Pro

Attractive Promenade and beaches, some excellent restaurants/bars/cafes
Con

Not your spot for soaking up traditional Andalusia
In a nutshell

We made the most of it but got away from the busy coast with drives away from it all - into the spectacular mountains!
7 Reviews This year, I visited torremolinos again. I have gone from many years to torremolinos cause it´s got a lovely weather and it´s a small town so you can walk and see everything. In San miguel street,the main activity of there is if you wanna go shopping. You can find from clothes, jewelry, custom...
17 Reviews This next section was my favourite stretch of beach, we had left Playa La Carihuela and drifted onto Playa de Montemar. With its palmiere and colourful wooden boats, I was enticed off of the promenade to walk on the beach. One of lifes pleasures- strolling on a near deserted beach! In summertime,...
4 Reviews One of the things that most impressed me about Torremolinos is the care with which they have done up the sea-front promenade, the Paseo Maritimo. It stretches for several kilometres, all of them nicely paved and well supplied with benches, so anyone can take a stroll there and enjoy the sea air. We...
4 Reviews Returning to our apartments via Plaza San Miguel, I noticed that the Church was open, so we nipped in for a quick look. The exterior is quite attractive with its whitewashed walls and mustard coloured edgings. Two bell towers sit either side of an iron crucifix. Adding to the symmetry are two arched...
3 Reviews The Camino de la Playa is a set of steps which cling to the cliffs at the end of El Bajondillo beach which were right next to my hotel - Melia Costa del Sol. The steps are pretty steep but there are rest stops along the way, including a platform which allows you to take in the views over the beach.
2 Reviews In the middle of Bajondillo by Paseo Marítimo there is a very popular mini golf. The theme there is the major attractions in the world, The Statue of Liberty, The Tower of Pisa etc. It is open from 10 in the morning until very late at night and it is always busy. I lived next door to it so I passed...
2 Reviews Sunday morning, and my last day in Torremolinos. My flight wasn't until that evening so there was time to visit the nearby White Village (or pueblo blancos) ' of Mijas an hour away by bus. Gillybob and myself set off first, followed by the others by bus and car. Heading to the bus station we passed...
3 Reviews Day 3, and awoke to blue skies and less cloud - Hoorah! Standing on the balcony, the Moorish house as I called it, was bathed in sunlight This is the Casa de los Navajas (House of Navajas (Knives), which was built for Antonio Navajas Ruiz (of the wealthy Luque Navajas family) in 1925. The architect...
2 Reviews Leaving our shelter from the rain, we headed west, dodging the puddles, The architecture was quite interesting, with tiled roofs and tiled pictures (pic 2), we were now in La Carihuela-the former fishing village. We came across Casa Juan (pic 3) , which was recommended as a good place to eat by...
2 Reviews and 293 Opinions I am returning to this hotel for the 5th time.next month, I was there in June this year, and I can...
Rias de Galica: Try the menu del Dia
mustertal Says: We visited this restaurant twice, once for lunch and we tried the menu del die, then again in the evening. It has a long dining room running from the Paseo Maritimo through to the Calle Bulto and you can enter from either end. It wasn't a busy time, in fact in the evening...
El Gato Lounge: Best Gay friendly venue in town
randstad Says: El Gato Lounge is located on Paseo Maritimo - the beach promenade of Torremolinos - and it is exactly in front of gay beach of Torremolinos. Very god coffee from ILLY brand, everyday freshly baked Dutch apple pie and mojitos - these are the big trendsetters of El...
Trains to Malaga and Benalmadena
SWFC_Fan Says: Trains run every 30 minutes between Malaga city centre and Fuengirola, stopping at Malaga Airport, Torremolinos, Benalmadena (Arroyo de la Miel) and several smaller stops en route.Timetables can be found HERE The following information was correct as at February 2011:Trains...
DE HOLLANDSE WINKEL: DUTCH GROCERIES
LoriPori Says: I discovered a Dutch grocery store DE HOLLANDSE WINKEL or La Tienda Holandesa purely by accident. I was just wandering around the shops in Carihuela and found it in a side street. They offered many Dutch goodies like chocolate hagelslaag, pinda kaas, Dutch cookies, cheeses...
Feria Virgen del Carmen - La Carihuela.
Regina1965 Says: From the 15th-18th of July (the second weekend in July) is the Feria Virgen del Carmen at La Carihuela beach in Torremolinos, and all along the sea-shore as well. This is a very big event for sailors as she is the patron saint of the sea. Carmen is another name for virgin...
Utterly crowded Sundays on the beach.
Regina1965 Says: This is by no means a danger tip, just a word of warning. On Sundays the beaches in Torremolinos get extremely crowded, to a degree that there is no way for a tourist to find a spot for the towel. The Spanish go to their beach on Sundays and every family brings with it a...
aussirose Says: We booked our tickets and tour to La Alhambra with bookyourtour.com. Because we were not staying in Granada but drove our hire car there, we arranged to be picked up at Hotel Abades Nevada as it was easy to find and parking was no problem in a side street close by. This...
Time limit for throwing away garbage.
Regina1965 Says: This is not my favourite tip, just a general tip of Torremolinos ;) What I like about Spain is that they are strict on when one can throw garbage in the garbage containers. It can only be done after 20h at night and for a few hours until the garbage men come pick up the...
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Bodegas La Mariposa was the second stop on our evening's tapas bar crawl during a weekend stay in Torremolinos in February 2011.Having just enjoyed lovely...
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Q: Do the local trains run on Christmas/New Years Day?

A: Yes - http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/cercanias/malaga/index.html
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TORREMOLINOS --- COSTA DEL SOL

Hans and I have been to TORREMOLINOS four times. The first two times just to visit, the third time, in February 2004, we stayed for three weeks and the fourth time in January and February 2006, we...
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My favourite beaches are in Costa del Sol - Torremolinos. I lived in the block-of-flats shown on the main photo for 6 months in 2009. The beaches stretch over 4 km and are very clean and the times I...
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A Winter Warmer in Torremolinos

Torremolinos certainly wasn't on my long list of "must see" places, and my friends and work colleagues were quite amused when I mentioned that this was my next destination, So why was I venturing...
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Torremolinos - it was a two-time haven for us!

Torremolinos was where Sue and I spent our first real vacation night in Spain, after spending a combined three nights 'going through the motions' in Madrid and Alicante. This was the launch pad for......
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Some ideas seem to be organic – they start with a conversation, become a discussion, and the next thing you know one person’s plans for a winter break have turned into a VT meeting! So it was when......
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