Benalmadena

Benalmadena is a city in Andalusia in southern Spain, 12 km west of Malaga, at the Costa del Sol among Torremolinos and Fuengirola. Benalmadena is wealthy in attractive beaches and exciting locations like the Colomares Castle, the 33-metre-tall Buddhist Benalmadena Stupa, the largest Buddhist stupa in Europe, the Benalmadena Marina and the Benalmadena Cable Car. Benalmadena covers an area of simply over 27 km2 that extends from the summits of the Sierra de Mijas to the ocean, falling in a few places as a cliff.

The territory is crossed from east to west on Highway A-7, which connects with the provincial capital and other centres of the Mediterranean coast Historically the vicinity has been occupied and settled through many cultures relationship back to the Bronze Age, consisting of the historic Phoenicians and Romans, and has additionally been significantly motivated with the aid of the Moorish agreement of the southern Iberian peninsula.

Two Almenara towers on the shoreline date lower back to the 15th century, at the beginning constructed to defend the coast and its population from the frequent incursions of Barbary pirates inside the days following the reconquistareconquest of the region by means of Henry IV of Castile. In modern-day times, along side the relaxation of the Costa del Sol vicinity it has end up an vital traveller vacation spot. The municipality has been issue to an remarkable city growth in recent years with many new homes and homes constructed, every now and then inflicting environmental degradation. Benalmadena has both a conventional Spanish village and a present day, coastal, tourist area.