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Restaurants
The majority of these restaurants offer a typical European food such as Fish & Chips, Entrecote, Burger etc. so for those who are picky, don’t worry! But if you are looking for an exceptional gastronomic experience, we know some local places with excellent authentic Spanish food made of fresh ingredients!
You will be quite surprised with the quality and taste! without being robbed by huge bills.
Look forward to these exceptional gastronomic experiences!
Restaurant
La Viña de Ale
If you want to try the authentic tapas bar this is the place. The tapa is to Spanish cuisine what pasta is to Italians.Tapa is small bites that have marked Spanish gastronomic culture and as journalist Juan Ferragut recalled , the tapa is "a distracted way of eating without realizing it";-) In this restaurant you can choose among many different tapas served with the best wine in the area. The environment is very casual and cozy. Try it! for mor information.
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📍 Torremolinos
Bodega Restaurant Charolais
At the heart of Fuengirola you can find this restaurant. The food is exceptional good and the location perfect. The price is a little bit more than other restaurants, but it is well worth it! For more information.
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📍 FUENGIROLA
Escorpio Restaurant
Escorpio Restaurant shares the same building as La Fonda Hotel in Benalmádena Pueblo. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the hotel in which you can enjoy Mediterranean cuisine where the flavors of the sea and the mountain mix. The restaurant has both a covered and uncovered dining area with spectacular sea views. Seasonal natural products, respectful with the environment and according with the tradition. A gourmet experience with low price! For more information.
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📍 benalmádena pueblo
Tipi Tapa Restaurant
Looking for a dinner while you watch a Flamenco show? You can see, hear and feel the Andalusian art which is categorized as intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. And if we add Mediterranean food, the smell and the taste of the land, this will be a luxury experience for all your senses For more information.
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📍 fuengirola
Café La vida
Location: Recinto Ferial, at the marketplace in the center of Fuengirola! If you want to try the authentic Danish food called “smørrebrød” , Café la Vida is the right place. The food is homemade and delicious. The café has its own bakery and their rye bread is just fantastic. Very reasonable price and cozy environment!
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📍 fuengirola
La Taberna del Pintxo Larios
Pintxos are the Basque Country’s answer to Spain’s tapas. It differs from tapas in the form of serving and eating. Traditionally the cold tapas are laid out across great counters, visually spectacular and seductive, a couple of dozen different little bits, skewered with a stick. The stick is important as your bill is based on topping up the different sticks on your plate. The hot pintxos exit the kitchen randomly and are carried aloft, offered around the tables until gone. For more information.
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📍 MÁLAGA
El Pimpi
Opened in 1971, El Pimpi is situated inside an old 18th century Málaga mansion house and is one of the longest-standing bodega bars in Málaga, where you can enjoy local food & wines and, above all, the culture & traditions of southern Spain. The interior houses hundred-year-old decorations that surprise and captivate visitors, as does the amazing setting, surrounded as we are by our city’s most important historical monuments and cultural quarters: The Alcazaba, Roman Theatre, Picasso Museum, Carmen Thyssen Art Museum, Plaza de la Merced… Our aim is to become a symbol of quality, representing all that Málaga stands for, and, with your help, we hope to achieve it.
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Mesón Salamanca Restaurant Fuengirola
We love this cozy restaurant! Feels like home Delicious, traditional homemade cooking at very reasonable prices, located right at the heart of Fuengirola, very close to the main square. For more information click here
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Beaches
There are different kind of beaches on the Costa del Sol. We will point you in the right direction whether you’re into watersports, relaxing on the beach or family fun.
Fuengirola Beaches
Fuengirola is famous for its seven kilometre (5 mile) stretch of sandy beach, beginning at the Sohail Castle to the west and ending at Torreblanca to the east. This is a beach where the whole family can have fun. Boats and jet skis can be rented out. There is even a beach football pitch set up, complete with goalposts. Whether as player or a spectator, the football adds to the lively, family atmosphere. Volleyball is another option on this lively beach. You can also try windsurfing and sailing or try your hand at fishing. There are several beach bars and restaurants to chose from and other amenities include; car parking, sunshades and beach beds, showers, public toilets, a children’s’ park and facilities for the disabled.
