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Fuengirola, Tourist Guide and Information
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Only 25km from Malaga International Airport is the town of Fuengirola – one of the most popular destinations on the Costa del Sol. Easily accessible by road, rail or bus, it is not difficult to see why this buzzing cosmopolitan town on the Mediterranean is the number one choice for so many different kinds of people.
Previously, a tiny fishing village, Fuengirola has become a vibrant metropolis with character. The advent of many up-market tapa bars and good restaurants, interspersed with chic boutiques and other shops of interest, as well as fabulous beaches makes it the perfect holiday destination. The main square, Plaza de la Constitución, has been re-designed but still retains its unique enchantment. It looks pretty especially at Christmas, when it is decorated with very attractive lights and ornaments. It is also attractive during the Summer Feria, when the whole town takes part in the annual street celebrations. A walk down the narrow, pedestrian streets leading off the main square is a voyage of discovery for the many visitors, who come across some of the hidden secrets and delightful corners of this friendly, Andalucian town.
The choice of accommodation is vast, from 5 star luxury hotels or penthouse apartments or villas with private pool, to studio flats with sea views or fishermen’s cottages on the beach. With an average of around 320 days of sunshine a year, the only decision is when to make the move.
If you are planning to re-visit Fuengirola after a gap of 10 years or more, prepare yourself to take in the changes. If you are considering a first time visit, you are sure to be impressed with the atmosphere, amenities and wide choice of accommodation and property for sale (in case, like most people, you want to stay a little longer!). In recent years the municipality has made enormous investments towards improving the infrastructure in Fuengirola, not only to maintain a healthy and happy tourist trade, but also to make this a wonderful place to live. The results speak for themselves and have brought Fuengirola into the 21st century, while never losing sight of the rich historic past and traditional Andalucian roots.
Since the 1960’s, foreigners have been discovering the joys of living in Fuengirola. At the beginning of the 1960’s, there were around 8,500 people living in this small village. By 1980 there were some 30,000 and now there are over 63,000 official residents. In the summer season, this number swells enormously with tourists.
Benalmadena and Arroyo de la miel, Tourist Guide and Information
Benalmadena is located to the west of Malaga and Torremolinos, although due to the expansion of both Benalmadena Costa and Torremolinos there is little distinction in terms of distance between the two. Benalmadena's tourist explosion occurred later than Torremolinos' and it has managed to avoid some of the uglier large concrete developments of the 1970's. Make no mistake though: this is still the heart of tourist country with crowded beaches, an abundance of British bars and restaurants to cater for most tastes.
Puerto Marina has given Benalmadena Costa a new focal point. Popular with locals and tourists alike, the place has a distinctly international feel to it. Acting as a centre where families can spend time during the day with several shops, cafes and restaurants, while at night transforming itself into the place to go for young "party goers." The area is crammed with a variety of nightclubs and bars playing the latest music and staying open until sunrise (or later). Prices are more expensive than those in Malaga city centre, however most visitors should find them in line with prices from their home countries or similar tourist resorts.
While Benalmadena Costa manages to attract both family-based clientele and the "young, fun-in-the-sun" tourists Benalmadena Pueblo – which sits high on a hill looking down over the coast – has largely remained an Andalucian village. While there are several expatriates living here, they were mainly among the first wave of those to relocate to the Costa del Sol, many of them purchasing and having built large villas perched on the mountain side. Among these were some of the more notorious to move to the coast in the late 70's and early 80's, and possibly as a consequence Benalmadena Pueblo is a quiet and private affair.
Montemar, Torremolinos Tourist Guide and Information
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Montemar is located on the doorstep of Benalmadena´s Puerto Marina, but is actually part of the town of Torremolinos.
For many years Montemar has been one of the main tourist resorts on the coast and continues today to be a favourite with tourist´s return year after year to this friendly and fun filled resort.
The resort has miles of beautiful beaches that are packed with tourist´s and locals alike throughout the summer months.
There are plenty of water sport´s to get involved with for people of all ages.
The resort is lively and is mainly located within a triangle shaped square.
