Costa del Sol - Autumn 2018 Places and people

During our about eight weeks stay at Costa del Sol every winter/spring and summer/autumn we move around to locations all over Andalusia and also meet friends and family.

2. Places and People

We have visited our hotel Myramar Fuengirola for 10 years (20 visits) and have decided that this kind of accommodation is siutable for us. An one bedroom apartment with kitchen and all the services needed. The swimming pool area with sunbeds, poolbar and guards during the warm season is a safe and nice place to spend long stay time at Costa del Sol

On a sunny day the temperature between May and October can reach +40 C in our patio.

The hotel cat "Amina" has been there all the years and comes on arrival day till departure for some food and peace with us. This autumn she mainly  moved from us to other guests for food, but was greeting us every day

Another creature was discovered in the flower beds this year. We saw it only twice, but heard it every day.

During our long visiting years we also have developed frendship with the hotel´s management; here represented by Liza.

Visited Locations:

From Carvajal to Castle Sohail the beach promenade is 7 km. My wife walks this distance almost every morning, and I sometimes use the bus in one direction and walk back with a lot of pitstops. In this bay we pass Torreblanca, Los Boliches and the center of Fuengirola before we reach our apartment hotel

Between Torremolinos and Benalmadena we have the beautiful La Carihuela Beach where Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Orson Welles and Frank Sinatra stayed to enjoy the Mediterranean in the 1950s and 60s.

In one of the hotels Frankie boy has got his own bar with decorations of his albums.

When using the train one station is Benalmadena-Arroyo de la Miel. A very nice place and many good reataurants etc.

We come often to "the honey river" as a starting point for walking down to the beaches and the Benalmadena port. On that tour we walk through the "Jardin de Paloma" but more facinating is the hundreds of proud Hans flurting the Hens.

Well down at the sea the prominade to Benalmadena Marina and further to Carihuela, Torremmolinos and even Los Alamos is great. Lots of shops, bars and restaurants together with the African salesmen.

On the other side of Fuengirola (south-westward)  we at least visit Puerto Banus and Marbella once during our stay. In Puerto Banus we have found our own restaurants behind the tower where the crowd of tourists are not so big. Here with my sister Gerd.

In Marbella the tourist season was almost over when we visited the Paseo Maritimo in the beginning of November. Very few people in the streets and in restaurants compared to the busy and lively Fuengirola.

We normally take one "long travel journey" in Spain during our stays and this time we decided to visit Cordoba for the second time. This photo is taken from the speed train (295 km/h) over the Andalusien fields and can result as a scetch for a new painting in 2019

When people visit Cordoba La Mesquita is the main attraction. So also for our first visit to Cordoba. This time we decided to explore the area north from the fantastic cathedral, and close to the train station we walked through the "Agricultural Park" ( very similar to the park in Malaga)

Cordoba has also some great historical remains from the Roman periode, beautiful gardens and interresting squares so we recommend future visitors to use more time outside the main tourist paths.

To compare the parks in Cordoba with other cities, I once more give you some images from Malaga

In Malaga the fortress Alcazaba and the roman amfi in front are both on the 17 highlights list recomended.

Although most hotels and properties in Spain have their own swimming pool, a bath in the Mediterranean sea from the beaches will be seen as a top experience. That also happened for my daughters family.

Another great time we have with our family members was dinner at La Farola where Magic Manu show us his fantastic tricks.

Many visitors to Malaga has been sitting on Pablo Picasso´s bench at Plaza Merced, but Pablo also can be found in Mijas Pueblo.

At last it is time to say adios and Hasta Pronto to our host at Myramar. Director Carlos Cana allways try to make our stay the best, and he and his staff succeed in that every time. Feliz Navidad and bueno anos nuevo to you all. See you again in February 2019.