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Facilities |
In brief: What's at Vera Playa?
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The beach
Vera Playa beach looking north |
The principal facility at Vera Playa is its superb naturist beach. The beach stretches approximately 7 kilometres, from just south of Villaricos down through Vera Playa itself, and on to Puerto Rey and Garrucha. More than two kilometres is officially naturist. (During 2002 the local Council attempted to reduce the naturist beach to about 1 km - just the area immediately fronting naturist developments - a campaign to challenge/reverse this had a significant victory - support by the Ombudsman for Andalucia in April 2004, but Vera Council still - misleadingly - signs this length as "playa textil") |
| It is possible to walk along the shoreline all the way from Vera Playa to the attractive small harbour of Villaricos to the north or the larger fishing harbour and town of Garrucha to the south. The beach is predominantly sandy, though on the shoreline it can sometimes be pebbly - it changes with every tide. In fact the stones and pebbles on the shoreline are exceptionally diverse and attractive. |
 Vera Playa beach looking south
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Swimming pools
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The Vera Playa Club hotel has a huge and beautiful outdoor unheated pool with waterslides and other water features and a small covered and heated pool. Vera Natura has a large outdoor unheated pool and a large indoor heated pool. Bahia de Vera has a substantial unheated outdoor pool and a large indoor solar and heat-pump heated pool. Torrema Natura similarly has a large outdoor and a covered, heated pool. Only these 3 urbanizacions have covered and heated pools which are usable all year round. All the other urbanizacions have only outdoor pools which are usable from April to October. All the pools are restricted to the clients/owners of the development concerned. AquaPark: There is a large aquapark close by Vera Playa beach on a low hill, with long water flumes etc. Open summer only. (Textile)Left - The Vera Natura outdoor pool |
Bars and Restaurants
There are now two locations where there are bars and restaurants within
a short walk of the naturist zone (neither area is in the naturist zone).
1. Outside the main entrance to the Vera Playa Club Hotel there is a parade
of shops, bars and restaurants. The hotel has a large restaurant and several
bars/cafes. 2. There is now a separate focus for bars and eateries - the
small commercial centre near Torrema Natura and Bahia de Vera and, close
by, the new commercial centre which includes the new Consum supermarket.
Also there are a couple of beach bars/restaurants (and more n high season).
A new commercial centre is being built at the Natura World development.
There is also a wide selection of bars and restaurants in nearby places,
such as Puerto Rey, Garrucha and Mojacar Playa (beach) and Mojacar Pueblo
(village). See our services page for
more information.
| Name | Services | Location | Clothing | Season | Open |
| Benito's |
Bar, restaurant (snacks and meals). The best known & loved cafe/bar at Vera Playa - enormous and excellent value meals | Hotel Street | Textile | Early March to late November |
All day to late evening (Nov eves only) |
Buena Mesa |
Bar, restaurant | Hotel Street | Textile | March to October | Mid-day to late evening |
Broadway |
Bar | Hotel Street | Textile | March to October | 7 pm - very late |
| El Balconito |
Cafe/bar (snacks and meals) Sunday lunches have good reputation. (British owned & run) |
Hotel Street (next to Sun-Med estate agency) | Textile | All year | Mornings till late evening |
Pizzeria Jardín |
Bar, Pizzeria, take-away | Hotel Street | Textile | March to October |
All day to late evening |
El Chiri' (NatSun)
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Beach bar, restaurant | On beach in front of NatSun | Naturist only | March to October |
All day |
Sol y Luna
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Beach bar, bar, restaurant (indoor and outdoor) | On beach edge in front of Vera Natura | Optional (restaurant is textile) |
All year | All day to late evening |
| Atoda Vela | Tapas bar (also coffee) | Next to Torrema Natura entrance | Textile or at least minimal cover | All year | All day till late |
| Mayo de 2004 | Bar/restaurant (Recently refurbished - 2007) |
Nearly opposit Atoda Vela and Key Mare Offices | Textile | All year | All day + evening |
| Lenos & Carbon | Steak/barbeque restaurant | Textile | Most of year | Evenings | |
| Wok Buffet - new! | Asian/chinese wok buffet - opened late 2006 and proving immensely popular (one price, eat as much as you like). Good selection | Above the Consum supermarket | Textile | All year | Lunchtimes and evenings |
Please note: There is a bar and a new cafe/restaurant in the upper
part of "Hotel Street" next to the Sun Med estate agency and
which are believed to open all year.
Since the builders of Natura World have fenced off the back of their site
it is only possible to walk from the residencial urbanizacions (apart
from Natura World itself and the Vera Playa Club Hotel) by walking to
the main Garrucha-Villaricos road and across some waste ground to the
start of the "Hotel Street" dual carriageway. Alternatively
you can drive, of course, but beware of drinking and driving as the law
in Spain is now tougher than in the UK and it is not unknown for the Guardia
Civil to do random checks.
Food shops/supermarkets
| Name | Location | Clothing | Season | Hours |
Camp site supermarket |
Naturist camp site (Camping Almanzora) | Naturist | May to Sept | 9 - 2 & 5 - 8 |
Hotel supermarket |
Hotel Street | Textile | Same as hotel | 9 - 2 & 5 - 8 |
| Vera Natura Panaderia (bread, croissants) |
Right of Vera Natura reception (open to all) | Optional | Most of year | mornings |
| Consum supermarket - new! large supermarket, part of national chain |
Adjacent to main coast road, about 200m from main gates of Torrema Natura and Bahia de Vera | Textile | All year | 09.15 am to 09.15 pm Mon - Sat |
| Mercadona Arguably the best large supermarkets - similar standards to Tesco and Sainsbury's |
1. On the left as you enter Garrucha (about 5
kms from naturist zone) 2. Prominently adjacent to the Garrucha to Vera road (4 kms from naturist zone - take Vera road from Puerto Rey roundabout next to Esquina del Rey commercial centre). 3. In Vera town centre |
Textile | All year |
There is a reasonable size supermarket (GOVISA) at the Esquina del Rey commercial centre at Puerto Rey and a medium size supermarket (Los Minutos) at Las Bougainvillas.
Vera has several large supermakets, including Intermarché and Dia (on the road into Vera from Vera Playa/Garrucha) Mercadona (in the town) and Lidl (accessible from the bypass).
Excellent street markets are held in Garrucha on Friday mornings, Vera on Saturday mornings and smaller ones in Palomares and Villaricos on Sunday mornings.
Night Clubs
There are several "night clubs" in or close to the naturist zone - at least two in"Hotel Street" close to the roundabout and one in a basement adjacent to the Vera Natura reception. The names and modus vivendi of these "night clubs" changes so frequently (sometimes following police raids and closures) that we cannot attempt to keep up with all the changes.Last update: 16 March 2007
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