 It is crossed by the N-340 coastal highway that runs southwest-northeast along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, to the border with France.Within the last 4 years the A7 motorway has been extended along the coast from Nerja in the Malaga province to Motril where it links the A7 motorway to the A44 motorway which heads north from Motril to the city of Granada.The Costa Tropical is made up mostly of agricultural zones and small resort towns and villages.