5 min
Casino Torrequebrada
Games, shows and evening entertainment right next door – a landmark since the 70s.
Benalmádena · Costa del Sol
Welcome to Nueva Torrequebrada
Your base by the Mediterranean. Here are our tips – the famous gems, but also the local secrets that rarely make the guidebooks.
On foot
Along the seafront promenade and the nearest blocks – no car keys needed.
5 min
Just below
The beaches
Playa de Torrequebrada and Playa Bil-Bil: fine sand, calm water and chiringuitos where sardines are grilled on skewers over an open fire (espeto).
10 min
Castillo Bil-Bil
The neo-Moorish castle right on the beachfront – today a cultural centre and the most photographed building on the coast.
15 min
Puerto Marina
Named one of the most beautiful marinas in the world. Restaurants and bars around the canals – perfect for an evening stroll and dinner by the water.
60 min
Parque de la Paloma
Lush park with free-roaming rabbits, roosters, peacocks and a giant tortoise. A favourite with kids, and lovely shade in the middle of the day.
By the marina
Selwo Marina
Dolphins, penguins and sea lions in a small marine park – a quick outing when the weather refuses to cooperate.
A little higher up
Up on the mountain behind the coast – take the bus, a taxi or a short drive.
Short ride
Benalmádena Pueblo
The chalk-white old village above the coast, with Plaza de España, narrow lanes and views all the way out to sea – the calm counterpart to the beach life. Bus 103 stops right outside and takes you all the way up to the pueblo.
Short ride
Teleférico & Monte Calamorro
The cable car up to 770 metres. At the top: hiking trails, a birds-of-prey show and panoramas all the way to Gibraltar and Africa on clear days.
Short ride
Estupa de la Iluminación
The largest Buddhist stupa in the Western world – unexpected, peaceful and free to visit. Next door is the Mariposario, a butterfly house with hundreds of species. Bus 103 stops right outside and takes you all the way up to the stupa and the butterfly park.
Short ride
Castillo de Colomares
A fairy-tale castle built in the 1990s as a monument to Columbus – an architectural fantasy in stone that hardly any tourists know about.
Image sources, location photos: Photo: Bjørn from Oslo, Norway (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Photo: HyperGaruda (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Photo: Maik Fuhrmann (Hombre1896 (talk)) (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Photo: Terry Wha (CC BY 2.0) · Photo: __Lolo__ (CC BY-SA 2.0). Others: public domain/CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.