FUN-travel: Tarifa to Gibraltar, UK to Nerja, Spain
September 2, 2012 by Susan Clarke
Trip Day 45 – Friday, August 24 – Tarifa to Gibraltar, UK to Nerja, Spain
- 7:30 – coffee @ La Palmera Churreria – locals breakfast spot
- they have a niche market – very limited menu – & they’re packed
- have great FUN just being with them
- 10:00 – load up & head out!
- 11:30 – arrive Gibraltar
- parking garage just outside saves from us from actually driving in & having to wait in a very long line
- good walk through town
- nice breeze – 80’s
- 12:30 – take aerial tram to top of rock
- see monkeys with brand new babies
- see where John & Yoko got married
- 1:30 – lunch stop @ Angry Friar – fish & chips, beer
- 2:30 – back to car
- easy in & out – (cars backed up 2 miles to get into Gibraltar)
- 5:00 – arrive Nerja – staying @ Parador
- grand outdoor patio overlooking the sea
- pool & grass terraces high on the bluff
- views of the mountains to the north
- 8:00 – walk into main plaza
- Balcón de Europa – pedestrian only
- really cute & upscale feel – the Laguna Beach of the Cost Del Sol
- 8:40 – dinner @ Haveli – Indian restaurant – chicken vindaloo, rice, dal & garlic nan – food just so-so
What I DIDN”T LIKE
- parador is from the 60’s – not much charm – just location
FF (FUN-fact) – We still haven’t figured out how the people in Spain eat dinner so late at night and get up and go to work.