Guardamar de Segura is like no other town i've been to. This small beach town goes through a series of transformations from the beginning of June till the end of August. So far I've seen this place as a ghost town. Nothing but a few people walking through the town during the day, very few shops open, if they were open they would close early. The beaches were clear most of the day. Even at peak beach time, when the sun is out and the water is refreshing, there would only be a few people in sight.
As the weeks passed on crowds of people began to come. With every weekend we came back from a trip it felt as if hundreds of new people had moved into town. We began to see, not just the old spanish couples that retired here, but foreigners from all over; russian, english, polish, german, norwegian, and then some.
The town really began to transform. Growing up in a big city I'm very use to loud noises; many people and cars. I never got the feel for a small town. But I believe this this town has the best of both worlds, small and big.
The locals are crazy. They party all night and start up again early morning. I'm never gunna forget those crazy old men that start drinking outside of my window down at the bar at opening at 7am!
Besides the people town has a lot of historical significance to offer too. Theres a classic Spanish ruin castle at one of the tallest points in town. On one of our first nights we went up there just before sunset and watched the sun fall behind the mountains as well as watch the town. It was at this moment that i was very happy i was able to come to Spain. It was so surreal to see a foreign town, the ocean, the mountains, the fields, the river, and sand dunes from one spot as the sun was setting.
The Sand Dunes! At first i didn't think much of the sand dunes that were at one end of town. But after a field trip to visit the one of the oldest ruins in all of spain it was explained to me that there was many things that the sand dunes had swallowed up through out the many years and every now and then dunes would reveal a small part of history frozen in time. I found that pretty cool. I even found a piece of a plate from what the guide said is from the early 1700's!.
As the weeks passed on crowds of people began to come. With every weekend we came back from a trip it felt as if hundreds of new people had moved into town. We began to see, not just the old spanish couples that retired here, but foreigners from all over; russian, english, polish, german, norwegian, and then some.
The town really began to transform. Growing up in a big city I'm very use to loud noises; many people and cars. I never got the feel for a small town. But I believe this this town has the best of both worlds, small and big.
The locals are crazy. They party all night and start up again early morning. I'm never gunna forget those crazy old men that start drinking outside of my window down at the bar at opening at 7am!
Besides the people town has a lot of historical significance to offer too. Theres a classic Spanish ruin castle at one of the tallest points in town. On one of our first nights we went up there just before sunset and watched the sun fall behind the mountains as well as watch the town. It was at this moment that i was very happy i was able to come to Spain. It was so surreal to see a foreign town, the ocean, the mountains, the fields, the river, and sand dunes from one spot as the sun was setting.
The Sand Dunes! At first i didn't think much of the sand dunes that were at one end of town. But after a field trip to visit the one of the oldest ruins in all of spain it was explained to me that there was many things that the sand dunes had swallowed up through out the many years and every now and then dunes would reveal a small part of history frozen in time. I found that pretty cool. I even found a piece of a plate from what the guide said is from the early 1700's!.
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