Andalusia · Spain
Where to stay in Torremolinos
Torremolinos is a city in Andalusia, Spain, home to about 71,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Torremolinos.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- April to June, September and October
- Nearest airport
- AGP6 km · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Language
- Basque, Catalan, Galician
About
About 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.
Torremolinos was a fishing village back in the 1920s, but has been rapidly overtaken by tourism. Its nominal population is around 43,000 but this can rise to 250,000 during the tourist season. Tourists will be most familiar with the beaches of Torremolinos and the pedestrian-only Calle San Miguel, which is lined with shops, and runs from the centre of town down to the beach. The lower half is a winding stair-stepped path, and is fun to descend and fortifying to climb!
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Things to do
What to see and do in Torremolinos
See
- La Carihuela
- Crocodile park
- Municipal Auditorium Principe de Asturias
- Parque de la Batería
- Parish church of San Miguel Arcángel
- Torre de Pimentel
- Casa de los Navaja
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Torremolinos
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
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| Occidental Torremolinos Playa hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Torremolinos to stay in
A major 10-year programme of hotel upgrading funded by the EU, the Junta de Andalucía and Torremolinos Council is nearing completion. This was designed to rid Torremolinos of its old 'cheap package' image and its success can be seen by the fact that Torremolinos now has one of the highest hotel occupancy rates in Europe (well over 80%) and the highest on the Costa del Sol. There are a wide range of hotels available on all the usual websites. Torremolinos also has many small hostal/pensions and a wide range of self-catering apartments and houses available to rent, many of them owned by British or Dutch ex-pats. The town has also a hostel (MÜDE Hostel) featuring shared and private rooms.
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When to go
The best time to visit Torremolinos
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Torremolinos are April to June, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Torremolinos: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP), about 5.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX, 90 km) and Gibraltar Airport (GIB, 93 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The airport of Malaga is the nearest. The train takes just 11 min and costs €1.80 (Dec 2024). Alternative airports are Seville and with less flights: Granada, Jerez and Gibraltar. Torremolinos Rail Station The main Renfe app/website does not find Torremolinos as a destination because this is Cercanías line which has its own website. If you come from outside of the Costa del Sol, head to the train station Malaga Maria Zambrano and continue from there.
Getting around
With the rechargable green travel card you can use all means of public transport (commuter trains (Cercanías), regional buses and in Málaga metro and city buses) for a lower price. The card can be bought in tobacco shops for €1.50 and must be charged with at least €5 (Nov 2024). Torremolinos has 5 wheelchair accessible railway stations. Commuter trains run every 20 minutes during the day. A ride inside of Torremolinos costs €1.80 (Dec 2024).
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AGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport
GRX · F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport
GIB · Gibraltar Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Torremolinos
Drink
As a major Spanish and international tourist destination Torremolinos has cafés, bars and café-bars to suit all tastes. It is also the home of the famous 'chiringuitos' - beach café-bars which offer beach-side drinks and meals throughout the year. The best of these are to be found in the district of La Carihuela. Sample the local vino de Málaga, a fortified wine similar to sherry.
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Questions
Torremolinos: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Torremolinos?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Torremolinos are April to June, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Torremolinos?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP), about 5.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX, 90 km) and Gibraltar Airport (GIB, 93 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Torremolinos?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Torremolinos
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.