Spanish resort???????????

[ilovemarkb]

can anyone recommend nice spanish resort with plenty to do BUT without wild /loud/ young people! would be for a couple in their fifties? thankyou

[purplepoodle]

I went to Nerja on the Costa Del Sol a couple of years ago and it was thankfully quite drunken yob free. Very nice place.

We went in March/April though so not sure what it would be like in peak season.

[Lil O'lady]

Do you need to be by the sea or can you manage with inland? The area from Girona northwards to france is full of lovely towns - Girona and Figueras are two - and hidden coastal gems (ignore Benidorm). But I think you ight be looking at self catering / hotels rather than the kind of resort that provides everything on one site.

[dustypuss]

try looking up ( forgone roler) south coast

excuse spelling

[Buenchico]

It depends what you mean by 'resort'. Barcelona isn't generally thought of as a 'resort; but it's got great beaches, fantastic restaurants, bars to suit all tastes, loads of history & culture and an excellent (cheap) integrated transport system.

It's also got loads of cheap flights, with easyJet, Jet2, BA, LTE, Monarch and Bmi flying directly into Barcelona and Ryanair serving Gerona and Reus (which are both 'an hour and a bit' away from Barcelona on the express coach services).

There are certainly a few clubs and bars in Barcelona which are packed with wild & loud young people but these are the exception, rather than the rule. It's far easier to find 'civilised' bars and restaurants, serving excellent paella, great beers and good wines.

http://www.bcn.es/turisme/english/turisme/welc ome.htm

Chris

[ilovemarkb]

just written that one down 2 minutes ago, it said Fuengirola was popular with families and middleaged couples, also there was a mention of Nerja which ive never heard of . thanks to Lil o lady too, ill pass all sugestions to my aunty! julie x

[ilovemarkb]

thanks buenchico going to have a look at link now!!

[Drisgirl]

That is bad craic ^^^

[dustypuss]

god my spelling of it was bad

but it was 20 years ago

[Ethel]

Nerja is my favourite of the Costas, handy for Malaga airport but the opposite direction to the very big resorts on Costa del Sol.

Very good public transport if you want to get out and about. You can have day trips to Morocco, Gibraltar, Granada from there if that's your thing.

There is a beach, but it's at the end of a VERY steep hill. Plenty of bars once you get down there.

Lots of lots of good restaurants - all nationalities - and Spanish bars. The skyline is not dominated by towering hotel blocks, there are plenty of traditional Spanish people living there in traditional Spanish houses, as well as ex pats.

It's prettier than a lot of Spanish holiday destinations. I like it.

[Expat Ann]

Try Guardamar del Segura, just 30min south of Alicante.