Hi, I'm planning a trip along the east coast of Spain this year from mid September to end October and wanted to find a pleasant place near the sea which could be a good base for about a week of relaxation and walking combined with visiting Murcia and Cartagena, and perhaps Elche although we could stop just there on the way back so not essential.The Calblanque area also looks good for hiking?
Ideal beach for me, a poor swimmer who likes the sea, is sand and water which shelves gently, but also good for long walks because we don't actually sit and sunbathe usually.
We should be there mid/end September. I have been looking at various info and Google maps but I was wondering if anyone could help me with these queries:
I found what seems a very nice campsite right on the beach at La Roqueta near Guardamar del Segura, has anyone visited, impressions, opinions?
The only problem is it's really quite far from Murcia and Cartagena, I'm attracted by the beach basically....
Other destinations could be Isla Plana? Any thoughts on that? A lot nearer to Murcia and Cartagena but I can't really make out what the beach is like?
I'm not really attracted by the Manga strip and Mar Menor, or am I wrong in that?
Any other ideas as to a good base?
To get a picture of our likes, we loved Tarifa, Costa de la Luz, Málaga, Cabo de Gata area (and pretty much everywhere else we visited in Andalusia last year) but didn't like Almería nor Alicante (too high-rise), nor Mojacar (long line of nothing much on nothing special beach).
Obviously I'm hoping in help from Nick but also in anyone's opinions. True what you said in a different thread Nick that we are lucky to be able to visit Spain easily because in fact the more I look the more I find....