Municipality of Benalmádena (Andalusia, Spain)

Málaga Province

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image from municipal website, Oct 14 2005

• Introduction

See also:

• Málaga Province (Andalusia, Spain)
• Andalusia (Spain)
• Spain

Basic data:

Size: 26.60 Km²
Population: Approx. 30,000
Residents known as: Benalmadenses
Monuments: Church of Sto. Domingo, Archaeological Museum, Bil-Bil Castle
Geographical situation: On the edge of the Sierra de Mijas mountains, 20 kilometres from Malaga, at 280 metres above sea level.
Tourist information: Town Hall, Antonio Machado, 10. 29630. Benalmádena Costa
Phone: 952 442 494
URL: www.benalmadena.com

Benalmádena is situated on the side of the Sierra de Mijas, at 280 metres above sea level, and easy to get to from Malaga, just 20 kilometres away, by the Autovía de Mediterráneo. There are also train and bus links to the town from Malaga. The climate is mild, varying between a minimum winter temperature of five degrees and 35 in summer.

Over the past twenty years Benalmádena has become one of the key tourism centres on the Costa del Sol, triplicating its off-season population of 30,000 inhabitants in the summer period. It is divided into three urban areas: Benalmádena Pueblo, Arroyo de la Miel and Benalmádena Costa. The first is at 280 metres above sea level, a typical mountain village with narrow streets and geranium-potted windows. The second is between this area and the sea, an urban area that grew up around the train station and the main road between Benalmádena and the coast. The third, Benalmádena Costa, is just what the name suggests: a coastal town with all the relevant facilities of such a place.

There is plenty to do here all the year round, among the attractions being the Puerto Marina, the Telecabina, the Casino in Torrequebrada and the golf course of the same name. The marina, in Benalmádena Costa, can take up to almost 1,000 boats of up to six metres long, and almost all types of water sports are practiced here, including hang-gliding and underwater snorkelling. The cable cars (telecabinas) link Arroyo de la Miel with the peak of the Carramolo mountain, and from here, on a clear day, one can see right across to Africa. Heading down from the town on the Torremuelle road, one arrives at the Torrequebrada Casino, one of the best entertainment and conference centres on the entire coastline. In the housing development of the same name one finds the Torrequebrada Golf Course.