Blogs from Torremolinos, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Today we decide to get a glimpse of tourist-central Costa del Sol with a quick twenty minute train ride south-west down the coast to Torremolinos. I was a bit skeptical about this exercise - the whole place just looked like a mass of ugly high rise hotels from the bus on the way back from the Caminito del Rey a couple of days ago, but it’s clearly very popular so we decide it’s worthy of a second look. And it does indeed look a lot more attractive close up. We get off the train and make our way through cute alleyways lined with tourist shops, and then on down some steep slippery steps past yet more tourist traps onto the Playa la Caracola. We thought sunlounges might be in short supply here, but no, we’re quickly ... read more

This was to be my first trip to Europe since 2016 and my first time to Spain. This was a surprise trip arranged by my boyfriend As usual, I was packed a week before the holiday - my partner packed the night before. The trip to the airport was unusually smooth sailing - so to speak. I stayed at my boyfriend's place the night before and we drove to Gatwick. As it was an early morning flight, we decided to get breakfast whilst waiting for our flight to be called. To my surprise, the airport was really quite busy for such an early time - I had never flown in the morning and so I was under the impression that there would not be that many people there. After a long wait - we got our ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Torremolinos est un très bel endroit, sur le bord de la mer (Atlantique) avec une promenade sur le bord de l'eau d'une douzaine de Km où il fait bon se promener. Deux sorties jusqu'à présent: La Vallée des aigles et Malaga (prochaines photos). Bon visionnement,... read more

Forgot to mention the strange thing we saw leaving Valencia. Hot looking senorita's with little cases sitting on white plastic chairs interspersed every so often along the highway. Took us a while to realize they were puta's (whores) ready to service customers...we then played spot the whore (and discussed what was in the cases!). With Guido the GPS guide failing us on the drive into Granada, we found ourself smack bang in the middle of the city... massively busy, narrow streets (the van inches away from scraping both sides and making a u-turn meant doing an Austin Powers 20 point turn), traffic, people, bikes, dogs, cows ... ok no cows... Leanne having a cardiac arrest, Mick with dry mouth syndrome and adrenaline guts, it was hell. Guido decides to come back on line and directed us ... read more

Well, I´m exiting Spain now. Sitting at the airport in Madrid, having just flown up from Malaga, and waiting for my connecting flight to Rome. It was very good to get away from the big cities, from the huge prices and take a timeout for a day or so. I met up with an old mate from England who had already sorted out a 2 br appartment. What bliss! a room to myself! What a fanastic time to come, no crowds as it is very much off season here. Just the imagination of what this place must look like in peek season.. chaos! Just the many English retirees or the few poms who come over for a few days of relief from the English weather. It was overcast and raining yesterday as i had my only ... read more