The Beach with a Village

 Off we go.  We are approaching La Franca.  To be honest The Playa gets more attention than the village.  Wiki says it has fine grain white and moderate waves.  The place seems to have a place where people landed goods to avoid paying tax in Llanes.  In the 19th century the returning South American settlers financed a resort.   We can see the beach while we pass.  It gets 4.7 stars from over 2000 reviews.   Six days ago Kat says ‘It is a place to go to rest and relax, the weekend we went was rainy however we enjoyed it after escaping the hot summer of the city. There is a hotel and a camp to stay very close to the beach. As well as a couple of restaurants and a supermarket.’



In the river valley is the Camping Playa de la Franca Bungalows.   https://playadelafranca.com/  Six days ago Carolina said ‘Unbeatable location, Abdul in the cafeteria-restaurant, a crack!!!!!. The workers, super willing. What surprised me the most, like the rest of the clients, they respect rest hours. Congratulations!’   Others are less kind.







Onwards to the Hotel-Restaurante La  Parra  Magdalena was not impressed three days ago.  ‘This summer I went with a friend and our children, the deplorable treatment, the waiter disrespected us, just for asking if we could sit down, and he continued to be rude, we went to talk to the owner with a friendly name and he knows my friend as a client of many years and I didn't even pay attention to her and we had to leave,’  On the same day Alvaro noticed ’Large parking for trucks, it has showers for €2 and a menu for truckers at €13. Always pleasant and attentive staff.’







We are under the A-8 and continue onwards - Cantabria is near.




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