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Costa Tropical is the name for the coastline of the province of Granada, Spain, in the heart of historical Andalucia. It is also but less frequently called the “Costa de Granada” or. Its “spine” is the N-340 coastal highway that runs southwest-northeast along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, to the border with France. Driving in the direction east from Málaga, the Costa Tropical begins soon after passing the last towns in the Malaga province of Nerja and Maro, and begins with the fishing village of La Herradura on the border of the Granada province, and continues until passing the town of Castillo de Baños as you enter the Almería province. Costa Tropical is made up mostly of agricultural zones and small resort towns and villages.
What makes Costa Tropical unique in comparison to the rest of the Spanish coast is the mountains, the Sierra Nevada range among them, that fall to meet the Mediterranean Sea. The effect is dramatic, and the coastline rugged. It is, with northern Costa Brava, one of the most stunning of the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast. It was, until recently, relatively unpopulated in comparison to the rest of the Spanish coast, mostly because of the ruggedness of the terrain. Except for area around Motril, there are no flat areas for large urban sprawl, unlike the Costa del Sol in the Málaga province.
A drive along the N-340 through the Costa Tropical looks much like the Pacific Coast highway that runs through the southern coast of California.
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