Cabo de gata where to stay?

Aqua amarga is a very small Spanish resort. There is a small hotel/pension at the very end of the beach that is good. Check Google maps for info. Sure to be plenty of apartments on Airbnb. Las negras just down coast is worth a visit, but mostly pebbles, but much cheaper. Wacky backy  central when we visited 2 years ago. 

James 

I think you'd like Agua Amarga.  Although very small, there are a few bars and restaurants and a couple of small but delightful Hotels a short distance from the centre. 

  Another place you could research is San José which has a very laid back feel to it or even Carboneras which  has plenty of little bars and fish restaurants and is very Spanish. 

Tell me more about the other 2 places please 😉

Thank you

Great info thanks.

I am looking for a place (spanish) where will be my place that I want to retire to. It needs life. I want to be walking distance to the beach with bars etc and have a white washed village with a few bars and restaurants and most of all a spanish feel with spanish people.

I am planning to visit this area soon but want to pick the right place......so which do you think suits what I am looking for? Promise it’s my last question ha ha...really apreciated your help x

Already reading and this excites me. Thank you very much but lets not tell too man people ha ha.....i will visit this place within the next 3 weeks....really big thank you !

Sorry, but the sea by Motril and Salobreña is pretty polluted.  Swimming not advisable and no blue flags. 

I believe that Salobreña has a good amount of German bars and restaurants so the beer and shnitzels should be good there.

There isn't anything like Mojacar by the beach.  I personally like Carboneras.  OK, the view on one side is not so great but at least its a genuine Spanish fishing village and is alive in the winter months the beaches are great too and it certainly isn't ugly.  

Sorry if I have upset you Markie.  It certainly wasn't my intention. 

I am very pleased that that part of the Granada Costa has got a blue flag again and that everything has been cleaned up now.  I was there in 2017 and 2018 and they were getting to grips with the problems, cleaning rubbish out of the sea, etc.   

No, I won't be going there because I'm a bit too ancient now for all that climbing uphill, although it is a very pretty village with wonderful  views.

I ought to add that I have nothing against German food which I believe to be nicer than most  British traditional food, however like you I would go for the traditional Spanish restaurants which normally offer excellent value.