📍 Fuengirola
Carvajal Beach
Carvajal Beach is a favourite family beach and usually very busy, with plenty going on. There are many beach bars and beach activities and amenities to hand. It is just off the main A7 highway, and accessible also by train to Carvajal. It is dominated by many high-rise buildings and is also close to shops and restaurants. It is at the start of the Fuengirola/Los Boliches. Its high standards of cleanliness and excellent facilities have been recognised by the European Blue Flag award.
📍 Benalmadena
Benalnatura
For the naturists, there is a small cove and nudist beach, accessible from the A7 coast road. Driving from Benalmadena along the coast in the direction of Fuengirola, double back at the roundabout after Torrequebrada and before Torremuelle. There is limited parking in the summer. You will see a sign “Benalnatura” indicating a steep concrete path down through the trees to the beach. There is a beach bar. Naturist only.
📍 Benalmadena
Torremolinos 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.
📍 Torremolinos
Nature
The mild tempreture, proximity to the Sea and the amazing nature make Malaga province an ideal destination for sport-lovers.
Malaga offers a wide range of sporting activities in the natural ourdoor environments.
Golf, water sports, fishing, windsurfing, padel, cycling, horse riding, hiking, even skiing in the winter. Almost any sporting discipline can be found in Malaga.
The hiking trails of Mijas (Mijas Pueblo)
Most start from the Mirador de Mijas Pueblo and throughout the walk panels provide information on different aspects of nature and local culture. The best time of the year for walking is from mid-September through to mid-June, and January, in particular, is fantastic when walkers are treated to usually clear blue skies and the slopes’ almond trees in blossom. For flower lovers, Spring is a great time to go as the mountains are in full bloom with wild poppies, lavender and other flower species. For more information.
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📍 Mijas pueblo
Montes de Malaga
One of the best places to go hiking with various levels of difficulty is situated in Malaga, the so called Montes de Malaga, a natural park with gorgeous hills, mountains and hiking trails. It is Malaga's most important green space and a place for enjoying nature with officially signposted with 5 walking routs. However, you can find here some less well known routes where you can discover so much more as you go walking in the Montes de Malaga. For more information.
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📍 Malaga
Caminito del Rey
One of the most popular hiking route is "the Caminito del Rey" walk in Malaga, a spectacular route of vertiginous footbridges up to 105 meters high. For more information.
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📍 Ardales, Álora y Antequera
Sierra Nevada trails
Hiking in Sierra Nevada is an experience any nature lover should have while staying in Andalucia – it is one of the best places to hike in Spain. For more information.
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📍 Granada
The Guadalhorce and Guadalteba reservoir-Ardales
The three Reservoirs known as Guadalhorce – Guadalteba are nestled in a stunning area of outstanding beauty close to El Chorro and the Camino del Rey and withing the boundaries of the Natural Park area called “Desfiladero de los Gaitanes”. The natural environment corresponds to the village of Ardales but only one of the reservoirs, the Conde de Guadalhorce, is in the municipality of Ardales. The two lakes are in the municipalities of Teba, Campillos and Antequera . For more information.
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📍 Ardales, Teba, Campillos y Antequera
Sierra de Castril, Cazorla
Only about 3 hours of drive from Malaga you find a fantastic place to go hiking with various levels of difficulty. Castril de la Peña is located at the foot of a rocky crag, in the north of the province of Granada, on the border with the province of Jaen and with the Parque Natural de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas. The Sierra de Castril, officially declared a natural park, has a spectacular cliff and many streams, caves and gorges. Definitely a place you fall in love with. We recommend Hotel "el Geco Verde" which is a fantastic surprise you never forget and very cheap to stay. It feels like home with a breathtaking view and tranquility. For more information about the hotel click here Typical dishes include Migas con Remojón, Maimones, noodles with hare or with partridge, buns with a rabbit filling and the many different stews made with trout from the Río Castril. Local specialities also include a variety of local meats (pork, rabbit, chicken) all known for their excellent quality. For more information about Castril.
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📍 Castril de la Peña (Granada)
Culture
Art is in the air! Málaga is the province for culture lovers, from street artists to the most famous painters in the world. Ceramic art, painting, sculpture and much much, more! All year round you can find exhibitions around the province, so stay tuned! Visit its museums is a must!
Pablo Picasso in Malaga
Of course we start with Picasso! Malaga is the city, where he was born and every year thousands and thousands of people from around the world visit this spectacular museum. Se some of this artist’s work.
