From here, the road travels a further 15 km (9 miles), past the salt flats of La Mata, to Torrevieja.
Torrevieja is 15km further than the salt flats of La Mata.
If anyone actually was inclined to light up a cigar after breakfast, he would have been breaking the NAM's no-smoking rule, according to an association representative (who, like another witness I talked to, saw no cigars).