Morning Walk on the Beach .:. Playa de la Fossa, Calp

Three weeks ago, I shared with you my walk around the Cala La Manzanera and Playa del Arenal - Bol, which was literally one of the "ends" of Calpe... In this post, I will show you the second part of the walk by the seaside, which is kind of in the "middle of the city"... I hope that I will share soon the third part which will cover the last part of the city, so you will have covered all the coastline of Calpe! I bet that some people who live in the city didn't check the whole coast and you will do it! 😃

To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of this city, and I had one odd reason for that... lol... The city has these beautiful beaches that you saw and will see, but it also has some ups and down narrow streets... It has the "old town" part, which is in traditional "Spanish style" with very narrow streets, but I avoid going into those by car... lol...

On the other side, it has the "newer part" which is situated all over the hill... A few years ago, I remember going there to leave my wife in a hotel (she was playing piano), and the idea was that I will go back home and come back later to pick her up... As it was at night, I took a wrong turn, and got into the one-way street that led me up the hill!! The street was so narrow that I didn't have a place to turn around the car (+it was a one-way street), so I was driving in the hope to find the street that leads back...

The additional problem was that I had a bad migraine and in combination with a winding road, I got nausea... Long story short, I survived that but had a very bad experience and avoided going to Calpe for a long time... 😂 Just recently, I decided to give it another chance... It would be a pity to miss all these great places at the seaside...

Okay... Back to these photos... You didn't miss anything as last time I was showing you this part, exactly until this part... Where the sandy beach is over and starts this part with big rocks...

Before that, just a short detour with interesting graffiti... :)

What you can see in the image above is Baños de la Reina (Queen's Baths) Calpe, which is an archaeological site... There are different dates online when it was exactly built, but it was somewhere between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD by Romans! The pools are carved in coastal rock and used as a supply of fresh fish...

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I decided to take a short tour out of the beach as the promenade was leading to the local port (no worries, you will have a chance to see that on my way back...😃) My detour wasn't random as I knew what I want to see... This is a large lake, literally in the middle of the city, where you can spot different birds, including flamingos!

The water enters from the sea, under the roads, so this water is salty! Because of that, it has exactly what flamingos like the most... The sea shrimp gives their legs that pink color! 😂

If you take a closer look, you will see them in the image above, diving deep to find those tasty shrimps... 😃 As you can see, they are standing in the lake, which means that it's maybe a half meter deep...

...the closest bird that I could take a photo of was this duck... lol...

If you click on the image above, and if you have a good sight, you can read more about the lake...

Some nice reflections in the water...

And we back to the beach... This is the second biggest beach in Calp(e)... Oh, I forgot to explain the name of the city... In this area, we are using two languages, and most of the places have two names... It is Calp in valenciano (similar to Catalan), and Calpe in castellano (Spanish)...

As you can see, it is another sandy beach, similar to the first one, but maybe a bit shorter...

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And this is the look at the beach from the other side... Behind that big rock on the left (Penon de Ifach) is the other beach that I showed you in the previous post...

On the other side, you can see this small rocky beach, where I have finished my today's walk and went back... But, this beach was a starting point for the next walk... So, stay tuned...

But, this is not the end of our walk, as I had to go back where I left the car... lol... And I used this time to take photos of parts that I skipped in the first place... 😃

Like this bench colored in Spanish flag colors...

A few more photos of Playa de la Fossa and some youngest playing volleyball...

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This is the part that I skipped with doing Salinas de Calp... A small harbor, mostly used for small boats and fishermen...

The proof that fishermen are using it is here... Reds all around the place... 😃

And the place where they are gathering telling stories from the sea... 😃

This is a weird sculpture on the promenade by the sea... It was installed last year and you can find more detail on the image below...

As usual, I got hungry from the long walk, so I went to the local bar to eat something and take a sip of coffee... As you can see, I had great company waiting for some breadcrumbs... 😃

Thank you for your valuable time,

~ph~

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