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📍 MALAGA
Pompidou Museum
The world-famous gallery Centre Pompidou has come to Malaga. Without doubt the Pompidou art centre in Paris is one of the greatest homes of twentieth century art. In line with the arresting appearance of the Pompidou in Paris the Malaga collection will be housed in the large glass cube, built with a cultural purpose in mind and which is situated at the corner which joins Muelle Uno and Muelle Dos of Malaga’s newly renovated port. The new Malaga Pop-Up museum houses a fine selection of its French mother. For more information
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📍 Malaga
Carmen Thyssen Museum
Transparency and participation are elements that permeate the activity of the Museo Carmen Thyssen. Visiting this museum is a must! Enjoy it! For more information
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📍 MALAGA
Glass & Cristal Museum
The museum is located in a carefully restored 18th century house, where we can browse through the history of humanity by means of the glass. It is a private collection of more than 3.000 pieces of glass of different epochs, accompanied by pictures, furniture, and decorative objects in a setting that corresponds to each historical period represented, immersing us in an environment close to the domestic context of the era. It is a museum o decorative arts that aims not only to contribute to the rehabilitation of the old craftsman's neighbourhood of San Felipe Neri, but also to be a reference centre for artisans' techniques of the past, many of them lost, unknown or forgotten. For more information
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📍 MALAGA
Shopping markets
Visiting these markets seems to be on most of our guest’s to-do lists. You can find everything, and we mean everything on these markets accompanied by live music and gastronomic experiences. So, instead of a normal day’s shopping, a trip to a street market becomes an absolute outing for the whole family and the prices are negotiable 😉
The markets are normally from 9am to 3 pm and are held in:
Monday: Marbella – near the car dealerships at the entrance to Marbella
Tuesday:Fuengirola - this is our favorite 😉 at the Fair Ground in the town center
Wednesday:Benalmadena Costa/Arroyo de la Miel – at the fairground behind Paloma Park, La Cala, in the fairground just off the A7 coastal road in La Cala de Mijas, and Estepona – Located next to the fair ground
Thursday:Torremolinos – next to the Water Park
Friday: Arroyo de la Miel – in the Tivoli World car park area.
Saturday : Fuengirola – One-of-a- kind Flea Market. probably the largest in Europe! 😉 Puerto Banus
Sunday: Torremolinos – Near the Water Park. Fuengirola –near the Mosque and the Sohail Castle.
Warning! as in all popular tourist attractions, there are pick-pockets around who pray on the innocence of some tourists so please be careful with your wallets, bags and belongings! Try and bargain a little, you can usually get some very good deals!
Have fun and don’t spend too much!
Plaza Mayor
The shopping and leisure center Plaza Mayor, is located in the Guadalmar area, near the Parador de Golf of Malaga. Access to it by the A-7 Ronda E-15 West take exit C-344. For more information.
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📍 MALAGA
Mirama Center
Very close to the beach and the city center, Miramar shopping center has become a benchmark for leisure time, shopping and a place to enjoy the many activities it schedules for visitors and residents. Miramar shopping center is one of the best shopping destinations in Malaga, where you’ll enjoy the sea atmosphere as well. For more information.
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📍 Fuengirola
La Cañada
La Canada is the largest shopping center in Marbella. It will cater to everybody's shopping needs and offers many indoor activities for the family. For more information.
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📍 MARBELLA
Night life
The cities along the coast offer everything from fancy cocktail bars and pubs, to live music venues and nightclubs that stay open until the morning. Here are the places to be if you want to experience the best of the Costa del Sol’s nightlife
Torremolinos
Over recent years, Torremolinos has established itself as one of the leading nightspots on Malaga’s coastline, especially for its gay and lesbian scene. Given that this once-small and sleepy village boasts some of the Costa del Sol’s most beautiful beaches, nightspots that offer a beach-style, open-air clubbing experience have become particularly popular with the young crowd that party here. And despite its reputation as a Brit-haven, an increasing amount of Spaniards now also seek out Torremolinos for its nightlife, especially in summer. The Palladium is sought out for its insane laser lighting and El Gato is one of the town’s most popular gay nightclubs. Many of these places don’t shut until 9am. Club Palladium, 36 Av. Palma de Mallorca, Torremolinos El Gato Lounge, 1 Paseo Marítimo, Torremolinos
📍 Torremolinos
Marbella
Where to start? Say “nightclubbing in Andalusia” and for most people only one destination will spring to mind, thanks in part to the various celebrities and wannabe celebrities that have been snapped at its beach parties or falling out of its bling-tastic nightclubs. Say what you will about Marbella and its flashy little sister, Puerto Banus, though, this is unquestionably the place to be if you like to party loud, late and expensively (a night out here will set you back considerably more than in any other places on this list). The two most famous partying locations are Nikki beach resort and club, which opens at the end of April for the summer Bacchanalia, and the stretch of bars and clubs that make up the ‘Golden Mile’.
