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Attractions

Museo El Arca de los Tiempos

Closed permanently This museum's interior features a stage-based tour that takes visitors from prehistory to the present day.

Casa Árabe

A contemporary building in the fashionable Neo-Mudejar style of the late nineteenth century

Iglesia Parroquial de San Idelfonso

The church, built in 1522 on a former mosque site, was renovated over the 16th–17th centuries. Its main altarpiece was crafted by Tomás Morales, and a 17th-century crucifix by José de Mora was later moved to the Church of Peligros.

Torre de Calaburras watchtower, Mijas Costa

This tower is also known as Calburra or simply Burras. A document dated 1571 mentions La Cala and the station of Burras (a small military base) but it was not until 1574 when Francisco de Cordoba, Capitan General of the Kingdom of Granada.

Torre Nueva Watchtower - Mijas Costa

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.

Torre de Calahonda Watchtower of Mijas Costa

Torre de Calahonda is has also been referred to as Cala Honda, Calaona, Calaonda, Calahorra and Lancón. The tower and was completed in 1575 with a budget of 560 ducados as part of the King Filipe II watchtower construction programme. It is located on a promontory in the western reaches of Mijas Costa; Calahonda not far from boundary with Marbella and Cabopino Marina.

Town Hall of Begíjar

The Town Hall was built between 1561 and 1576 by Ginés Martínez de Aranda. Of its old plan, only the portal remains, composed of a semicircular arch flanked by columns.

Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol

Construction of the church began in thirteenth century and was completed in the seventeenth, although the original building has practically disappeared as a result of multiple restorations.

Palacio de Villardompardo

The Palace of the Counts of Villardompardo was built in the sixteenth century by Fernando Torres y Portugal, I Count of Villardompardo and Viceroy of Peru. The buildings current use is a cultural centre.

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