Mijas

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Mijas

Mijas is in full Costa del Sol, about halfway between Málaga y Marbella. If you want to spend your holidays in a place that offers you beaches, mountains, monuments and entertainment, all in the same place, Mijas is your destination.

Because its approximately eighty thousand inhabitants are distributed among Mijas Town, located on the slope of the homonymous mountain range, and Mijas Costa, in turn divided into Las Lagunas y La Cala, tourist areas where you will find beautiful beaches and the main hotels, bars and restaurants. If this brief description has piqued your interest, we invite you to continue reading.

What to see and do in Mijas

The Malaga town has a very careful coastline in which magnificent beaches abound. Nine of them have Q flag for Tourist Quality and three others have Blue flag. But also, you have a lot to see and do in Mijas.

Mijas Town

It forms the old town of the Malaga town and holds the category of Historic Artistic Set. It is a beautiful town with narrow streets and whitewashed houses within the remains of a primitive Arab wall. From the gardens of this, you have spectacular views of the Costa del Sol. You can even take a tour in its donkey-taxis and you can also visit monuments like the following.

A street in Mijas

Mijas Pueblo street

Church of the Immaculate Conception

Built between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries on the remains of an old mosque from which its Mudejar towerIt is a temple with a classical air, with three naves separated by semicircular arches resting on marble columns and two side chapels. Inside, you can also see eight precious Fresh about the Apostles in the baroque style.

Hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña

It is a chapel excavated in the rock to which a sacristy was added that harmonizes well with the first as it simulates being natural. It was the work of a XNUMXth century anchorite and houses the carving of the Virgen de la Peña, patron saint of the town of Malaga.

Other temples

La church of san sebastian It was built in the XNUMXth century and houses several wall paintings of angels. For its part, hermitage of calvary It is located in the middle of the Sierra de Mijas and is dated around 1710; that of Our Lady of Remedies, a hundred years later, preserves a sculpture of the Virgin of the Remedies which is three centuries old, and finally the hermitage of San Antón It is the object of pilgrimage on January 17.

The Gardens of the Wall

We have already mentioned that they were installed on the remains of the old Arab fortress that surrounded the town. There are different plant species in them, but the best are the wonderful views that they provide you from the Costa del Sol.

The hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña

Hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña

Bullring

Regardless of whether or not you like the bullfighting show, we advise you to visit the square. It was built around 1900 and has two peculiarities: it is oval and it is located on the very rock of the mountain.

Museums

It is surprising that a small town like Mijas has several museums. However, you can visit the Villa House Museum, of an ethnographic nature; a contemporary art center with some works of nothing less than Picasso, Miró o Dalí; the call Mijas wagon, which is a sample of miniatures; the Flour Mill and Torres Vigías Interpretation Center, of which we will talk to you.

Hiking through the Sierra de Mijas

The mountain range where Mijas Pueblo is located is one of the great lungs of the Costa del Sol. Both its abundant flora and fauna and its abrupt relief make it a magnificent place for you to do hiking trails. The Town Hall of the town has established a series of perfectly signposted routes that pass through the southern slope of the mountain range and that start from the same Mijas Pueblo viewpoint to reach areas such as the Hill of the Moor y Wildboar.

Mijas Costa: the beaches

Despite all that has been said, one of the great advantages that the Malaga town offers you is its good number of wonderful beaches. You will find them in the so-called Mijas Costa, which includes Las Lagunas y La Cala.

Among them, stand out Rocky Cape, perfect for you to practice windsurfing and diving; El Chaparral, more than four kilometers long; El Faro, located at the tip of Calaburras and perfect for fishing, or The hype, of dark sand. But perhaps the two best are those of Honda Cove y The Cala de Mijas, which even has a Blue Flag.

The Carromato de Mijas

Mijas wagon

On the other hand, the Mijas coastline holds another surprise for you. It's about the lookout towers that before we talked to you. They were part of the coastal defense line of the Andalusian Mediterranean coast. There are four beacon towers, that is, they communicated with each other by means of firelight to warn of a danger: Calaburras, Cala del Moral, Calahonda and La Battery tower of Cala del Moral. In addition, in the latter you can visit the interpretation center that we mentioned earlier.

What to eat in the Malaga town?

In Mijas you can enjoy international cuisine thanks to the many restaurants it has, especially in the coastal area. But you also have the opportunity to try typical dishes that have been preparing for hundreds of years.

Among them, we recommend soups such as white garlic with muscat grapes, which is eaten cold and contains garlic, almonds, bread and grapes; the gazpachuelo, which is prepared with egg white, bread and mayonnaise; the maimon soup; The puppy, which has cod and bread, or the traditional salmorejo and gazpacho.

The mijeña salad, whose ingredients are potatoes, chives, olives, oranges and shredded cod. And of course the acquaintance fried fish, which is seasoned with salt, olive oil and lemon.
As for sweets, you must try the gruel, which are served with honey or sweetened milk; the fried milk with cinnamon and sugar; the fritters; The honey cakes and pralined almonds.

You can accompany your meal with the popular leg bread and end it with a Sweet wine of the Denomination of Origin Malaga, made with Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel grapes.

The donkey-taxis

Donkey-taxis

How to get to Mijas?

The Andalusian town is about thirty kilometers from Málaga, where there is an international airport. From here, there are no intercity bus lines that take you to Mijas. You will have to change: go first to Malaga and in the capital take another bus that will leave you there.

If you prefer to travel in your own car or in a rental car, the road that takes you to La Cala de Mijas is the AP 7. To get to the town, you have to deviate previously by the A-368 or for the A-387. Once in town, you have the option of trying the aforementioned donkey-taxis, some small carts pulled by these animals.

In conclusion, Mijas has all the ingredients for you to enjoy a wonderful stay. The town part is gorgeous of narrow streets and whitewashed houses, while the one on the coast offers you imposing beaches and good hotel establishments with bars and restaurants. Don't you want to know this beautiful town on the Costa del Sol?


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