I Love Legzira Beach!

I think I’m about to write an entire blog post about one single walk I took – and this may be composed of more photos than actual text, because I can’t choose only a couple!

I arrived at Legzira Beach and after checking into my hotel, which is nestled against the cliffs by the beach, and getting settled (in a lovely room with an ocean view and a large balcony I share with one other room), I immediately went outside to the beach and headed for the arches.  I’d seen a picture of them on the internet and had known I wanted to visit this place.  I’d also heard the arches were particularly nice at sunset and low tide – I had no idea of the treat I was about to experience.  This is now officially one of my favorite places in the world!

I couldn’t see the arches from the hotel, so after asking which direction to go, I headed south along the shore.  There are only about 4 hotels on the beach.  There is an injunction against building anymore on the actual shoreline now, so any new developments must be at the top of the cliffs, a good half kilometer up the mountainside from the beach.  Luckily, I had booked in a hotel located on the beach itself. The view was great, and even just walking along the shore was amazing.  There was an outcropping of rocks out a bit from the shoreline and I wondered if it would be accessible during low tide.  I wandered along, taking photos, and after passing my hotel and three others, I rounded a small curve of the shoreline and was presented with the sight of the first arch.

 

I walked under that arch and continued down the beach towards the next one.  The sun was beginning to descend and the light was playing with the rocks and water and everything was lighting up magnificently.  One part of this stretch of beach was covered with tiny pebbles.  As the waves washed up and over these rocks, pushing and pulling them along the sand and each other, it sounded as though mini-rainstorms were happening.  I tried to catch it on video.  The rock formations (not just the arches) were so beautiful all along the shore and out into the sea.

Approaching the third arch and looking back at the other two was absolutely spectacular, as they were lit up a reddish color in the setting sun.  The color reminded me of Red Rocks, or the Garden of the Gods, near my home in Colorado.

Once I got to the third arch, I realized it was almost like a cave, and had another little arch out into the ocean.  This little arch would only be fully accessible when the tide is completely out.  At that moment, the tide was down, but rising, and the waves were coming in the archway, along with the light from the setting sun.  It made for some spectacular photos.

The walk back was in no way anticlimactic, as the sunset continued to wow and amaze.  When I got back to the hotel, I popped next door to a restaurant where two really nice guys stayed open to cook me a delicious tangine and hung out and chatted with me (as I was their only customer at that hour).  I love this place.