The three main bars in Montemar are Oliver´s Bar a lively karaoke and sport´s venue, Mulligan´s a typical Irish bar with great music and the Rose and Crown, which has live cabaret as well as karaoke, all three bars serve great food including home made chips and are very popular with the Irish tourist´s.
If you love traditional fish and chips check out Fincas which is in the heart of Montemar, the food is great and so is the service.
Montemar also boast´s the best carvery on the Costa del sol but early bookings are advisable.
There are two main hotel´s in Montemar the Sol Aloha Puerto and the Sol Timor, both are opposite the main bars and restaurants.
La Carihuela, Torremolinos, Tourist Guide and Information
When we mention tourism in Spain we are talking about the Costa del Sol, Andalucia, and within the Costa del Sol, La Carihuela is unique, a small, quiet, Picturesque and friendly village with very homely people, who have a vast experience in the tourist industry, catering and the general day to day things we take for granted.
La Carihuela is the old fishing quarter of Torremolinos. A pedestrian street runs the length of the village. Although the fishing tradition still continues, many fishermen have swapped their fishing nets for restaurant and beach-bar businesses, to cater for the many tourists who visit the area every year to enjoy its sunny beach and excellent food.
The area is the most famous in Spain for it´s taditional fish dishes and every one of them are worth trying and are very well priced.
The beach of more than 2 kilometres is noted for its cleanliness, excellent offer of beach beds sun-shades and most of all for it´s famous beach restaurants called "chiringuitos" where the best and freshest Mediterranean sea-food is served. The Promenade runs parallel to the beach and connects with the Port of Benalmadena, with it´s distinctive architecture, well known lively night life, shops, boutiques, bars and restaurants.
The local bars are a must serving every kind of drink immaginable from Sangria to great british beers.
This is probably one of the most beautiful areas to visit on the Costa del sol and is located just 15 minutes from Malaga airport by taxi.
There is a wide selection of entertainment in the area from well known drag artistes, vocalists and even the odd game of bingo.
Public transport is close by with the main bus terminal in Torremolinos centre and a train station just up the hill in Montemar Alto.
Torremolinos, Tourist Guide and Information
Torremolinos is the largest of the resorts of the Costa del Sol and probably the most famous. It has received somewhat of a bad reputation, which has led local authorities to improve the cleanliness of the beaches and make an effort to keep the night life under control. During tourist season, different nationalities come together in Torremolinos for a little "fun in the sun." During the day the 9 km of beach are packed with bodies taking advantage of the summer sun. Temperatures often hover around 30° and 40° C (from 85° to over 100° F). There are plentiful beachfront cafés (called chiringuitos) selling fried fish, snacks and soft drinks, which are as good as the ride back from the main beach to the centre of town - uphill all the way.
When the sun sets, the town is still full of life. Restaurants provide almost all possible flavours, so you won't feel like you're only trying typical Andalusian food. Bars are in abundance which claim their heritage from one nationality or another: Irish, British, Dutch and German. Name it and Torremolinos probably has it. Crowded nightclubs pump out the latest music and remain open until dawn, or even later. There's no mistaking: Torremolinos is a place to have fun, so if you're looking for calm and relaxation do it elsewhere!
After the peak of summer's high season, Torremolinos becomes a quiet place. The 'party hearty' atmosphere decreases and travelers come to stay during the calm winters. The beach promenade is packed with Spanish families who go out for lunch and stroll the beach on Sunday. The mixture in Torremolinos of sun, fun and value for your money has caused people to come back year after year.
Activities
Tivoli World (95 244 28 48), the Costa del Sol's biggest theme park, is located in Arroyo de Miel, 3 km north-west of Torremolinos. There are two dozen rides to choose from, including those geared towards tiny tots, as well as regular concerts, flamenco shows and a choice of restaurants and bars. It's open daily from 10am to 6pm and entry is 3.60 EUR.
Sea Life (95 256 01 50), situated at the entrance of Benalmadena Port, is an excellent aquarium with a "touch pool" educational section for young children who can handle crabs and starfish, as well as see tiny sharks and rays swimming in their egg cases with the aid of magnifying glasses. Opening hours are 10 am to 8 pm and the entrance is 5.90 EUR for adults and 4.10 EUR for children under 12.
