Mijas Costa area guide

Mijas Costa property investment

Area Guide

The municipal area of Mijas covers almost 140 square kilometres, extending from the mountains down to the sea surrounding the municipality of Fuengirola. The urban areas of Mijas are Mijas Pueblo, Las Lagunas, La Cala de Mijas and Mijas Costa.

The pueblo is slightly inland and known as the White Village situated at the foothills of the Cordón Montañoso del Litoral with historic buildings, museums and traditional bars and restaurants.

Las Lagunas, La Cala de Mijas and Mijas Costa are the newer parts where most of the services and new housing developments are situated The Fuengirola River flows through the centre of the municipality, where there are large agricultural areas, seven golf courses and luxury housing estates.

Since the pueblo village was discovered in the sixties, over fifty nationalities have made it their home and the impact can be appreciated with the international cuisine, cosmopolitan clubs and influence of foreign culture and the arts.

Mijas Costa is highly developed for tourism, but retains some its historical attractions with the four centuries-old Vigilance Towers of Calaburras, Torre Vieja, Torre Nueva (built in the 19th century) and the Torre de Calahonda which was built in the 16th century.

If you drive along the old road that unites Mijas with Benalmadena you will pass the large lookout point opening to the sea, hidden amidst pines, ornamental plants and summer houses along the coastline.

Besides the numerous international restaurants, there are local eateries which serve traditional Andalucian cuisine, and the diversity of shops in Mijas make it an ideal place to buy all types of articles and local crafts and souvenirs from the Costa del Sol which range from locally produced honeys to intricate silverwork to basket weaving.

Mijas Costa has great transport communication links with new motorways connecting it to other resorts along the Costa del Sol and towns and cities in mainland Spain. Malaga International Airport is about a 30 minute drive to the east and Gibraltar an hour to the west: both of which are served by a great number of airlines from all over the world with over 30 of them operating from the UK and Ireland.