Good evening! We are Evelyn, Rubén and Luis, and you are listening to the podcast seventh episode belonging to the IES Mediterráneo Podcast Project. In this week recording, we are going to have a look at the Tropical Coast.                        

The Tropical Coast is a region in the south of Spain. It borders on Almería to the east and on the region of Axarquía to the west. Along the Tropical Coast, we find the following towns and cities such as Albondón, Albuñol, Almuñécar, Los Gualchos, Ítrabo, Jete, Lentejí, Los Guajares, Lújar, Castell de Ferro, Molvízar, Motril, Otívar, Polopos, Rubite, Salobreña (Lobres and La Caleta), Sorvilán and Vélez Benaudalla.

Now, Evelyn will speak about Motril. Then, Rubén will speak about Almuñécar.

Motril has an area of 109 square kilometres. Its population is of 56,605 inhabitants. Therefore, its density is of 519.31 inhabitants/km².

It bounds on Vélez Benaudalla to the north, and to the south on the Mediterranean Sea.

Its location makes it be an industrial and commercial centre. Its port is a commercial port and at the same time a port for fishing and recreation.

Other towns near Motril are Torrenueva, Carchuna, Calahonda, Puntalón, la Gargantilla, los Tablones, and las Ventanillas.

The most important celebration takes place on 15^th August: Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, patron saint of the city.

Now it’s time for Rubén.

Hi. Almuñécar is a big town in the heart of the Tropical Coast.

Its important sights are the castle of San Miguel, the Roman aqueduct, the ornithological park ’’Loro Sexy’’ and the archaeological museum. Almúñecar turns to be the most populated town on the Tropical Coast in summer. The popular festivities take place on 19^th March. Its patron saint is San José. The celebrations take place by the seashore.

Well, that was all. We hope you have found this information interesting and you come here some day.

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