One hates bandwagon jumping, but we did the dry January thing, and decided it was so easy that we extended it into dry February. Sadly though, I write this with a sore head. Yesterday afternoon, we were taking our usual power walk along the beach when some friends taking an afternoon G&T at one of the beach bars called us over to join them in their sunny corner. We should have stopped at one G&T but, well, we didn’t. We’re far too old for all this malarkey.

Anyway, despite the sore head, I feel I must at least write something because we received a message from someone the other day asking if everything was ok because they hadn’t seen any updates on our blog page recently! 

Well, everything is fine and dandy – just not much to report. It’s been a bit chilly mixed with some warm sunny days.

We’ve taken a few day trips to some pretty villages in the mountains. One of them – Serón - was particularly lovely, a typical white washed village with an old castle at the very top with stunning views over the Almanzora valley. It was built as one of the ancient defences of the Almanzora region which includes a desert – the only desert in Europe in fact. The beautiful mountain range backdrop to Vera Playa marks the edge of the desert which explains why VP enjoys an especially warm climate all year round – which must have played a part in Vera Playa becoming famous for its naturist beach.

Although the view over the valley from the castle was well worth the excruciating climb of about a million steps and vertical cobbled streets…we were less than impressed on arrival by foot at the summit to discover a flipping car park! Nevertheless, the climb was good exercise – especially as dry January/February was leaving us feeling more energetic than usual.

When you holiday at Vera Playa, you don’t actually need to hire a car because there are very inexpensive transfer services available to bring you from the airport to VP, plus once here, bars, restaurants, clubs, a decent supermarket and bus stops are literally within walking distance. You can even hire a bicycle from one of the shops at the newly opened shopping plaza! Having said that, if you can drag yourself away from the beach and want to do a bit of exploring of the real Spain, then hiring a car to visit these delightful places is definitely worth considering. 

Since living here, we’ve really enjoyed exploring these places so are always happy to recommend places for you to visit – just ask! To whet your appetite, a few nice places within easy striking distance of Vera Playa are pictured below.

Talking of asking, also, when we can’t accommodate you due to our availability being restricted, we are always happy to point you in the direction of other apartment owners we can personally recommend, or give you the heads up on the various ‘urbanisations’ that make-up the VP naturist zone – after all, living and working here makes us somewhat experts on the locality and we’re very proud to be able to help you enjoy your perfect naturist getaway.

So, here’s to Vera Playa, and here’s to a return to dry February….(only a few more days to go).

Sunny regards, C&S 

Steve and Chris offer two beautiful apartments to rent for the discerning naturist traveller. One is directly on the Vera Playa naturist beach, the other just a few footsteps away. See more. here