Marbella to Torre Vigía Río Real

Today was our first chance to try out our plan for using local buses to ferry us back to our casa rural in Marbella after walking a stretch of the coastal path. Luckily, Google Maps shows the location of all the bus stops that are near the coastal path as well as the number of the bus that travels that route and the fare. So it turned out to be pretty easy to leave from our house this morning, walk a portion of the coastal path from one end of Marbella to the other, continue along a boardwalk through a wilder part of the coast, and then catch a bus back to Marbella. Tomorrow we will use a bus to get back to the point where we left off, and start walking from there.

One of the things we’ve been looking forward to seeing is the series of torres vigías (watchtowers) along this stretch of coast. Today we had an up-close view of Torre Vigía Río Real, built in 1571 and used as part of the coastal system of surveillance to warn of pirates or attackers.

The sea was much calmer today, so the coastal path was well used. We met plenty of other walkers, joggers, and cyclists. There were even kayakers out on the sea.

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