📍 Marbella
Benalmadena
In all of the destinations recommended here it’s posible to party around the clock, but only in Benalmadena, situated just a few kilometres west of Torremolinos, is there a square with an informal name that explicitly acknowledges this; Plaza Solymar (Sun and Sea) is known as ’24-Hour Square’. Needless to say, most of the late-night spots are here, with Kiu nightclub being the biggest and most well-known. The other cluster of clubs, pubs and cocktail bars can be found in the Marina area, which has a slightly more aspirational ambiance as typified by Kaleido cafe and club. Discoteca KIU, Calle los Almendros 3, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena Costa Kaleido Café-club, Puerto Marina, Dársena de Levante, Benalmádena
📍 Benalmádena
Fuengirola
Just twenty minutes on the train out of Malaga airport, Fuengirola is another one of the Costa del Sol’s top party destinations. Again, its scores of ‘British’ pubs and beach-style nightspots are more geared towards the visitor, but in July and August it is also sought out by Spaniards for the beaches and clubbing scene. Fuengirola’s nightlife is notable for its diversity, with bars staging live rock, blues and jazz bands until the early hours and clubs offering dance music, DJs and copas until sunrise. Every year, an epic beach party is thrown for the Feria of San Juan in late June.
📍 Fuengirola
Kids Fun
Here are some of the fun activities for the kids:
Bioparc Fuengirola
Bioparc Fuengirola This is a zoo where the animals live in a recreation of their natural habitat, encouraging their development. There are four different areas: Madagascar, Equatorial Africa, South-East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. In total, more than 200 animal species live in Bioparc. Many of them are endangered or at risk of becoming endangered. For more information.
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📍 Fuengirola
Butterfly Park of Benalmádena!
In this spectacular Butterfly Park, next to the Thai temple, you can walk amongst more than 1,500 exotic butterflies from around the world, flying freely in a tropical paradise between waterfalls and flowers. You will be able to observe how they are born, how they reproduce and enjoy learning many things about these wonderful insects. For more information.
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📍 Benalmádena
Crocodile Park, Torremolinos
One of the most popular places to visit in Torremolinos. If you’ve got kids and are looking for a fun day out, you’ll definitely want to add this one to your to-do list! For more information.
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📍 Torremolinos
Cable Car & Falcon Show, Benalmádena!
The Bald Eagle, the Eurasian Eagle-owl, the Caracara, Griffon Vulture, Ferruginous Hawk or Harris’s Hawk are some of the protagonists of the Flight of birds Demonstrations. Benalmádena Cable Car provides a spectacular Flight of birds Demonstrations every day in the peak’s arena, located in a natural setting of exceptional beauty with unique views of the Bay of Málaga and the Costa del Sol. For more information.
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📍 Benalmádena
Aqualand, Torremolinos
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📍 Torremolinos
Sea Life Aquarium, Benalmádena!
Sea life in Benalmadena is an aquarium situated at the entrance of Puerto Marina (Benalmádena’s port), right opposite Torre Bermeja, an old watchtower, and next to the Marina Shopping mall. In this great aquarium you’ll find a wide variety of sea species brought in from all over the world, like the Mediterranean, Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, and other places like the Amazon river and the Red sea. For more information.
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📍 Benalmdádena
Aquamijas, Fuengirola
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📍 Fuengirola
Parasailing & Watersport, Fuengirola!
Enjoy INCREDIBLE VIEWS of Benalmádena, Fuengirola and the Sierra Nevada comfortably and safely from up to 650ft height! Take off and land from our specialised Parasailing power boat, an easier and safer way to parasail! For more information.
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📍 Fuengirola