{"id":3545,"date":"2025-04-20T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/?post_type=blogs&#038;p=3545"},"modified":"2025-04-20T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T17:24:58","slug":"can-you-see-morocco-from-nerja-the-myth-the-photos-and-the-view","status":"publish","type":"blogs","link":"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/en\/blogs\/kun-je-marokko-zien-vanaf-nerja-de-mythe-de-fotos-en-het-uitzicht\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you see Morocco from Nerja? The myth, the photos and the views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's a question that has been buzzing along the southern Spanish coast for years. Can you see Morocco from Nerja? Not as a metaphor, not as a feeling - but literally. With the naked eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people swear they do. Other people call it a mirage, or simply: wishful thinking. Time to find out. With photos, reactions, graphs and a panorama tool that looks up to 300 kilometers. Because sometimes the truth just lies on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"756\" data-id=\"3549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492368069_23905040855769791_3956549512887245248_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492368069_23905040855769791_3956549512887245248_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492368069_23905040855769791_3956549512887245248_n-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492368069_23905040855769791_3956549512887245248_n-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492368069_23905040855769791_3956549512887245248_n-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Millow Davies <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"3548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/491126109_10212944613687386_7305710452415011461_n.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View from Pico del Cielo, photo by Jagoda Ma\u0142gorzata Gawlik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do the people themselves say?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked the question in a local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NerjaInfo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook group<\/a>. Within no time the responses poured in. Some down-to-earth, others almost poetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\"Yes you can, on a clear day you can see the silhouette.\" - Chloe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\"From Capistrano, when the sun is just setting, you can see dark mountains.\" - Yvonne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\"My grandmother used to say, in good weather you see Morocco.\" - Kim<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\"I photographed it, every year from the same point.\" - Millow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Frigiliana was also mentioned as a place where in clear weather you can see a shadow in the distance. Others even saw lights on the other side. And that is remarkable, since the distance from Nerja to Morocco is about 130 to 180 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And what does science say?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are at sea level, because of the curvature of the earth, you can only see about 5 kilometers far. So no, from the beach you can't see Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the higher you stand, the further you can see. And if you then also look at something that is itself high - like the Rif mountains in Morocco, which rise above 2,000 meters - a visual crossroads is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In C\u00f3mpeta (about 700 meters altitude), the mountains are sometimes seen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are also reports from Capistrano or Frigiliana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pico del Cielo (1508 meters) is the highest point near Nerja.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to some residents, on exceptionally clear days you can see the silhouette of the Rif Mountains there. Not the coast, but the peaks. And that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The panorama generator does not lie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/udeuschle.de\/panoramas\/makepanoramas_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">panorama tool<\/a> we tested it. From a point at an altitude of 462 meters near Nerja, with a view of 300 kilometers, several mountain peaks in Morocco were made visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Location: Nerja (36.78754, -3.87509)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viewpoint height: 462 meters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Range: up to 300 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visible peaks: Jebel el Kkra, Jebel Djenidoki, Jebel Afastal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Farthest summit: 226 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the simulator: yes, you can see the mountains of Africa. Not daily, but it is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-1024x747.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-1536x1120.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/www.ohmycosta.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-04-20-om-19.14.02.png 1796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, can you really see Morocco from Nerja?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not from the beach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Well from higher places like C\u00f3mpeta or Capistrano.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only on extremely clear days, often in winter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What you see then is not a city or coastline, but a vague silhouette. A dark gray line above the sea, just visible, just tangible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And those who have seen it once will not soon forget it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you seen it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Or do you have a photo you think: is this Morocco? Let us know. We'd love to add your experience to this story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because sometimes ... a horizon is more than a line.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3546,"template":"","class_list":["post-3545","blogs","type-blogs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kun je Marokko echt zien vanaf Nerja? - Costa del Sol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kun je Marokko echt zien vanaf Nerja? 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