Almayate beach is just  a little further West than Torre del Mar, this wide beach has none of the things you don’t need: no ice cream parlours, no souvenir shops, but also there aren’t any toilets either.
As you drive out of Torre del Mar , just after the big Osbourne bull on the hillside and past the go-carts, there is a left turn immediately past a small white building. Follow this tarmac road until you really can’t get any farther.
Just behind the rock sea wall is this beach.
There is one  bar further to the west, right on the beach but it is only open summer months.
Even though it was overcast, it was really hot and without umbrellas we would have burned I guess. The friends with us could not believe how hot it was for early May.
We had mussels in white wine sauce, followed by Paella, all cooked on the beach, now that is the way to eat on the beach.
Those funny gas rings are brilliant.