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- Mar 28, 2023
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 140 m
SpainAndalusiaMojácarEl Agua del Medio37°3’41” N 1°52’39” W
Day 19
Sopalmo: Venta El Molino
March 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Today was devoted to … eating! We spent an hour at breakfast, and another two hours at lunch. In between, we got to talk to members of the family that have owned this venta for 33 years. EveryoneRead more
Laurie Reynolds Thanks for sharing these snippets of daily life. Do you wonder/worry about how the family can keep this business going? Was there much of a lunch traffic, or any others in the pensión?
Traveler I sure do think about that in each place we stay. All the rural villages around here are depopulating, especially the inland ones. There is no one else staying overnight here but us. However, they seem to do pretty well on the restaurant side. I asked them about it, and they said they are completely full during the summer season (because of their proximity to the beach). Even next week, they will be full for Semana Santa.
Laurie Reynolds I think I see some blue sea in one of the pictures — is this place walkable to the beach or sitting up high with a gorgeous view of it, or both?
Traveler 3.3 km straight down the road to the beach! (Ask me why we are taking the trail tomorrow instead, and probably spending twice as long descending some sheer drop!) I just added a photo before the video that shows the sea clearly as we were approaching the venta yesterday.