La Rabita Costa Tropical: Essential Tourist Guide From Locals...

Enjoy our quick guide to La Rabita, a small fishing village found in Spain’s far eastern coast of Costa Tropical.

Below we feature an expat interview with Rune Meyer of House In Southern Spain who covers the La Rabita area.

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In particular, we want to learn from Rune the various reasons why people might consider moving to this area of Southern Spain and the value for money they could get once they decide to stay permanently in the area.

castillo_de_la_rabita — Castillo de La Rabita – Photo by Rabita1964, Wikimedia Commons

Rune, thanks for helping our readers. I guess we should start off by asking what would you say would be the advantages to living in La Rabita compared to other Costa Tropical towns?

La Rabita is a cosy small town, situated on the Costa Tropical. The long beach stretches along the whole town, with the seafront squares and road along it. The beach season is mid-May to mid-October although you can enjoy the sun the whole year round. There is plenty of free, public parking for people living here and for people visiting the beach, shops, bars or restaurants. Biweekly there is a market with fresh produce, plants and flowers, almonds, clothes and all kinds of different things.

The coastal motorway, the A7, is only 2 km away, so it is easy getting to larger cities and airports. The old main road, the N340 goes through La Rabita and along the coast via other towns and villages and is a very nice drive, with hardly any traffic. Along this road you also find plenty of small beaches