LONG WEEKEND GETAWAY
the ancient town is ringed by
fortresses, lookout towers and
battlements, so don’t forget your
camera. The only serious decision
for the evening is which fabulous
restaurant back in Cabo De Palos
to go for.
SATURDAY
A great first dive is Bajo De La
Testa, a huge rocky plateau
surrounded by meadowlike green and red seagrass
(Posidonia oceanica and coralline
algae) a 20-minute boat ride
away. At 24 metres encounter
seabream, jacks, barracuda and
very large and inquisitive dusky
groupers, along with smaller
reef fish and morays in the rocky
crevasses. In the beautiful clear
water there may be larger fish
out in the blue.
A 30-minute boat ride takes
you to an ideal second dive at
Bajo De Dentro with large rocky
pinnacles emerging from the
50-metre bottom. Circle the spire
at 20 metres for the best view
and to explore the steep rocky
gullies, checking out morays and
octopuses in the cracks.
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Now it’s time for a perfectly
Spanish late lunch while
you decide what to do next:
snorkelling, sunbathing,
strolling around the pretty
town or perhaps a visit to the
lighthouse. Of course, really
keen divers will be planning a
night dive in one of the pretty
shallow bays.
SUNDAY
There are endless possibilities.
Take a short boat ride from
Port Tomas Maestre to the
La Laja reef wrecks. Dated
approximately 600BC, a
Phoenician trading ship lies
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