Owners overview
Top (12th) Floor, 2nd line beach, Sea Views, 2 bed Apartment 30mins Airport
Top floor, 4x patio doors showing 270 degree views of sea, bay,mountains, sandy beach, large corner apartment,dual aspect -mountains and sea from lounge and sea and beaches from bedroom. stunning panoramic winter sunrises visible from lounge and bedrooms, 12m2 balcony, main bedroom superking, second bedroom twin beds, both sunny, both views to sea, lounge-diner with full size dining table, marble floors throughout,fully furnished with satelite tv. Heating: 3x1200w portable modern halogen heaters. 5mins walk popular beaches, shops, promenade to Fuengirola and restaurants, less than 5mins walk to frequent coastal electric train, direct to Fuengirola/Torremolinos/Benalmadena/Malaga, Coach trips 1-3 hrs Granada/Seville/Ronda/Gibraltar/Nerja/Morrocco/Ceuta/Melilla. Take local bus to spanish villages, Casares, Mijas,Rincón de la Victoria, Nerja. Clean, Peaceful, relaxing established location inhabited by spanish/swedish/english.Complex has large beautiful gardens and swimming pool, opposite tennis courts and car park.
**Optional Airport pickup & dropoff available after 10am (30€)**
Activities for Children
There are lots of activities for the children nearby:
http://www.tivolicostadelsol.com/
http://www.aspro-ocio.es/torremolinos/index.php?wlang=en
http://www.zoofuengirola.com/eng/index.php
http://www.crocodile-park.com/eng/index.html
http://www.aquamijas.com/
Day trips to Historical cities, Africa and Andalucian Tourist sites
Malaga Airport to Torreblanca 30mins by train @ €1.40
Malaga Airport to Torreblanca 25-40mins by taxi @ €30.00
Journey times by coach to main cities, €5-€10:
Torreblanca-Malaga+
Ronda 1h45
Seville 2hr30
Granada 1hr30
Cordoba 3h00
Mountain villages:
Casares
Mijas
Gaucin
Arriate
Cuevas de San Marcos (Apr 25th)
Gibraltar 75mins €14 (door to door coach)
Tangiers/Morrocco 3hr (€50 door2door,lunch+tour)
http://www.hickerphoto.com/andalusia-pictures-photos.htm
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Fuengirola to marbella 40mins €2.75
Ferries:
Algeciras-Ceuta
Daily services from 6.30 to 21.15 about every hour.
By fast ferry it takes 40minutes and costs 18.00€
By ferry it takes an hour and a half and costs 11.00€
Ceuta-Algeciras
Daily services from 8.00 to 22.15 about every hour.
Algeciras-Tangier
Daily services from 7.00 to 22.00, about every hour and a half.
It takes 70 minutes with fast ferry and costs 24.00€
Tangier-Algeciras
Daily services from 7.00 to 22.00 about every hour and a half.
It takes 70mins with fast ferry and costs 24.00€.
Tangier-Tarifa
Daily departures
It takes 35minutes with fast ferry and costs 24.00€
Gibraltar-Tangier
Daily departures
It takes 80 minutes with fast ferry and costs 24.00€
Tangier-Gibraltar
Daily departures
It takes 80minutes with fast ferry and costs 24.00€
Almeria-Melilla
Every day at 23.30 except Saturday.
It takes 9 hours and a half except Fridays (7hrs) and costs 24.00€.
Melilla-Almeria
From Monday to Friday at 14.30 and Saturdays at 23.30
Malaga-Melilla
Everyday at 13.00 except Sundays
It takes 8 hours and costs 24.00€
Melilla-Malaga
Everyday at 23.00 except Sundays.
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Supermarkets:
There are 3 local supermarkets within a few minutes walk of the accomodation (one en route from Torreblanca train station, one en route from the beach, one open Sunday).
If you are visiting longer, the largest supermarket is Eroski at the Miramar shopping complex (take the No4 bus from the stop visible on the road below the apartment balcony, direction Miramar via Fuengirola, or it is a 10 minute drive toward Marbella). Buses run until circa 8.30pm. A taxi is circa 7 euros anywhere in Fuengirola (usually one or two outside the hotel next door).http://www.malaga-airport-guide.com/miramar-shopping-complex.html
Mercadona, more restaurants and more shops can be found at Plaza Mayor (town is walled in, get off the train just before the airport, and cross the road for the entrance of the town ) http://www.malaga-airport-guide.com/plaza-mayor.html, & it has a good spanish atmostphere at night.
Carrefour is at El Pinillo - a 15 minute drive, or 5 minutes walk from Montemar train stop (visible from the train).
Al Campo is in Marbella, the shopping centre is La Canada, bus number 8 from Marbellas main road. http://www.motionviews.com/shopping/la-canada-shopping-centre.html
Alternatively, the old parts of Malaga and Fuengirola have bakeries, cake shops, fishmongers etc etc and there is a local food market on Tuesdays in Los Boliches (on bus route) or at Fuengirola harbour.
Tickets to travel:
For coach tickets to Gibraltar (for travel the next day),Tarifa or Tangiers (once/twice weekly) you can obtain tickets at the travel agency (orange/yellow facade) on the beach near the apartment, walking toward Fuengirola. For both, pickup is early at the Fuengirola Park Hotel, next door to the apartment.
To purchase coach tickets for Marbella(1hr, every 40 mins until 23h) or Mijas, take the train/walk to Fuengirola train station, walk south toward the beach and the coach station is on the right.
For the main cities, Ronda/Granada/Seville/Cordoba/Antequerra or the lakes, take the train to Malaga, (30mins, roughly quarter past&quarter to the hour from 6.20am) exit at Malaga Maria Zambrano station and you can purchase the tickets from the coach station directly opposite the train station exit. A specific timetable can be requested and they regularly run well into the night. Sailing/Boat/Diving trips leave from Torreblanca, Tarifa, Fuengirola or Gibraltar.
The Spain to Africa ferries and other leisure boats are easily seen crossing the med from the balcony of the apartment.
Festivals - Carnavals- Feria -Fiestas- Many colourful spanish cultural activities until the small hours.
Fuengirola Feria and Fiesta del Rosario 6th to 12th October.
Marbella Feria de San Bernabe 7th to 14th June.
Cordoba Last week of May.
Mijas First fortnight of September.
Torremolinos. Last week of September.
Seville. 2 weeks after Easter.
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Full details of transport connections, local amenities, main attractions will be emailed before arrival.