Torremolinos

Torremolinos () is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain, west of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism began in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to be developed and is still the most popular in the region.

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Torremolinos is a municipality in southern Spain that transformed from a small fishing village into a major tourist destination starting in the late 1950s. It holds significance as the first and most popular resort developed along the Costa del Sol coast.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Torremolinos
Settlement.image_skyline: Playamar, Torremolinos.JPG
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Torremolinos (Málaga).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Torremolinos (Málaga).svg
Settlement.image_map: Torremolinos.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Torremolinos
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Andalusia # Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px Málaga
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Costa del Sol Occidental
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Margarita Del Cid
Settlement.area_total_km2: 20
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_demonym: Torremolinenses

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Climate
Events
Leisure
Shopping
Sports
Transport
Famous residents
See also
References
External links

On the western shore of the Bay of Málaga and in front of the Sierra de Mijas from Málaga, it is served by the A-7 motorway, which bypasses the city to the north, the Cercanías commuter train and Avanzabus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torremolinos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.