This is Spain’s capital of bare bathing. The long wide sandy beach is popular in summer and has a big choice of naturist accommodation. Beach bars, sunbeds, pedalos and yes, if you really want to try the naturist cliché, beach volleyball are all available. Almeria has the hottest and driest climate in the country, so the beach season is almost year-round. Most European nationalities park their bottoms here, giving it a cosmopolitan and friendly atmosphere.
Take the coast road north from Garrucha, through Puerto Rey, and Vera Playa is well signposted after a further 1.5 kms.
We were tempted not to tell you about this one. It is a lovely little beach and so unspoiled. How long can it stay like this?
Also known as Banana Rock Beach, it is in a beautiful location. The beach is fine, white sand although it is a little gravelly higher up towards the tree line. It is in a small bay and ringed by coconut trees. There are rocks at both ends of the beach and a small rock formation in the middle.
There is some decent snorkelling around the rocks at both ends of the beach. The south end is better as there are some nice corals and more fish at this end. As everywhere, there is also a lot of flattened coral from the tsunami.
The seabed is sandy. There are a few rocks dotted around but it is still a nice beach for a swim.
There is a small restaurant at the south end of the beach serving decent Thai food. They also have a handful of sun loungers for 100 baht each. The friendly woman owner assures us the beach is never busy. Most of her customers arrive by longtail boat from other beaches. She says that the tourists passing by on the road above do not realise they
