San Pedro del Pinatar is a small town that has a bird sanctuary, a port and a beach. We parked in a car park next to some salt lagoons and walked to the beach. I must say that this was a little disappointing. After all the great beaches we have seen this had lots of potential. Lovely fine sand marred by a massive amount of sea weed which had been washed up creating big mounds which made navigating the beach quite difficult. The signs did say it was meant to be natural. Probably to compensate for the large salt lagoons next to it We didn’t see any signs explaining what was being processed in the salt lagoons to explain why they were bright purple in colour.
A little further up the road was a port so we thought we would go and explore. There were a couple of restaurants open but they didn’t look very inspiring so we headed back to the van for dinner.
As the sun began to set everything seemed to turn red, looking out the window we saw the clouds lit up by the sun, it almost felt like something from a sci-fi movie.
The car park was quite noisy during the night so the next morning we decided we would move on. Although I did get a chance to see the birds and take a few photos.
About an hour later someone in a what looked like an ambulance uniform turned up and told us we couldn’t stay overnight, oh well, bit late! I had wondered why all the other vans had arrived late and left quite early.
Next stop Mazarrón. We turned up at Camping Playa de Mazarrón to find they only had three pitches left. Two were completely shaded and one was very small.
We picked the small one as it was nearer the beach but didn’t notice the low trees until we went to drive the van in!
After a bit of careful manoeuvring we parked and headed to the beach where we found a beach bar.
Donald went to the bar and came back with a nice cold glass of white wine for me and something pink for him. He had thought it was lager on the pump but I think it was Sangria! .
In the evening we took a stroll along the road to find a restaurant, only to find most of them closed! We ended up having pizza and lasagne which was nice in a little place that was still open.
We spent three nights here as the beach was lovely and the campsite peaceful. The sun was shining, although we did have the wind break up.
Walking along the coast we came across some salt caves which Donald set off to explore.
Further along there was a look out point that we climbed up which gave a great view of the coastline. We also spotted another beach bar so headed there for a café bonbon and a beer.
Of all the beaches we have been to this has to be my favourite so far. If there had been more restaurants open we may have stayed a bit longer.
Murcia to San Pedro
Mileage – 28
Route RM-1
Diseminado Salinas – Free
San Pedro to Mazarrón
Mileage – 52
Route AP-7
Camping Playa de Mazarrón – €18 a night
