Holidays in Costa Tropical

Holidays in Costa Tropical

Costa Tropical is the name for the Mediterranean coastline of the province of Granada, Spain, in the heart of historical Andalucia. It is also but less frequently called the “Costa de Granada” or "Costa Granadina".

The Costa Tropical begins soon after passing the last towns in the Málaga province of Nerja and Maro, and begins with the fishing village of La Herradura on the border of the Granada province, and continues until passing the town of Castillo de Baños as you enter the Almería province.

What makes Costa Tropical unique in comparison to the rest of the Spanish coast is the mountains, the Sierra Nevada range among them, that fall to meet the Mediterranean Sea. The effect is dramatic, and the coastline rugged.

A drive along the N-340 through the Costa Tropical looks much like the Pacific Coast highway that runs through the southern coast of California, USA, an area often used in cinema for dramatic effect.