Some beaches feel designed for arrival. El Plomo feels discovered. The road bends through dry hills, the land turns sparse and mineral, and then the sea appears, bright and calm at the edge of a little cove with almost nothing built around it. Cala del Plomo, often called El Plomo Beach, sits within the wild coastal world of Cabo de Gata in Almería. It is not the place for beach clubs, promenades, or rows of sun loungers. Its appeal comes from the opposite feeling: a cove sha