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Torremolinos information The approach to Torremolinos - easily done via a 30 min
ride on the electric train from Málaga - is a rather
depressing business. There are half a dozen beaches and
stops, but its a drab, soulless landscape of kitchenette
apartments and half-finished developments. In recent years
the local council have been trying to give the resort a
facelift, the main feature of which has been the construction
of a new seafront promenade and the renovation of the old
town, the narrow alleyways of which are not without charm.
TORREMOLINOS, to its enduring credit, is certainly different:
a vast, grotesque parody of a seaside resort, which in its
own kitschy way is fascinating. This bizarre place, lined
with sweeping beaches and infinite shooping arcades, crammed
with Irish pubs and real-estate agents, has a large permanent
expatriate population of British, Germans and Scandinavians.
Its a weird mix, which, in additions to thousands of retire
people, has attracted - due to a previous lack of extradition
arrangements between Britain and Spain - an extraordinary
concentration of British crooks and more recently Russian
mafia bosses. Torremolinos's social scene is strange, too,
including, among the middle-of-the-road family discos a
thriving pram-pushing, gay transvertite scene. All in all
it's an intiguing blend of the smart and the squalid, bargains
and rip-offs. Malaga province |