Murcia Region (La Marina, La Manga and Mazarron)





Si hiding from the Guardia Civil





We passed through Alicante town along the N332, straight to La Marina, we had spoken to many fellow motor homers who had recommended this location, right on the beach, sheltered by the sand dunes and a lovely beach restaurant to hand for a cool beer and local Spanish food.  We parked on the beach in the daytime and returned to the carparks further back in the evening, to avoid attention from the Guardia Civil.  This area is a well known stop for wild camping, there is a whole community of motorhome owners who stay in this spot for the winter months, mainly Germans and Dutch, with the occasional Brits, we stayed at the here for 4 days, visiting the town for supplies, then went to a camper park in Guardamar (San Fulgenco).



La Marina Beach



The Spanish Seafood Restaurant in La Marina



After parking by the beach in the day, everyone returns to the car park for the evening

 La Manga



After leaving the camper park in San Fulgenco, Guardamar, we visited Elche for the morning, an area that grows the palm trees and harvests the dates from the female trees.   We drove down the coast through Torrevieja, on our way to La Manga where we were told there was a new campsite just opened with good rates.  The weather took a slight turn for the worse, and the sun disappeared behind clouds.  Our chances of finding wild camping diminished, as the wind started up, we drove along the La Manga peninsular, lined with modern hotels and bars, so we headed for campsite we had spotted on the way in and stayed for the night.

Si attempting to fund his drinking habit selling pegs and lucky heather to the campers



Mazarron

We drove to the port Mazarron a little further down the coast,  we wild camped in an unfinished urbanisation, we are finding that this is a popular spot for wild camping as they are quite numerous, as an observation most of Spain seems to be ‘for sale’.  The next morning we drove up to Mazarron town and spot in a local bar for coffee and tostados (toast spread with tomatoes, garlic and olive oil.  This is always a popular time to avoid filling up the Thetford cassette.



A wild stop in Mazarron on an unfinished urbanization - a sign of the times.