A few kilometres to the north of San Jose La Isleta del Moro is a welcome sight, with its palm grove in the foreground and beyond, the whitewashed village spreads out over various crags, one being an islet, all set against the intense blue Mediterranean sky.

Isleta del Moro is a typical fishing village: white houses, beached fishing boats and the public wash-house on the main square. At the opposite end of the bay is Playa de los Escullos with its steep cliffs of white porous rock from which the two rocks of Isleta can be seen. The locals say it resembles a whale and its offspring. In the 16th century, Philip II and his armada sailed away from these shores to do battle with the Turks, taking with them most of the trees in the forests of the Sierra de Cabrera, which were felled to provide wood for the royal fleet.

Still one of the quaintest in Southern Spain. Stop for a drink in one of the seafront tavernas, soak up the atmosphere. The actual beach is better slightly further north at Playa de las Negras where there is a larger fishing community. The beach gets its name from the black-rocked headland that protects.