Nerja in November - Trip Report

We spent 4 nights in Nerja at the very beginning of November 2019. The trip by public transport from Málaga airport was easy. We took the Cercanías line to María Zambrano station and from there it's just a short walk through the shopping centre to the bus station. We landed at 13.30 and easily caught the 14.45 bus to Nerja.

In Nerja we stayed at Oyó Pepe Mesa apartments in Calle los Huertos. We had a studio apartment and were extremely comfortable. Small but functional and perfectly clean, the apartment overlooked the internal patio staircase of a typical Spanish style building and was a quiet and pleasant place to stay. The apartments are also in an excellent position just 5 to 10 minutes from everything from the bus station to the centre to the beaches.

We visited Nerja and its beaches, Cuevas de Nerja and Maro and Frigiliana which was more than enough for three full days and two thirds.

Nerja itself is so full of foreigners that walking around the centre in the daytime it's almost unusual to see local people. While there was one advantage to the amount of, for example, British people around, in the sense there was a good choice of restaurants doing a great curry, we found it inevitably gave a less Spanish feel to the town. 

Of the beaches Burriana seemed to be the busiest. The beaches mostly have coarse sand in a grey colour so would not entice me in season anyway, also because the water shelves steeply. Playa Torrecilla seemed the nicest beach, all things considered, and especially for the sunset.

The little coves beneath the cliffs on which the historical centre is perched can be accessed at different points from above. While they used to be connected by a walkway below the cliffs this is mostly now boarded off due to rockfall. 

There's an enormous variety of places to eat and many menu del día for ten euros or less. Nerja also seemed a very clean, safe and relaxing place to be. We enjoyed our stay there but the amount of foreigners, even in low season, would probably mean it wouldn't be our first choice if we returned to the area.