Pictures from my latest trip to Southern Spain

Well the price of property depends where you buy..Spain is quite a large country, and prices differ greatly as to whether you're in the south or North, and also if you buy close to the coast or a Golf course, or well inland in a typical Andalusion village. For example my daughter lives in a 100 year old 2 bedroom finca on the Campo up in the mountains , with a guest casita on her property and numerous outbuidlings ..and 5 acres of Land with almond trees and cherry trees where the nearest tiny white village with a solitary store is 10km's away...she has a pool but she has had to install her own water supply and generator...it has the most wonderful views but it's not close to any amenities.. 6 years ago her proeprty cost 300,000 euros which at 2009 prices would have been almost parity with US dollars..

On the other hand 12 years ago I bought a brand new triplex with an underbuild on a private gated community ( about 98 sq metres = 1,050 sq feet) with a shared pool and no land just very pretty communal gardens and private parking ..but close to all amenities in a large traditional Spanish village . next to a Golf course and only 6 km's from the beach...my house only has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.. and it cost 1/2 the price of my daughters' place..

However there was a huge financial crash in Spain in 2010 and over over 300,000 had their homes repossessed in the last 5 years , and so the banks have a glut of properties on their books and today it's definitely a buyers market in Spain. ..particularly inland !!
 

Oops sorry Jim, I thought I was on the written part of the Exam now .. :grin: No seriously it's nice when folks show an interest in a place, I'm the same I don't just go away for the views I can get those on the internet... I go for the sun, sand and Sangria..:cool:..LOL...kiddding...well of course I go for the sun, but I also love to know the history of the country I'm in..wouldn't do for me sitting around a hotel complex all day, I'd be bored stiff!!


Incidentally O/M..with regard to transport..Spaniards travel by Modern cars and motorbikes just as much as any of us, Modern air conditioned coaches and buses are used quite a lot as in All European cities ( although just about 200 years ago, buses in Spain were old and rickety and quite the experience ) but in the mountains or out on the Campo if you haven't got a 4x4 or a truck you use a Donkey or a horse and cart. Traffic is extremely heavy in the cities and around the large towns and coastal area..but out on the Motorways not so much because so many of them are Toll roads, and the Spanish would rather sit on a B road stuck in traffic than pay 2 euros to drive on an empty motorway..go figure!! The trains are regular, modern, fast and cheap, while we were there we rode the trains twice. Cost just 2.70 euros ( approx $3 USD) return for 10 stops...same journey here would take me in central London from the edge of North London where I live and it would cost me £15 ( approx $25 USD .. return )

Anyway back to the matters at hand..I'm just going to show photos eclectically now, it's taking a little too much time to try and slot them into chronological order, sorry folks if I'm jumping from one place to another.....so on with the show.. :D


This building is on the corner of a street in central Malaga..it has no special significance of which I'm aware but I just liked it..

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and one on the opposite corner ...
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This is a picture of the a Motorway approaching one of the many tunnels built under the mountains on the Main AP7 Malaga to Seville Road..almost all traffic left the motorway at the last slip road rather than pay a toll the other side of the tunnel of a couple of Euros, adding miles and lots of time to their journey!! Not us though..I like to stay on the motorway if I'm going some where in a hurry so much quicker.. :D

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Me dreaming of lands far away....

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Hubs dreaming of errm Mermaids perhaps..who knows..LOL

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Sardines being BBQ'd outdoors on one of the many dug out canoes at a beach restaurant

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A typical Spanish Casa in a courtyard the middle of village...these are very tiny looking from the outside but belie the space inside..

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One of the Many hundreds ..nay thousands of Tapas Bars on the Costa Del Sol...this one is situated inside an arcade so is completely undercover ...unlike most others..

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One of the aforementioned beach restaurant BBQ Canoes where they cook freshly caught Sardinas and sometimes calamaris..

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The little harbour at San pedro..

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A Shoal of Grey Mullet Harbour side San pedro near Marbella Malaga ..

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Bless you AC, I'm just chuffed that you all are enjoying them.. :D

Thanks Annie.. :D...and Jim, yep there's a whole load more to see in Spain...if only you could have been able to see it, but I hope these photos make you feel as though you were there.. :cool:
 
Falcon said:
Waited til the last pic to say how much I enjoyed looking at all the scenes in Spain.

You did such a good job of choosing the scenes and an excellent job of shooting them.

You and they are SO beautiful. Thanks a bunch.
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Falcon what a lovely thing to say...thank you muchly... :love_heart: glad you're enjoying them :D
 
The weather was good for the main part around the mid 80's F although we did have a few cloudy days which was a shame. There was no humidity , it's a dry heat.

It certainly does get Cold where daughter lives in the Mountains in the Costa del Sol. She doesn't live in a town she's up in the Campo near the top of the mountains, verrrry rural with no near neighbours.
There is no light pollution up there at all., there are no street lights whatsover because there's no streets only a 6 km dirt road leading up to her property from the main road leading from the nearest tiny White Village about 10km's away..which btw only has one little shop and 3 bars..The view at night overlooking the nearest town about 30 km's away is stunning ..seeing all the lights in the distance twinkling, but during the day you can't see the town at all, it's all mountainous and Lagoons . In the winter it sometimes gets down to as low as -6 degrees..She has a Wood Burning stove to keep the Finca warm, and it keeps the heat in well because her walls are made from 2 feet thick stone ..In the summer it stays nice and cool inside and she rarely except in August when temps reach high 90's ..has to use her AC.!!

OTOH...My own Casa which is on the Southern coast in a large village about 600km's from her on the Costa Blanca ..is a relatively new build , and the walls are nowhere nearly as thick, and it gets verrry hot in the summer so the AC is on a lot..and in the winter altho' the temps usually only get as low as about +5 degrees in Jan, feb and March...it feels much much colder in the house. It's warmer to be outside..and in the evening there has to be electric rads on in every room..no central heating there..it's all heated by Wood stoves, Calor gas ..or electricity.!!
 
Holly, the pics are beautiful and your shots are so colorful and well composed! I'm curious - did you eat the BBQ'd sardines? Were they good?
 
Glinda said:
Holly, the pics are beautiful and your shots are so colorful and well composed! I'm curious - did you eat the BBQ'd sardines? Were they good?
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I personally didn't Glinda , I hate sardines, but my o/h did... and he said they were delicious. We usually always eat fish at the beach bars, but I always have Calamaris :D
 
Aww that's nice of you Jim...I've got loads more yet, perhaps not quite so colourful, but I will get around to it perhaps later this evening but probably tomorrow. I just didn't want to overload folks all at once.. :D
 
Wow, Holly. You have 780 views so far! Shows how much people are enjoying your pictures. :)

OTOH, while current events are important, I’m just not in the mood today to read about/discuss a mass murder, racism, or politics.
 
Thanks AC.:D.I agree, I get enough reading about the hells going on in the world every day in the news, and I do read them because they are important and even on here I read the serious political discussions occasionally but don't join in...but many people come onto forums for a bit of light relief as well from the days problems as well as those who are genuinely interested in seeing parts of the world they have or haven't visited..and then there's the avid photgraphers like me who enjoys everyones picccies.. :D
 
A little trip around the small charming peaceful coastal town of San Pedro Near Marbella on the Costa Del Sol.

We spent a day visiting San pedro with the family.

This is the main thoroughfare..

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One end of the beautiful quiet beach which is lined with tapas bars and fish restaurants..

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Really nice looking place, Holly, looks like a perfect holiday getaway. Interesting that the streets are rather empty, maybe it was the crack of dawn or siesta time? LOL Thanks for sharing these lovely pictures.
 

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