MIJAS
Area: Spain


Location:
5 miles inland from the coast. Fuengirola 5 miles SE; Malaga airport 21 miles NE.

Telephone code from UK:
34

Position:
Mijas nestles on high ground in the foothills of Sierra de Mijas.

Description:
It is perhaps the most popular village in the area, well-kept and beautiful if hardly typical of Andalucia. Some hundreds of foreigners live here. A very hilly village, all streets steeply up and down. Has an attractive central Plaza, which is also home to the "Mijas Burro" taxi service _ over a hundred donkeys taking tourists on a rather short and bumpy ride through the village.

Suitability:
Hotels cater for middle to upmarket tourists.

Accommodation:
One hotel, with a few more in the nearby vicinity.

Shopping:
The whole length of the main street is lined with gift shops; side streets are packed with bars and restaurants.

Beach:
The nearest is the 3 mile stretch of sandy beach at Fuengirola 5 miles away.

Entertainments:
Daytime: Inmaculada church, museum of miniatures, the bullring. For tennis fans, half-way down to Fuengirola is the tennis club owned by Lew Hoad, ex-Wimbledon champion. During summer months there are all kinds of evening outdoor cultural shows including the occasional open-air flamenco night. Nightlife: nothing much in the way of evening entertainment.

Eating:
From the cheap and cheerful to exclusive upmarket.

Public-transport:
A half-hourly bus service runs between Mijas and Fuengirola and every hour between Mijas and Torremolinos.

Local-excursions:
See Torremolinos.