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Benalmadena Holidays
Benalmadena is made up of three different villages that covers all what a tourist may enquire! |
Benalmadena is made up of three different villages that covers all what a tourist may enquire!
Tourist information about Benalmadena in Spain. Travel to Benalmadena and let Spain-Holiday.com guide and accommodate you |
Benalmadena
is made up of three different villages - in the hills is Benalmadena Pueblo,
a beautiful Andalucian village of whitewashed houses and flowers covering
the balconies in the narrow streets; closer to the coast is Arroyo de la
Miel (stream of honey in English) a small but modern and fashionable town of
shops and businesses, popular with tourists and along the coast Benalmadena
Costa with a 9km long beach and a 2km long promenade. One of the
highlights of Benalmadena Costa is the beautiful marina (puerto) with 1000
moorings and what many authorities have claimed to be the best marina in the
world. It has a new shopping centre plus 200 shops, bars and restaurants
and also a shipyard, sailing school, diving school, nautical school and a
Sea Life Centre aquarium. There is something for everyone at Benalmadena
Costa; the Paloma park being only part of the ambience of the town. This
was created quite recently and features a large lake with a fountain and
ducks, swans and pelicans and landscaped gardens with enclosures for a
variety of animals and birds. The main road through the town is the CN340
once notorious as Spains most dangerous road but which is now a little
quieter with the heavy traffic using the motorway at the back of the town.
The road runs parallel to the coast and the Paseo Maritimo (promenade) which
features shops, bars and restaurants. To the western end of the resort is
the 5* Torrequebrada Hotel which houses the resorts only casino and a
spectacular cabaret show. If its culture you are after the Castle Bil Bil
is an Arabic building which houses exhibitions and concerts hosted by the
Town Hall. The Municipal Precolumbian Museum was created in 1970 and is the
only one like it in Spain. It houses archeological remains from the area
and also from Mexico and central America. The grounds are covered with
marble tiles which come from a ship sunk in the 18th century. In this
coastal resort are many modern hotels and self-catering appartment complexes
and in the back streets north of the main road many small bars, shops and
restaurants. There is truly something for everyone in Benalmadena Costa.
This is most certainly a family resort.
About 1km inland is Arroyo de la Miel which has a railway station linking to
the rest of the costa including Malaga and also the Tivoli World amusement
park (open only at weekends in the winter) which hosts a small but
interesting table top market on Sunday mornings where British ex-pats run
many of the stalls. On Fridays there is a huge open market in the Tivoli
car park. Adjacent is the new Telecabina (cable car) which takes passengers
750m above sea level to Monte Calamorro where, on a clear day, you can see
the Atlas mountains in north Africa. Also in Arroyo many interesting shops,
bars and cafes and some first-class supermarkets.
In Benalmadena Pueblo is a lovely square where you can sit under orange
trees and have a meal, a snack or a drink at one of three cafes.
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See a map over Benalmadena