Aquapark (95 238 88 88), about ten minutes walk north of Calle San Miguel near the Palacio de Congresos, is a typical family-fun water park with more than 30 rides, including the blood-curdling Kamikaze chute. The park is open from May until September, 10am-7pm, and the cost is 10.80 EUR for adults and 6.80 EUR for children.
Equestrian Show,"Ritmo a Caballo" (equestrian ballet). The Andalusians are arguably the most skilful horsemen in Europe and this weekly show, held at El Ranchito riding stables in La Colina (95 238 3140) is very professional with explanations in English and Spanish. Seating is limited, so reserve first.
Beaches
There are six main beaches in Torremolinos: Los Alamos, Playamar, Bajondillo, La Carihuela, Montemar and El Saltillo. The 7 km main promenade has recently undergone improvements with additional landscaping and wider pavements. Now all the beaches are linked.
Festivals
Like all the towns in Andalucia Torremolinos celebrates numerous traditional festivals. Here are some of the more important.
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Carnivals (Feburary)
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Holy Week (March)
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Crosses of May, (early May)
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Corpus Christi (June)
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Saint John's Eve (23 June)
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Virgen del Carmen (16 July) Celebrated in La Carihuela
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Romaneria (end September)
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Summer Feria centers around Saint Michaels day (September 29) the towns patron saint.
The Day of the Tourist (end Sept) is a more moderate but equally important concept. The town hall will organise free events such as entertainment and the cooking of a huge Paella.
An important annual event in Torremolinos is the Spanish Ballroom Dancing Championships which takes place in October in the Congress Palace. Mr and Mrs Banderas (Antonio's parents) take a great interest, they won a couple of years ago.
Alhaurin de la torre, Tourist Guide and Information
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Unlike its equally venerable neighbour, Alhaurín el Grande, which has managed to preserve and even modestly flaunt a little of its Roman and Moorish heritage, Alhaurín de la Torre has conspired to hide its past with such ruthless efficiency that it is now almost impossible to find. Even the tower which gave it its name is long gone.
Finding the two Alhauríns is easy. Take the mighty N-340 highway south from Málaga and look for the turnoff onto the C-344 leading to Churriana. Then simply following the winding road along the Guadalhorce valley and into the Sierra de Mijas.
This easy access to the provincial capital is at the root of Alhaurín de la Torre's economic resurrection and cultural decline. It has been seized upon by many who work in Málaga but prefer not to live in the conurbation, and is rapidly expanding as a commuter town. There is little doubt that with the current explosion of building in full swing, it will soon outstrip its neighbour in size and population. We shall then have the ironic situation of Alhaurín el Grande being the smaller of the two.
As yet, the town is still set among large plantations of citrus and avocado, but as it continues to grow, and land becomes increasingly scarce and valuable, it may be that many of them will disappear.
Having said all this, there is nonetheless history to find if the visitor is diligent enough, though this is chiefly in the outlying suburbs such as La Alquería and Cortijo Molina. Perhaps aware that time is their enemy, the town council, the ayuntamiento, has enterprisingly compiled an exhaustive list of archæological sites, the Carta Arqueológica. This includes many sites which had previously been unrecorded, and which are not protected by preservation orders. It is obvious that these are the ones in most danger from the developers' bulldozers.
La Alquería was once a town of sorts in its own right, beginning as a 3rd Century BC Iberian hill fort and flourishing for a while under the Romans before petering out around 200AD. Nevertheless, there are still vestigial remnants of Roman masonry in the area, though many of them are now on private land and out of reach.
The biggest attraction for visitors to Alhaurín de la Torre is undoubtedly the gardens of El Retiro. Founded in the 17th Century by Fray Alonso de Santo Tomás, Bishop of Málaga, and originally use by him as his retirement home (hence, El Retiro) the gardens display an impressive variety of plant and wild life. Each section attempts to recreate the natural habitat of the creatures housed in it, from semi-desert to tropical swamp. The manor house at its centre has also been impressively restored.
A visit to El Retiro is enough to make even the most jaded visitor forget the frantic scramble beyond its walls, and forgive Alhaurín de la Torre most of its more earthly sins.
