I have heard quite a lot about Torremolinos so we thought we would go and have a look. The first challenge was finding somewhere to park, there seems to be only one campsite, so we headed there. As we approached we saw another van in front of us but the turned off the A-7 a bit early. We pulled into the campsite with the other van arriving behind us shortly after. As we booked in we realised we had taken the last pitch as the van behind us was turned away.
Feeling a little guilty, but also relieved, we pitched up. The campsite was quite small but had everything we needed.
We headed off to the beach. It was a bit of a walk down a hill to the coast but well worth it. The beach was huge with restaurants sat on it. It was really busy, a guess it was Sunday. We walked for about 5km until we decided to join the queue to get in. After about an hour of waiting we finally got a table on the beach.
A lot of the food was being cooked outside in what looked like old boats, the smell was amazing. After dinner we went back to the van to get some sleep. The next morning we headed back down the hill and set off to explore. The old town had lots of narrow streets with buildings built into the rocks. We headed to Calle San Miguel, which is the main street with lots of bars and shops although whether its out of season or due to Covid, many of them were closed.
After a while we decided to head back to the front. We went a different way to how we had come up the hill and found ourselves wandering around roads that seemed to meander up and down the hill rather than go down to the coast! Eventually we managed to find our way back down.
We stopped for lunch in a very nice restaurant on the beach, only today we ate inside as the wind was still quite chilly.
The following day we made our way to Fuengirola. A couple we had met in Mazarron had told us about a car park at the bottom of a castle where you could park. We arrived not quite sure what to expect, but we found it was really nice and only €1 a night. The beach was only a short distance, you could see it from the car park. There were no services but they did have bins, and there were quite a few other vans there.
First stop was up the hill to visit the castle. We got there half hour before it closed so had a quick look round. The views from the top were amazing. Parts of the wall were crumbling down but you could still get a feel for what it must have been like in it’s heyday.
Next we walked along the beach to the port, stopping for lunch along the way at one of the restaurants.
On the beach they had boats filled with sand that you could hire out for your BBQ. We thought this would be a great thing to do in the summer.
We only stayed one night but this is definitely somewhere we would come back to when the weather is warmer.
Torre del Mar to Torremolinos
Mileage – 32
Route – A-7
Cost – Camping Torremolinos €22 pn
Torremolinos to Fuengirola
Mileage – 22
Route – A-7 and AP-7
Cost – Parking Castillo Fuengirola €1 pn
