Costa Tropical

We spent a relaxing week in Motril, on what’s called the Costa Tropical. Motril has a relaxed, beach town vibe, with a city center about a mile from a stretch of beach that features a vibrant port that houses cruise ships (they bus passengers up to Granada from there) and a ferry to Morocco. It’s a fairly new town of about 61K people, felt like my hometown of Bradenton a wee bit. We were there during the Noche de San Juan where people enjoy a night between fire and water. A bonfire burns all night and there is lots of food and music. The fire symbolizes the burning of the past and the water purifies for future wishes. It’s the first party of many that mark the summer in this part of Spain. Now onto Granada, Cordoba & Sevilla before ducking out of Spain into Portugal...