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Almuñecar and La Herradura form the tourist capital of the Costa Tropical. This relatively unknown stretch of Spain's southern coastline belongs to Granada province in Andalucia. It lies between the more populous Costa del Sol to the west, and the coast of Almería to the east.
Almuñecar
Almuñécar and its handsome Moorish castle sit on a small hill between the mouths of two rivers - the Río Seco and the larger Río Verde. The latter runs through Almuñecar's Tropical Valley, a fertile area of mainly subtropical fruit orchards that line the valley floor and climb the terraced hillsides. To the west of the town lies the Punta de la Mona, a pineclad headland sheltering the attractive Marina del Este sports port and home to a number of luxury urbanisations.
Along the 19 km of local coastline visitors can choose from a large variety of beaches and small coves, ranging from fine sand to shingle. Watersports are very popular and there are numerous businesses offering different types of courses and equipment hire. Divers will find some of the best underwater scenery here of anywhere along the southern coast.
There is a weekly market - Mercadillo - held on Fridays in the fairground (beside the arch at the entrance to town) which hosts about 150 stalls offering everything from Moroccan carpets.to discount socks. Quality, like prices, is pretty cheap but there are still some good bargains to be had. Stalls start to open from 9.00 hr onwards, closing around 13.30/ 14.00 hr.
More popular with visitors is the monthly Rastro, or fleamarket, held in the same place as the Mercadillo on the first Saturday of each month.