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Not far from the Bajondillo Apartments is EXOTIC TOUR Travel Agency and Exchange.
Their tour prices are very reasonable and they always give a fair exchange rate on your currency (American - Canadian - British pounds - etc.)
I have exchanged money here many times and I believe it's even a better rate than using the ATM Machines. There is no commission charges - the rate you see is the rate you receive.
An example of tours they offer and (2010) rates are as follows:
Cordoba - Thursdays - Tour - 41,50 Euros - with lunch - 53,50 Euros
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Update (2013 rates)
Tour - 39,50 Euros - with lunch - 54,50 Euros
Gibraltar - 12.50 Euros - Express 14.25 Euros
7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Update (2013 rates)
11,95 Euros - Express 13,95 Euros
Granada - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - 54,95 Euros - with lunch - 66,95 Euros
7:40 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Includes admission to Alhambra
Update: (2013 rates)
54,95 Euros - with lunch 68,95 Euros
Nerja/Frigiliana - Monday and Thursday - 20,50 Euros - With Caves 26,50 Euros
9:20 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Update: (2013 rates)
19,00 Euros - with caves 25,50 Euros
Ronda - Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday - 30,50 Euros - with Lunch 42,50 Euros
7:35 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Update: (2013 rates)
28,50 Euros - with lunch 43,95 Euros
Sevilla - Wednesday and Friday - 41,50 Euros - with lunch 53,50 Euros
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Update: (2013 rates)
39,50 Euros - with lunch 54,50 Euros
Lunch is well worth the extra price as it usually includes a drink, dessert and gratuities
Prices are as of February 2010.
Updated February, 2013 - as you can see most prices are actually less than two years ago.
New: Marbella and Puerto Banus - Thursdays
8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Half Days - 18,00 Euros
Jerez and Cadiz - Fridays
7:10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
includes Horse Show & Boat Trip - 45,00 Euros
Updated Mar 9, 2013
Address: In the alleyway leading to the stairs to SanMiguel
Phone: 952 05 06 12
Website: www.exotic-tour.es
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The competition to keep the tourists inside the hotels is strong and wild, with advantages to the costumers.
Spanish hotels developed a standard of activities that cover all the areas, with each hotel concentrated in its dominant area of costumers.
So, either if you travel with children or not, this is a point you must consider when booking your hotel.
Updated Feb 16, 2013
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This was one of my favourite things to do while staying for such a long time on the beach. Get up really early in the morning and watch the sun rise. It is absolutely breathtaking.
My photos are taken in Bajondillo and show the sunrise in different months of the summer. It is really worth waking up early for this! I stayed for 6 months in Bajondillo in Torremolinos. An waking up to a sunrise like this is out of this world. I just couldn´t go back to sleep knowing that such beauty was outside.
Updated Oct 19, 2012
Despite its growth towards touristy exploitation, Torremolinos still keeps some few details from its origin. Too much commerce around, too much modern adding, but... there is still something.
Not much, and to be honest, people don't care - beach is everything.
Updated Oct 2, 2012
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What else can I say but " The Lift " situated behind the Bajondillo Apartments, the lift takes you up into the main town, saving you a long walk up many.many steps to get you to the top.
There's a very nice man who will take €0.50 off you when you reach the top, which only takes a few second but well worth the money.
Updated Feb 5, 2012
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Torremolinos was certainly the place to do gift shopping. There are so many great bargains here! :o)
If found this lovely fella that engraved gifts while we waited. He was great at his job! So if you recognise him...you need to buy some gifts and get them engraved while you wait.
Sorry, I didn't get his name...but you will find the shop in the markets near Apartamentos Bajondillo and the El Dorado restaurant.
Written Jan 5, 2012
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Ok, for those of you that have visited Torremolinos - did you go for a walk along the beachfront on the walkway? Of course you did! :o)
For those of you that are looking for something to do in Torremolinos then this is the first thing that you will want to do....well that is unless it is raining.... but then you will probably want to do it anyway.
There are gift shops galore, restaurants, ice-cream shops, views over the beach, cruise ships out at sea etc...
So a trip to Torremolinos is not a trip unless you go for a wander along the seafront prominade.
Written Jan 5, 2012
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Why not take a cruise aboard the STARFISH, along the shores of the Mediterranean. COSTASOL CRUCEROS offers this very thing. Leaves Benalmadena at 10:30 12:30 14:30 and 16:30.
Prices for Adults: one way 8,00 Euros Return 13,00 Euros
Prices for Children ( 4 - 12) One way 5,00 Euros Return 8,00 Euros.
Written Mar 7, 2011
Address: Benalmadena
Phone: 678 61 85 85
Website: www.costasolcruceros.com
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While in Arroyo de la Miel, why not take the TOURIST TRAIN or Trenes Turisticos. Departures are every hour from 10:00 a.m. Duration is 50 minutes and cost is 4,00 Euros. On Wednesday and Fridays, the train stops at the Flea Market (Mercadillo).
Written Mar 7, 2011
Address: Benalmadena & Arroyo de la Miel
Phone: 608 920 326
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Leaving Calle San Miguel, we headed back to the Bajondillo Apartments via Plaza de los Tajilloes and Calle de Bajondillo, which is quite a pleasant route, with its whitewashed or colourfully painted buildings. I spotted quite a few tiled pictures on the walls of bars and private properties.
Some were of local scenes (pic 4 &5). Hostal Micaela (pic 3) was adorned with tiles of proverbs etc. between the foliage of the hanging plants. I particularly liked the colourful tiled picture advertising Bodega Quitapenas, which depicted grape-pickers (pics 1 & 2)
Using Azulejo tiles as an exterior decoration is a tradition in Andalucia. Azulejo comes from the Arabic word zellij meaning, "polished stone".
A legacy from the Moorish occupation of this region of al-Andalus is the architecture and the use of these glazed ceramic tiles as decoration. In some areas the more heavily tiled exteriors had an air cooling function for the interior.
In Islamic architecture significant colours were green, black, cream, blue, gold, red and white. The tiles were arranged in complex geometrical patterns.
From Andalucia, via the Moors, Portugal embraced azulejos - covering whole churches in mainly blue and white tiles of patterns or historical/biblical scenes.
Seville is the main centre in Andalucia for producing Mudejar-Spanish tiles.
There were many examples of azulejos around Torremolinos.
Updated Feb 19, 2011
Address: Bajondillo Torremolinos
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