My partner and I love to spend time on the Costa de la Luz in the province of Cadiz.
We live in Estepona and from there it is a 2-hour drive. Caños de Meca is a sparsly-populated hamlet. It has a few local corner shops selling provisions, paper, sandwiches and beach paraphernalia. The bars are all very distinct from each other; one is an Arabic tent and another “Las Duñas” is circular, has a thatched roof and a massive open fire in the centre of the floor to enable it to run all year round.
Caños de Meca is a beach-oriented place, so you are advised to leave you smart clothes behind and come in jeans or sarongs. It has a surfing, slightly hippy flavour to it.
The beaches are to die for. There are miles of white sands lapped by clear blue water, where you can see the fish swimming around you. There are a few wooden beach bars, so you can sip your favourite tipple.
Where to stay:
Well there are a lot of very basic hostals favoured by the younger element, but for those who are enjoying more mature years and look for a little more décor and comfort still at a reasonable price, one of our favourite low cost Hostal Restaurants is located 2km from the light house at the Punto de Trafalgar: The address for those tempted to try it out is:
Alhambra Hosal Resaurant
Ctra Canños de Meca km 95
Tl: 956 43 7216
The Alhambra is built in a pseudo Arabic style, its Arabic arches are most soothing and it reminds one of just how near one is to the African continent at that point.
Please try it. I hope that you love it as much as we do!
Please let us have your comments on your experiences either of Caños de Meca, the Alhambra Hostal restaurant or anywhere else you’ve been to and want to tell us about on the Costa de la Luz:-
