require some renovation. But the overall feel of the village is of relative safety to walk naked through the streets and the beachfront is quite nice with some bars and activity even so far out of season in early November.



Moving on we wanted to visit the hilltop town of Mojocar but were thwarted by dodgy parking once more and then spent a lovely night just outside Cabo de Gata National Park before the next day visiting Playa de Los Muertos which is ranked as one of the best two beaches in the whole of Spain. And we can confirm it was absolutely incredible! Perfectly clean small stone beach, amazing landscape and the cleanest water we have seen so far on this trip. We spent a wonderful day virtually alone and in very warm sun just soaking up this wonderful environment.
Reluctantly leaving when the sun was getting low we made our way deep into the national park to one of only a few legal park-ups to spend some time in that area before heading to the second of the best beaches in Spain!



We drove through this amazing landscape early one morning stopping at an incredible Mirador and picking up some fresh bread and pastries for a long day ahead. We made our way to San Jose where the tarmac ended and our clothes came off for the day, and drove the few km’s of dirt road to the parking lot at the end of this amazing peninsula.
First we visited Playa de Monsul which is a location used for many films including Indiana Jones. Here we were completely alone for the best part of an hour where we explored the neighbouring Ensenada de Monsul and Leela ran to the top of the huge sand dune that backs the beach and we swam in the cleanest ocean I think we both had ever seen. Going back to the van to pick up our things we then walked to Cala de la Media Luna where we found the perfect spot to enjoy this amazing day. It was the 7th of November and the sun shone a whopping 27 degrees the whole day! Still swimming in the pristine waters late in the afternoon we left the beach and went back to the van for an ice cold beer and a warm shower.





We knew we had to be out of the National Park by 8pm but we also wanted to get to our overnight location before dark, so very reluctantly putting our clothes back on after an incredible free day we started up and made our way out of Cabo de Gata. What an incredible place, we will for sure return.
Next. Lets move inland…
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