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After six years of hosting a 70.3 race, including 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, Marbella won’t be holding the IRONMAN race in 2026. The event has moved Malaga.
When staying in Granada city, you may wish to visit other areas around Granada province. Popular places to visit from Granada city include the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, and the coast of the Costa Tropical and its beaches. There many landmarks and monuments to see, and to make sure you see as many of these as possible we recommend hiring a car. As with most tourist areas car hire offices are available at the airport. The two main pick up and drop off points for car hire in Granada are the Granada Train Station and Granada Airport.
Spaniards are fairly relaxed about tipping etiquette. However service is not usually included in restaurants and it is customary to leave the spare change, or perhaps up to 10% of the total in a smarter restaurant or a large group.
Granada Province Museums: Museo Arqueológico, Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares, Museo de Aceite and more.
The nightlife in Granada is some of the best in Andalucía. As a world-famous university city, it has a large amount of students, so there is a very eclectic mix of venues and music on offer. From electro, to pop, to rock music; in Spanish, English and Irish bars, you will always find somewhere to suit your musical or atmospheric taste.
The Cueva de los Murciélagos (the Cave of the Bats) is a system of caves situated on the edges of the limestone Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, 4km from the attractive village of Zuheros. Of the 60 caves registered in the park, the most important one is the Cueva de los Murciélagos, internationally renowned for its schematic and unique rock paintings and significant archaeological remains dating from Neolithic times.
There are a number of privately operated health clinics in Mijas for patients to go without referal as an alternative to the state health service.
The Mediterranean garden is a subject of great interest to more and more people - not only avid gardeners looking for ideas for their own gardens but also tourists who find being surrounded by the peace and tranquillity of the well maintained garden enjoyable in its own right.
A selection of the largest hotels in Andalucía in terms of room numbers. For the purposes of this page, we have defined a 'big' or 'large' hotel as one that has over 300 rooms in its establishment. These hotels are generally situated in the provincial capital cities and the larger tourist resorts.
Ronda is one of Andalucia's loveliest towns, steeped in history. There is plenty to see beyond the view from the bridge over the plunging gorge which divides the town. Below are the main attractions and things to see in Ronda, and when is best to see them.
Jerez de la Frontera dates from Phoenician times, but first rose to prominence under the Moors, who called it Xerix or Sherrich ‘De la Frontera’. These names refer to Jerez’s position on the frontier of Moorish Spain, and the Alcazar (fortress) is a reminder of the town’s strategic importance.
The following villages surround the park, and all offer accommodation. They are spectacularly situated, with mountain backdrops, and are largely unspoiled due to their rural location. The villages are famous for their pure waters (there's even a holy spring), especially Tolox's balneario (spa). Monda has an impressive Moorish castle.
Adalante Andalucia is an Andalucia political party formed in 2020 as a coalition of IU-LV (Izquerda Unida and Los Verdes) and Podemos (until 2021) and Anticapitalistas Andalucía (since 2021) both lead by Teresa Rodríguez.
Torre Nueva de la Cala del Moral, also called Torre de Pentapeseta, Torre Pesetas, Torre Vigía de Torrenueva, Torre Penta Pesetos and Torre de la Peseta. It is located in an elevated point not far from the beach in the grounds of an housing estate on the headland west of La Cala de Mijas.
One of the largest, splashiest water-parks in the province, located in Torre del Mar. There are 21 different rides to choose from, including some super-fast slides (an 80m-high kamikaze), soft foam slides, dinghy river ride and a paddling pool for young children (and parents!). Not forgetting the wave pool and lagoon.
John Spencer-Churchill, Nephew of Sir Winston Churchill was an English painter who once lived in the Molino de Rosario, situated next to the church in Plaza San Miguel. Born in London in 1909, the budding artiste headed to Spain during his early adulthood, where, in 1934, he married a Spanish artist called Angela Culme Seymour.
The old cinemas of Andalucia have largely been replaced by large multi-screen air-conditioned complexes, showing mainly Spanish and dubbed US films (very few are subtitled in other languages). Exception is Cine Madregal which is a large old fashioned style cinema.
Right in the heart of the Historic Centre of Malaga is the most wonderful antidote to those long days of sightseeing and busy shopping – ‘El Hamman’ or ‘baño magico’.
The marshland nature reserve of the Marismas de Isla Cristina is situated between the northern edge of Isla Cristina village and the Carreras estuary to the east and Ayamonte and the Guadiana estuary to the west. Within its 2.1 sq km is a variety of habitats and an impressive range of birds.
The gourmet market and restaurant area dedicated to the 'Sabor a Málaga' food promotional brand opened its doors to the public in the summer of 2021.
