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Travel Blogs from Marbella
Relaxing In Marbella-Tim
... to be an overdeveloped tourist resort town and it IS very developed but in a mostly tasteful way and the old town in really very charming. So we were pleasantly suprised. Just a 20 min bus ride from the campsiteinto the centre of Marbella. Had a lovely paella in a beachfront restaurant one night after walking along the boardwalk. A day of heavy rain gave the boys an excuse to have an indoor day watching old episodes of Tin Tin and playing board ...
Back To Our Beloved Van-Tim
... bits of course! Lunch at Taco Bell was followed by shopping and it was are 4 by the time we got back to the campsite to pay. We decided to head straight off to a new campsite near Marbella and arrived at Camping Carbapino justin time to get setup before sunset. Our pitch here is right by the heated pool so boys went straight for a swim whilst we prepared dinner and had a chat to the retired couple from Yorkshire next ...
Help me Ronda, help help me Ronda!
... the gates, apparently they do that when it rains although we don't know why. We do find a way in though, even though it involves a bit of walking in the rain. It's worth it because the view is quite spectacular. Ronda is set high up above a valley and the views down to the river are amazing. These old walled towns have wonderful panoramas and unlike Australia, none of it is fenced off. They would have a field day with it at home ...
Rain in Spain doesn't fall only on the plain
... by our friendly hosts in search of some fancy cowboy boots for Paul. Turns out we are chasing a bit of a red herring and waste the morning getting there and then back to where we want to be. Eventually after battling with traffic, but worse, the ridiculous lack of parking, we find a parking station and leave the car so we can get to the Picasso museum. Malaga is the birthplace of Picasso and although he left the place when he ...
The road to Ronda
... This area is the height of tourism with large outside malls, big supermarkets and more bars and restaurants than you can count, but within a few miles you can be in a lovely old town with tiny streets and small markets.
We routed back through Leila Playa and then went on the beach back to Dona Lola. The beach was pretty narrow in most spots and very wet sand, so hard to walk (good exercise). There is a warning sign to not ...