The town of Mijas, in the middle of the Costa del Sol, extends its lands from the hills of the same name to the sea, across a rough landscape of ridges, hills and varied undulations. Both its climate and its landscape offer countless attractions to lovers of open-air: paragliding, hang-gliding, hill-walking routes and mountain sports, golf in its numerous courses and horse-racing in the recently inaugurated Hipodromo Costa del Sol are some of the attractions that can be enjoyed all-year round. Furthermore, La Cala de Mijas, is a town centre which conserves all its charm of a typical fishing village.

              MOORISH WALLS     

Mijas was founded by the Tarshish, who called it Tamisa. In Roman Times, it should have been a relatively prosperous town, passing across it one of the branches of the Via Augusta, which connected Cadiz with Malaga . It was conquered in 714 by Abdalaziz, Governor of Sevilla, and since then until the reconquest in 1487, it belonged in succession to the emirate and to the followers of the rebel, Omar Ben Hafsun, whose pocessions were called "Reino de Mijas". There are various interesting monuments to visit, like the bull-ring, of peculiar oval shape.

     MIJAS BULL-RING (Inside)


Furthermore, the town pocesses two churches of Mudejar style: the Parish Church, built between 1541 and 1565 and the Shrine of San Sebastian, built towards the end of the Seventeenth Century. Furthermore, there are various watchtowers all along the coast.

Mijas has various museums amongst which stand out the bullfighting  one and the unusual museum of miniatures, "Carromato de Max". And in the craftsmanship section, the works embossed in silver, in "esparto" grass and in wicker are the most reputable. Its local holidays and festivities, in honour of "La Virgen de la Peña", the town's Patron Saint, takes place in the first fortnight in September.

                 SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH

Asides from th numerous international restaurants, one can highlight some dishes of the local cuisine: "salmorejo", "maimones", "cachorrenas" and "gazpachuelos"; and the typical confectionery like lo "buñuelos" and "los hornazos".