Tourist Information

The village's municipal area stretches from the foothills of the Sierra de Mijas to the sea, where it occupies a short coastal strip.

Benalmadena is located in Andalucia on Spain's Costa del Sol. You'll find it just eight kilometres west of Malaga's international airport. Its ease of access to the package holiday market, great beaches, major tourist attractions and enviable climate all help to explain why Benalmadena is fast becoming one of Spain's premier holiday destinations. Completely devoted to tourism, Benalmadena is one of the most important resorts on the western Costa del Sol, offering a variety of options: firstly, the village itself, located in the upper part of the municipality, featuring traditional architecture which reflects its origins and affording beautiful panoramic views; further down stands a district of great importance, Arroyo de la Miel, where most of the population live, with its wealth of tourist facilities, including an international pleasure park; and, finally, Benalmadena-Costa, where most of the facilities for sun and sand tourism are concentrated: hotels, a casino, golf courses, a pleasure harbor etc. Worthy of note for its originality is Bil-Bil Castle, on the sea front, a curious structure built in Neoarabic style in 1934, now used for cultural purposes by the local council.

Benalmadena caters for every person of every age among the must see attractions are the Puerto Marina, the Telecabina, the Casino in Torrequebrada and the golf course of the same name. The marina, in Benalmádena Costa, can take up to almost 1,000 boats of up to six metres long, and almost all types of water sports are practiced here, including hang-gliding and underwater snorkeling. The cable cars (telecabinas) link Arroyo de la Miel with the peak of the Carramolo Mountain, and from here, on a clear day, one can see right across to Africa. Heading down from the town on the Torremuelle road, one arrives at the Torrequebrada Casino, one of the best entertainment and conference centers on the entire coastline. In the housing development of the same name one finds the Torrequebrada Golf Course

Puerto Marina is one of the most important recreation centers in the municipality, with boats moored there from all corners of the world. Apart from sailing, the sporting facilities here include water skiing, canoeing and underwater diving. The harbor area has plenty of bars and restaurants with terraces, where one can simply sit and watch the activity of the port, if one so chooses

This recently installed facility is the only one of its kind on the Costa del Sol. It leaves from the Tivoli esplanade, crossing high over the motorway to the peak of the Carramolo mountain, one of the most spectacular natural balconies in the province of Malaga, from where one can view the entire Costa del Sol and the mountains of Africa across the Mediterranean on a clear day. There are sign-posted pathways down from the mountain for those who may wish to walk.

There is a small cove in Benalmádena called Benalnatura, which is a nudist beach. To get there, take the N-340 in the Fuengirola direction and turn off at the roundabout between Torrequebrada and Torremuelle. A concrete road leads down on the right to the beach and chiringuito below