description Caleta

Caleta de Vélez is a small town with approx. 3.500 inhabitants, which belongs to the municipality Vélez-Málaga. It is 35 km of Málaga City and 40 km of the airport away. To Torre del Mar it is 2 km and to Nerja 20 km.

The fishing port of La Caleta is the most important in the province Málaga. Picturesque is the daily auction of fish at the commodity exchange.

Within the dockland is also the marina, which disposes of more than 200 moorings for boats from 8 to 20 m. There you can also charter yachts for excursions.

Caleta, which developed to a prosperous holiday resort, consolidated its fishery origin with the location of a fishing port and marina.

At the harbor and in the main street (N 340) there are many bars, restaurants and shops. On Saturdays a varied weekly market occurs there in the national road. A visit is in any case worth seeing !



				Caleta consists of several pretty housing areas in quiet locations above the main street, where one sees wonderful chalets and villas, which are surrounded from well-kept gardens, and - not to forget - of Baviera Golf, a splendid 18-hole golf course in the north of the place (www.bavieragolf.com).



	On the wide beach with fine, bright sand there are many beach restaurants. One can rent beach chairs and parasols.



				The gastronomy of Caleta offers a variety of tasty, Mediterranean dishes from fish, seafood and meat (e.g. also partridge). Specialties are in the good Axarquian oil fried fish and brine fish. As special desserts protrude the famous oil cakes as well as the “batata cocida” (cooked sweet potato), which is prepared particularly in the Holy Week.


	The celebrations of Caleta are the pilgrimage “Romería Marinera” in the first half of the month May, the “Feria” at the first weekend in July and on 16th July the “Fiestas Marineras” in honor of “Virgen del Carmen”, the patroness of Caleta.


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