Mar Menor, Spain

today we went to las encañizadas for a short hike, like the day before yesterday. this time i was more interested in the mar menor. it's an interesting place here, on one side the mediterranean sea, on the other side the mar menor and the land bridge between is only about 300 meters wide (at least where we stay). the mar menor is a coastal saltwater lagoon and means "smaller sea" - the mediterranean sea is also called mar mayor ("larger sea") in the region. with a surface area of 135 km2, a coastal length of 70 km and warm and clear water no more than 7 metres in depth, it is the largest lagoon in spain. there are five islets located within the lagoon, namely perdiguera islet, mayor or el barón islet, ciervo islet, redonda islet and del sujeto islet. my brother told me that there is a ferry over to the main land and now i have a new plan...Read more