What can the Costa del Sol offer?
This “sunshine coast” represents a magical 160-kilometre mixture of action-packed tourist resorts, first-class family entertainment centres and unbeatable sporting facilities. The resort towns peppered along this southern Spanish Costa offer everything from fun-filled foam parties and cheap fish and chip joints through to the kind of glitz and glamour which only Hollywood stars and Saudi princes can afford. For anyone seeking a “sun and sea” holiday, the Costa del Sol is unlikely to disappoint no matter what your expectations or budget. It’s been a major magnet for foreign tourists since the advent of cheap charter flights in the late 1960s. The rich and famous snapped up swanky pads along Marbella’s Golden Mile while ordinary folk busied themselves by turning Torremolinos into one of mainland Spain’s biggest and most popular package holiday destinations. In recent years, middle market tourism and ex-pat home buyers have contributed to the development of less high profile resort areas