Mijas, Tourist Guide and Information
One of the finest examples of the white villages (pueblos blancos), Mijas still has much of its charm with its little whitewashed houses perched on the hillside. The village has also managed to retain some of its quaint traditions, one of the most unusual being the donkey-taxis which line the central plaza. Mijas is a typical Andalucian village, perched high above Fuengirola and Mijas Costa with spectacular views of the coast and surrounding heavily wooded mountains. Mijas is a web of narrow cobbled streets complete with terraces overflowing with geraniums, red tile roofs, archways and of course, the occasional chirping canary. Like Ronda just over the mountaintop, the village dates back to distant times and there are two Mudejar churches here to prove it, as well as the sanctuary of the patron saint of Mijas, from the year 850.
One of the most interesting buildings in Mijas is the hermitage of El Puerto which can be spied just about everywhere in the village! Keep looking and you may just catch a glimpse of a hang glider wafting over the peak. Mijas has one of the country's few oval bullrings (it's also small) and some interesting churches and other monuments giving insight to its past: Roman, Moorish and Spanish. The journey along the old road between Mijas and Benalmadena, among the pines and little chalets that mark the route, is like a continuous balcony which overlooks the sea.
During high season the village can be crowded with tourists visiting from along the coast. Higher in the town the streets turn into flights of steps and the higher you climb the quieter it becomes, and the cheaper the cafés, restaurants and bars are. Also look out for the mineral water spring at the entrance to the village. There is a thriving arts and crafts movement in Mijas, particularly linen and wicker items, and the locally made bread and honey is definitely worth trying. For more information about these local trades visit the Mijas Town Hall.
Coin, Tourist Guide and Information
Coin is situated in the fertile valley of the rio Grande and there is little doubt that a community of some kind existed on the spot long before the Roman conquest.
Nevertheless, it was the Romans who gave it the first name which has survived: Lacibis. It became a market town: a transition point for the minerals being quarried 5 kilometres or so to the south in the Sierra Blanca. Marble from these quarries was certainly used in the construction of the Roman town of Italica, which once stood close to Seville, and was the birthplace in 76AD of the future emperor, Hadrian. The quarrying of marble and the mining of iron ore went on well into the 19th Century.
During the time of the Visigoths, who supplanted the Romans as rulers of the peninsula, the town lost its lustre and appears to have been deserted and left to fall into ruin. By the time that the Moors resettled and rebuilt it around 929AD virtually all of its Roman heritage had been lost, and what little was left disappeared in the rebuilding.
1485 was a momentous year in the region. The Christian reconquest was in its final triumphant space, and village and towns fell to them like grass beneath the scythe. Coin was taken after a siege in which, legend will tell you, no less a person than Christopher Columbus took part.
A certain Captain S. E. Cook of the Royal Navy visited Coin, along with Cartama and Alhaurín in 1829, and was mightily impressed. "These villages", he wrote, "are on rising ground above the river and in beauty of situation and cultivation cannot be excelled. They afford a specimen of the whole country when possessed by the Moors, being surrounded by gardens with orange, lemon and palm trees and abounding in all the fine as well as the more common fruits." To this day an orange tree features on Coin's coat of arms.
One of the most picturesque, yet sombre places in Coin is the shrine of Nuestra Senora de Fuensanta. The beautifully preserved chapel stands on top of a hill beside the ground which is used for the annual fair. The situation and views are magnificent, but the sombre note is struck by the now abandoned house which stands close by in a field. In 1893 it was the site of a brutal murder in which the local priest was shot by intruders who believed him to have hidden away a cache of money. The story of the crime and its aftermath were told in Bartolomé Abelenda's book, The Coin Crime.
Coin is a town which has only lately woken up to the realisation that it has a story to tell. In early 1999 the local Department of Culture embarked on a project to decorate some of the town walls with illustrated tiles depicting episodes in its history. Whether these will perpetuate the Columbus legend remains to be seen. What is unlikely is that it will remind the world that it was chosen by the BBC as the setting for its spectacularly unsuccessful soap opera, Eldorado.