Costa del Sol - Spain

Torremolinos is a tourism-oriented city and municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism beginning in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop. It is very popular with British tourists and has a large British expatriate population. The town is dominated by high-rise development, considered ugly by some people.

Torremolinos had its heyday during the eighties and into the nineties, but over the last five years there has been a noticeable shortening of the "high" season, and a change in the demographic structure of visitors. It continues to have a thriving indigenous gay population, which it continues to attract. It also attracts families, but the young fun-loving 18-30 visitors are being replaced by an older crowd of "snowbirds" - pensioners travelling overseas, over winter for the sunshine.

The Belgian band Sttellla wrote a song about Torremolinos (simply called Torremolinos), which is their biggest hit to date.  The synthesizer duo Soft Cell also mentioned Torremolinos in their first, relatively minor club hit, Memorabilia.  Torremolinos is one of the settings in the novel The Drifters by James A. Michener.

The beaches remind one of the caribbean, with palm trees clustered in the sand, and seem to go on forever.  Don't let the stairs down to the beach put you off!  There is a lift to take you up to the main streets again, and the beach is also accessible by road.  Click to view the slideshow

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