(Make sure to re-use your plastic shopping bags & all supermarkets, barr the exceptions, dont open on sundays)
Mercadona: inexpensive and well supplied supermarket located 500 meters away, Sitio de Calahonda – Urb. Los Jarales.
Lidl: the cheapest supermarket around. Next to it, there is an excellent chinese shop called “Bazar Los Cipreses”. You will find anything you need(children beach toys, sun cream, toilet paper and so on…) for almost nothing.
El ZocoandLos Olivos shopping Centres: are located right across the street from Dona Lola Club, Sitio de Calahonda. They host two supermarkets Supersol, many restaurants and bars, car rental agents, pharmacy, banks and so on ….
Supercor: supermarket is open 7 days a week, even on Sunday, from 7.00 am until 1.00 in the morning. It is located at Riviera del Sol entrance, 1 km away, on the opposite side of Max Beach restaurant.
The village of La Cala de Mijas(on the way to Fuengirola) contains many convenience stores (tobacco, supermarket, bakery, etc…) in its centre, and many restaurants along the beach.
RESTAURANTS & BARS
Besides the bars and restaurants located in Doña Lola (mostly open at night), there are many restaurants at El Zoco shopping centre.
Several Chiringuitos(Beach Bars or Restaurants) are just a seconds wander towards the beach.
McDonald´s fast food restaurant is located not far from the resort, direction of Marbella
Some of the best restaurants can be located:
. La Cala de Mijas on the sea side promenade
. Fuengirola, just off the main promenade, Fish alley (near Plaza de la Constitution) and on the Paseo Maritimo (seaside promenade)
. Cabopino Marina
. Marbella
.Puerto Banus
FANCY A NICE STROLL?
Well now its easy using the newly built wooden boardwalk
La Cala de Mijas : Promenade « New » taking you upto doña lola and very soon will connect upto cabopino .
(Very popular to buy clothes, shoes, purses, table clothes)
Sunday: Fuengirola (at the port), Estepona: Port Flea market (painting, ornaments etc…)
Monday: Marbella town (opposite the fishing harbour)
Tuesday: Fuengirola (at the fairground)
Wednesday: La Cala de Mijas
Thursday: San Pedro Alcantara, Riviera del sol
Friday: Arroyo de la Miel (right behind Benalmadena Costa, near Tivoli World Amusement Park)
Saturday: La Cala de Mijas, Nueva Andalucia (near the building by Puerto Banus), Fuengirola (Boot sale at the fairground)
BUS SERVICE
There is an excellent bus service along the coast that stops at Calahonda with buses running every 25 minutes to Fuengirola and Marbella, stopping off at lots of beaches, villages, and attractions on the way. Bus station is located in front of the resort.
There is a Bus Route M-119 CALAHONDA –FUENGIROLA. For more details, webpage is http://www.ctmam.es/
EXCURSIONS
Caribasol,We can offer you many English-speaking excursions, mainly collective. Come and see us Monday to friday between 10am and 06pm
You also can often partake in a FREE trip to Malaga or Mijas, or to the market at Fuengirola organized by the entertainment department of Doña Lola.
ROADS
All along Costa del Sol runs a road called A-7 / N-340. This motorway allows to reach easily any of the interesting spot without red light. Pay attention, the speed limit is 80 km/hour
On the road, if you take the wrong direction, and you want to go backward, use the exit called « cambio de sentido»
If you want to drive faster, use the toll highway “Autopista del Mediterraneo ” E-15 / AP-7.
Its entrance is located in upper Calahonda. The speed limit is 120 km/h.
It is interesting to use it, when you want to go quite a long way, but it is not when you want to go to Marbella, Fuengirola, or Malaga.
Driving on the free motorway A-7 / N-340:
Marbella center: 10 minutes (N-340 exit 182)
Fuengirola: 10 minutes
Mijas Pueblo: 15 minutes Highly recommended
Benalmadena: 15 minutes
Puerto Banus: 20 minutes
Malaga : 25 minutes
Ronda: 45 minutes
Driving on the toll highway E-15 / AP-7:
Gibraltar: 50 minutes Highly recommended
Antequera: 1h00
Nerja : 1h15
Granada: 1h45 Highly recommended
Tarifa : 1h45
Jerez de la Frontera 2 h00
Cordoba: 2h30
Tangier Morocco: 2h15 (Algeciras) + a 6 minutes boat cross over
Cadiz : 2h15
Sevilla: 2h35 Highly recommended
You can go to Sevilla for one day only, but you will have to get up early and to come back late.
BEACHES IN THE AREA
Marbella East beaches are the Costa del Sol most beautiful one’s, as they are made of white sand, water is not very deep, they are big, they offer multitude of bars and restaurants and beach mattress and umbrella rentals:
El Rosario, Las Chapas : Alicate Playa, Artola Playa, Marbesa,
Monteros Playa : Plage Realejo, Plage la Adelfa, El Pinillo Playa
Elviria playa : Plage Real de Zaragoza, Costa Bella Playa , La Vibora Playa
Cabopino Playa : wild beach
Other nice long beaches:
Fuengirola : Playa del Castillo et Paseo Maritimo
La Cala de Mijas
BEACH PARTIES (Only in summer)
Nikki Beach : Playa Hotel Don Carlos N 340, km 192
Purobeach : Laguna village, Playa El Padron N 340, km 159
Buddha Beach : Urb. Villa Marina N 340, km 174
Ocean Club : Avenida de Lola Flores N 340, km 174
FAMILY ADVENTURES
Park Aquatico Mijas/Fuengirola
Aventura Amazonia Elviria (exit km 192)up to 6 years old
Super Mini Golf Fuengirola Castle, On hotel Beatriz Beach
