Places To Go Near Torreblanca, Costa Del Sol

Where To Go
Approximately a 10 minute drive up the coast is the beautiful town of Benalmadena with a superb port and excellent cafes, bars and restaurants. There are plenty of shops and a Sealife centre for the kids. The nightlife is robust and plentiful. You can stroll around the port area and rest at one of many cafes and bars on the waters edge. Many of them have bread packs which you can purchase so while you enjoy a drink the kids can feed the fish and boy do the like being fed!

There is a large fairground called Tivoli World which caters for all from toddlers to teenagers to the twilight years (if you can stand the fun). There is a small entrance fee and you can purchase a wrist band for unlimited rides and hours of fun. There are shows, cafes, bars, restaurants and beautiful gardens with freely roaming peacocks. Near the entrance of the fairground is a cable car which gives spectacular views from the top of the mountain over the whole of the Costa de Sol. If you travel further up the coast you will come to Torremolinos which has a beautiful beach and promenade, again with lots of amenities for the kids and the adults. The busy city of Malaga if further along the coast with masses of shopping for all!

Approximately 5 minutes drive to the other side of Torreblanca is the resort of Fuengirola, again with plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants. There are numerous fish restaurants dotted up and down the promenade on the beach. Pedalos aplenty for kids of all ages and a lovely clean well kept beach for sunbathing and swimming. There is a large water park which is great fun for everyone and some pretty daredevil water chutes where the kids show no fear. (also a second very large waterpark in nearby Torremolinos). The town of Mijas is situated in the hills. You can get there by bus from Fuengirola bus station very cheaply. It is a lovely town overlooking a large area of the Costa del Sol where you can see for miles. There are plenty of quaint bars, cafes and restaurants with masses of shops which sell anything from souvenirs to expensive crystal. If you venture further along the coast you will come to the elite resorts of Marbella and Puerto Banus. If you are a boat or car lover you will enjoy looking at the vast array of superb boats and flash cars at Puerto Banus. This resort is must for people watching, you can usually spot a well known face in the crowd. Here again there are lots of bars cafes and restaurants and designer shops.

If you enjoy the nightlife be prepared for it to get going around 2am with upbeat bars and clubs aplenty. From here you can venture up the coast to places like San Pedro and up as far as Algeciras where you can take a boat trip across the Med to Africa, Tangiers. Morocco and other places of interest. Next to Algeciras is the British colony of Gibraltar If you like your M&S shopping then you will feel like your back in Britain. You can go up the rock, see the sights and pose for photographs with the monkeys. Be warned it isn’t a duty free Island although you may be tempted by the cheap alcohol and tobacco. You will need to have your passport when you go as you are passing from Spain onto British soil. All these resorts can be reached by either car or bus

If you are feeling energetic and fancy a game of golf there are numerous golf courses dotted along the coast the nearest being Torrequebrada only a 5 minute drive away. You can find information on the whereabouts and fees for these courses on the internet. There is also a local, free, English paper in Spain called the Sur found in most bars and shops in which you can also find out these details along with many other activities including climbing, pony trekking, horse riding and entertainment going on along the coast. There is horse racing in Mijas Costa which mainly takes place at night due to the heat but sometimes during the day. Boardings around the town will show when it is next on. There is regular live entertainment going on with a famous face or two appearing in the past such as Elton John and Rod Stewart.

How To Find Things
For more information on these and other resorts, amenities, things to do and places to go you can type in Live performances Mijas Costa in Google and a web site will come up Golf courses Costa Del Sol. This will give you all of the above information and also entrance fees and opening times of lots more.

Where To Go In Torreblanca