EL CAPISTRANO
The beautifully maintained complex has 2 exclusive swimming pools,
with paddling pools, only 3 mins walk. Also 3 mins are supermarket,
restaurant, the attractive 'Cave Bar', (modelled on the nearby Caves
of Nerja), Car hire and money exchange. Tennis is 5 mins on foot.
The charming, small, bustling town of Nerja,only 15 mins walk, has
an excellent selection of shops, bars and restaurants, ranging from
cheap and cheerful to the best gourmet cuisine Equally close is
Burriana beach with its fresh fish restaurants and water sports. .
Wonderful walks and pony treks can be experienced in the Almijara
mountains behind El Capistrano

TRANSPORT
Malaga airport to El Capistrano takes approx 45 mins by car. Taxis
are easily available at the airport or you can take a bus from
Malaga which stops at the entrance to El Capistrano. There is an
excellent bus service between Nerja and all major towns and
villages. The local taxi service is good and there is a bus linking
El Capistrano with Burriana beach and Nerja town. A trip to the
charming old Moorish village of Frigiliana is a must and the drive
to the pretty white village of Competa is enchanting. Granada is
under 2 hrs car drive on good roads.
Nerja is the most important town on the eastern Cost del Sol and has
grown rapidly, yet has escaped the excesses of ugly high rise
buildings that disfigfure much of the Costa.
The weather is very sunny and temperate as Nerja lies on a plain
almost surrounded by the Almijara and Alpujarra Sierras. It is
perfectly possible to ski on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in the
morning, and sunbathe on the Nerja beaches in the afternoon.

In old Nerja,narrow streets lie between white walled houses, their
balconies full of Geraniums.. Restaurants and tapas bars are
everywhere, and all tastes are catered for, from Andalucian to
Indian, Mexican and even Greek.
The white villages of Frigiliana, Torrox Pueblo, Canillas de Albaida
and Competa are all nearby and all worth a visit. All have their
fiestas and Saints' days when colourful flamenco dresses are worn.
Semana Santa (Easter) is celebrated in all the towns and villages
with solemn Processions. Malaga's Semana Santa celebrations are
world famous.
St. Isidro offers a spectacular procession from the centre of Nerja
to Maro on May 15th. There are horse drawn floats and carriages,
magnificient riders on magnificient horses, and the girls and women,
and many men, wear splendid Fiesta outfits.
St Juan, on June 23rd, is celebrated on the beach, when camping
restrictions are lifted for the night, and all the world and his
wife seem to be there, lighting the traditional bonfires,
barbecueing, watching the fireworks and merry making until the wee
small hours.
The 16th July is the Dia del Virgen Carmen, the fishermen's Saint.
The statue from the Church of St. Salvador is carried by boat from
one of the beaches to the Balcon, and back to the Church. there is a
short service, then everyone celebrates.