Salobreña is a town on the Costa Tropical

Costa Tropical

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in Granada, Spain

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. It claims a history stretching back 6000 years.

The old town of is a cluster of whitewashed houses and steep narrow streets set around a 10th century Moorish castle

Castle

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. The town sits atop a rocky prominence surrounded by sugar cane fields. New developments spread from the foot of the rock to the coast.

The last remaining cane sugar factory in Europe

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is located along the coast just west of the village of La Caleta.