Locations
Fernando Colomo was unable to shoot ‘Al sur de Granada’ in Yegen, where Gerald Brenan arrived in the Twenties, because in 2002 it no longer looked like the one the British writer knew, so he had to film in several locations in the municipality of La Tahá, such as Fondales, where the only house Brenan bought is located and where his secretary and heiress lives.
The print left by the show ‘Verano Azul’ still remains in Nerja, a village in the province of Malaga, nearly four decades after its shooting. Any viewer of the show can still visit the famous ship owned by Chanquete, “La Dorada”, although it is not the real one, but a copy. It is located in the Parque Verano Azul, where you can also find posters and pictures with scenes of the show.
Some indoor scenes of ‘Verano Azul’, like the ones with the lighthouse visited by Chanquete in the episode known as “La brújula”, were shot in Estudios Roma, in Madrid, while the outdoor ones were shot in Faro de Trafalgar
The famous director and producer Juan Lebrón worked as a cameraman in ‘Verano Azul’ and during the shooting saved the life of an English girl who felt into the swimming pool of a chalet they were working in the residential complex of El Capistrano. The shooting had to be cancelled and the film crew organized a party.
The coast of Granada is called the Costa Tropical because it offers a subtropical climate with 320 days of sunshine a year and average temperatures of 20 °C. Its landscape is characterized by cliffs, coves and long beaches, and has been inhabited by Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs. The five main tourist centers are Almuñécar, Salobreña, Motril, Castell de Ferro and La Rábita, all with excellent infrastructures and facilities that have made these beaches appear in many movies and series filmed in recent years.
