Costa del Sol
The Costa del Sol is a long stretch of Mediterranean coastline in the Andalucia region of southern Spain. It is one of the most important tourist areas in Spain, drawing northern Europeans and Spaniards for its beaches, beautiful weather, and relaxed attitude.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Marbella and Benalmádena.
Marbella
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Marbella is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the region; it is also the head of the judicial district that bears its name.
Benalmádena
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Benalmádena is a town of 68,000 people on the Spanish Costa del Sol. It consists of three parts; Benalmádena Pueblo, Arroyo de la Miel and Benalmádena Costa.
Torremolinos
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Torremolinos is a tourist sandy beach town on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. It appeals to domestic tourists, Northern Europeans, families and LGBT people. It is approximately 12 km south of Malaga between Malaga Bay and the Mijas Mountains.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Fuengirola and Mijas.
Fuengirola
Fuengirola is a city in the Costa del Sol in southern Spain that is popular with tourists for its long sandy beach and malécon.
Mijas
Mijas is a town and municipality in the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. It consists of Mijas Pueblo a typically Andalusian white-washed village at the mountain side of Sierra de Mijas 428 m above mean sea level.
Estepona
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Estepona is a seaside resort city of 67,000 people on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Remnants from prehistory have been excavated in Estepona. The Romans, Phoenicians and Moors left their mark on the city.
Ojen
Ojén is a beautiful small town in the province of Malaga in Andalucia, Spain. Although located in the mountains, it is in the heart of the Costa del Sol, not far from Marbella. It has a population of about 3,000.
Puerto Banús
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Puerto Banús is a marina located in the area of Nueva Andalucía, to the southwest of Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. This resort town was developed in 1970 as a luxury marina and shopping complex for the rich and famous.
Elviria
Elviria is on Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is in the municipal area of Ojén, Marbella. Elviria is a lively low density residential area with amenities. As the centre of Marbella East it has shopping facilities, restaurants and bars.Costa del Sol
- Type: Coast with 1,360,000 residents
- Description: coastal area in Andalusia, Spain
- Also known as: “Coast of the Sun” and “Costa del Crime”
- Categories: coast, tourism region, and tourist destination
- Location: Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Costa del Sol” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Costa del Sol”
- Arabic: “الساحل الشمس”
- Arabic: “ساحل الشمس”
- Arabic: “كوستا ديل سول”
- Armenian: “Կոստա դել Սոլ”
- Basque: “Costa del Sol”
- Bengali: “কোস্টা দেল সল”
- Catalan: “Costa del Sol”
- Cebuano: “Costa del Sol”
- Chinese: “太阳海岸”
- Chinese: “太陽海岸”
- Czech: “Costa del Sol”
- Danish: “Costa del Sol”
- Dutch: “Costa del Sol”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوستا ديل سول”
- Esperanto: “Costa del Sol”
- Estonian: “Costa del Sol”
- Finnish: “Aurinkorannikko”
- Finnish: “Costa del Sol”
- French: “Costa del Sol”
- French: “Côte du Soleil”
- Galician: “Costa do Sol”
- German: “Costa del Sol”
- German: “Sonnenküste”
- Greek: “Ακτή του ήλιου”
- Greek: “Κόστα δελ Σολ”
- Hebrew: “קוסטה דל סול”
- Hungarian: “Costa del Sol”
- Icelandic: “Costa del Sol”
- Indonesian: “Spanyol selatan”
- Italian: “Costa del Sol”
- Japanese: “コスタ・デル・ソル”
- Korean: “코스타델솔”
- Lithuanian: “Kosta del Solis”
- Low German: “Costa del Sol”
- Luxembourgish: “Costa del Sol”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Costa del Sol”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Costa del Sol”
- Norwegian: “Costa del Sol”
- Polish: “Costa del Sol”
- Polish: “Wybrzeże Słońca”
- Portuguese: “Costa del Sol”
- Romanian: “Costa del Sol”
- Russian: “Коста дель Соль”
- Russian: “Коста-дель-Соль”
- Serbian: “Kosta del Sol”
- Serbian: “Коста дел Сол”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Costa del Sol”
- Slovak: “Costa del Sol”
- Spanish: “Costa del Sol”
- Swedish: “Costa del Sol”
- Swedish: “Spanska solkusten”
- Thai: “โกสตาเดลโซล”
- Turkish: “Costa del Sol”
- Ukrainian: “Коста-дель-Соль”
- Vietnamese: “Costa del Sol”
- Vlaams: “Costa del Sol”
- Welsh: “Costa del Sol”
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