Day trips from Costa del Sol

[luckystrike]

What are the day trips that are generally available from the Costa del Sol resorts, and has anyone had any good / bad experiences? Thanks.

[roslyn251254]

Gibralta's not far and is a good day out. You can also visit Mijas (go yourself on a local bus) - it's a tiny village up on a mountainside (An episode of eastenders was filmed there years ago) and it's worth a visit.

[Ethel]

Granada and Tangier, Morocco are both long days out but do-able in a day. (Not both in one day!)
Nerja and Frigiliana is a nice day trip - Nerja being on the coast, and Frigilani a pretty white village way up the hillside.
Ronda is absolutely fabby with fantastic views over a gorge.

Actually, most of the available trips are listed here:
http://www.grabameal.co.uk/deal58.htm

I have never used that company so I am not recommending them - you could get better deals elsewhere, or indeed hire a car and drive.

The Costa Del Sol is quite a large area - I had an apartment in Nerja for years and if you are staying in that area a day out to Marbella and Puerto Banus, they are very close together, is nice.

If you have children there is a massive waterpark at Torremolinos that they will enjoy.

If you like your spaghetti westerns, Mini-Hollywood in Almeria is a western style theme park that used to be a film set - Fistful of Dollars and so on was filmed there.

http://spainforvisitors.com/archive/features/a a081501a.htm

[filthiestfis]

Mijas Aqua Park and there is also one in Torremolinos. Visit Puerto Banus/Marbella/Estepona.
Day trip to Gibraltar allows you to squeeze in a cable car trip to the upper rock to see St. Michael's Caves and the barbary apes as well as a visit to the museum and perhaps lighthouse & mosque-time allowing.