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Torremolinos is one of the most visited municipalities on the Costa del Sol. Although people come here for holidays all the year round, the figure rises to more than 250,000 during the high season. The development of the town over the past eighty years has been spectacular. In the 1920s, Torremolinos was a small town of 3,000 inhabitants, whose source of livelihood was farming, fishing and making flour. By the end of the 1950s, the town had already established itself as one of the principal tourist towns of the new tourist boom, and since then it has become one of the most important tourist centres on both a national and international level. It is made up of a series of barrios that include the central calle San Miguel, the barrio of El Calvario, el Bajondillo and La Carihuela, and it still has nooks and crannies that have changed little with the times. Calle San Miguel is the heart and soul of Torremolinos, known locally as calle Europa for the huge number of European visitors that walk this traffic-free zone. Everybody knows about La Carihuela too, with its wonderful beach and chiringuitos (beach bars and restaurants). El Calvario is one of the more traditional parts of the town.

The area’s geographical position, between Malaga Bay and the Mijas Mountains, allows for a temperate climate all the year around, averaging out at 19 degrees centigrade. And with seven kilometres of beaches in excellent condition, the residents of the area and visitors can enjoy the beaches for most of the year. But there is more to Torremolinos than the sun and sand that made it famous. The municipality offers a wide selection of services that include congress, cultural and sporting facilities. The Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de la Costa del Sol (Congress Hall) is a modern building that hosts events of every type right through the year, and especially over the winter months. There is also a magnificent sports and recreation complex in El Pozuelo, whose Municipal Auditorium, the "Príncipe de Asturias," has seating capacity for 1,790 people. One of the finest sports complexes in the country is right beside this building, which attracts top sportspeople from all over the world, complete with athletics track and indoor swimming pool.

Places to be visited

Palacio de Congresos (Congress Hall)
The Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de la Costa del Sol, to give it its full title, is a post-modern building ten minutes from the airport and with 22 rooms. There are three auditoriums, 13 small conference rooms and six meeting rooms. There are also 80 fully equipped delegate offices, complete with audiovisual facilities and complimentary services, as well as a restaurant and cafeteria. An exhibition hall of 6,000 square metres on two floors completes the list. With free parking for cars and 24 busses, surrounded by more than 18,000 square metres of garden, this Congress Hall compares well with the best anywhere.
Municipal Auditorium "Principe de Asturias"
This forms part of the overall complex, and is one of the biggest auditoriums in Andalucía, with more than 200,000 square metres of floor space, holding 1,790 people seated and almost 6,000 standing. It has been acoustically designed for classical concerts, ballet, theatre and all types of cultural events.
Sports Stadium "Ciudad de Torremolinos"

Torremolinos is ideal for lovers of sport, and apart from the obvious attractions of water sports in this area, there is also a wide range of other sports facilities available. The Torremolinos Sports Stadium has an athletics track surrounded by pine woods, with natural grass in the centre for a football pitch built to regulation specifications. The various areas for different disciplines within the stadium have been built to the highest standards, and are used all the year round by sportspeople from all over the world. Beside the athletics track is the 50-metre covered swimming pool, named the "Virgen del Carmen". There is seating capacity here for 800 spectators, making this one of the best pools in Spain. Events of national and international importance are held here, and swimmers like Nina Jivanevskaya, medal winner in the Sydney Olympics and resident of Torremolinos, practice here.

Where to eat

Restaurante Antonio. Spanish cuisine. Plaza Remo, 6 (Carihuela). Tel: 952 385 210.
Restaurante Antoxo. Galician cuisine. Hoyo, 5. Tel: 952 384 533.
Casa Juan. Traditional Spanish cuisine. San Ginés, 20(Carihuela). Tel: 952 384 106.

Where to sleep

Tourist information:

Plaza de Blas Infante, 1. 29620.
Phone: 952 379 511 Fax: 952 379 551

Rincon on the Web:

www.ayto-torremolinos.org/
www.visitcostadelsol.com
www.andalucia.com

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