To get a little history in there, Torrevieja is a seaside city in the province of Alicante and was originally known as a salt-mining and fishing village. As a photographer I had heard that Torrevieja was probably not the most beautiful and scenic place to travel to if you wanted to capture some good landscape shots. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I had just acquired a drone, so this was the perfect place to try it out.

 I started out by learning all the different settings, what to do and what not to do, and shot some profile-pic-worthy (I hope haha) pictures by the pool. One of the first days the temperature dropped a little bit, we decided to visit the salt lakes. After a quick 10 minute cab ride, we were down by the salt lakes in Las Salinas. I was pretty excited to witness pink water for the first time. There were clear signs that you were not allowed to swim there, but still there was at least 10-12 people in the water, so I didn’t see the harm in flying my drone as well. The cool part was that the water looked a lot pinker from an aerial view than what it did from the ground. Although this was very cool to witness in real life, I think the cliffs located only a 15 minute walk from where we stayed was the most beautiful and most photogenic place in Torrevieja. We were also lucky to catch a very decent sunset.

The food!

You have probably heard of Spanish cuisine. Is it really as good as most people say? Well, I got to try both Spanish national dish paella which is a rice dish with saffron (that’s why the rice is yellow) and jumbo shrimp, mussels and chicken. Whilst my compatriots were applauding this, I can safely say that I have definitely tasted better. I also got to try some tapas, which is a combination of a lot of small dishes of various Spanish food. This was also just alright. I think the best good I ate was chicken at the local Swedish restaurant. I guess that says more about me though.