🏛️ Historical Heritage
🎨 Bat Cave of Albuñol
One of the most exceptional Neolithic sites in western Europe: esparto baskets, sandals and arrows with their original feathers from seven thousand years ago were found here.
Rock art or historic site⛪ Church of La Encarnación
A 16th-century Gothic-Mudéjar church built over a former Nasrid palace, with a fortress-like look and the Catholic Monarchs' coat of arms on its doorway.
Church / Cathedral🗼 Torrenueva Watchtower
A coastal watchtower of Al-Andalus origin on the Tropical Coast, part of the network that signalled Barbary ships with smoke by day and fire by night.
Castle🌿 Nature
🏖️ Calahonda Beach (Motril)
One of the most famous beaches on the Tropical Coast, with coarse dark sand and deep, clean, transparent waters ideal for diving.
Beach🏖️ La Rijana Beach
A small, beautiful cove sheltered between cliffs at Gualchos-Castell de Ferro, with the remains of a watchtower and a rock that breaks the swell.
Beach🏖️ Torrenueva Beach
A Tropical Coast beach notable for its clean, deep waters and the imposing Peñón de Jolúcar, a natural viewpoint over the sea.
Beach🎭 Culture
🎭 Calderón de la Barca Theatre
Listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest, this charming 1881 theatre in Motril stands out for its wooden boxes and intimate neoclassical atmosphere.
Theatre🍬 Sugar Cane Museum
In Motril, housed in the old Pilar factory, it shows the history of sugar cane, the industrial engine of the tropical coast for centuries.
Museum🍽️ Gastronomy
🥃 Motril Pale Rum
From Motril, on the tropical coast of Granada. It is produced thanks to the traditional sugar cane crops of the plain, unique in mainland Europe, and has been distilled since the 19th century.
Gastronomy🏄 Sports Activities
🤿 Diving at Motril and Calahonda
Rocky Tropical Coast seabeds with deep, clear water very close to shore, with artificial reefs and shoals of fish.
Diving Easy⛳ Los Moriscos Golf Club
The oldest course in Granada province, on the Tropical Coast, surrounded by banana plantations and subtropical crops a few metres from the beach.
Golf course Easy⛵ Sailing on the Tropical Coast
Motril marina with sailing trips and boat hire off the most sheltered coast in Granada, among cliffs and beaches.
Watersports Moderate🚴 Tropical Coast Route
A coastal route between Almuñécar, Salobreña and Motril, alternating clifftop ramps with flat stretches among banana and custard apple plantations.
Cycling route ModerateMotril on the map
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