Beaches – not the one with Bette Midler – Susie's Senior Year Abroad

Although I’m on the water, if I go down to the sea from my apartment, it’s just rocks, really big rocks. There are several beaches in the vicinity, within about ten minutes’ drive, which you’ll see when you come visit me!

The closest beach to me is Sa Tuna, a small rocky beach like the French Riviera. The next closest is Sa Riera, a nice wide sandy beach. Aiguablava is a very popular beach with good beach restaurants. The beach at Pals is huge. I don’t know if there are ever enough tourists to fill it up, at least not in September!

In contrast, I visited the Costa el Sol in October and it was insane. Tourists of every persuasion were swarming everywhere. When I lived there in 1976, there were a series of towns between Malaga west to Marbella. Now, it is one continuous strip of shops, hotels, restaurants, and all businesses catering to the foreign masses.

I know now that I made a very good life-style choice in coming to the Costa Brava versus the more familiar Costa del Sol. It would have been easier and probably better weather-wise, but I feel like I live in a town that tourists visit versus a tourist destination.

Good move!