Benalmadena´s ‘Healthy Living’ Walking Routes

Benalmadena Healthy living walking routes

Benalmadena ‘Healthy Living’ Walking Routes

If you enjoy a good and healthy walk when you visit Benalmadena on holiday, we’ve got some great little walking routes which you must try; no need to worry about your fitness levels as there is something for everyone!

Benalmadena is actually a member of the Spanish Healthy Cities Network (Red Española de Ciudades Saludables) and a couple of years ago the town hall decided to set up a 23 km walking route connecting the 3 main areas of the town, Benalmadena Costa, Arroyo de la Miel and Benalmadena Pueblo (town). (more…)

Churros: A Typical Spanish Breakfast Treat You Must Try!

Churros with Chocolate

The thinner knotted churros found 'up north'

Have you ever tried ‘Churros’? No idea what we’re talking about? Stick around as we’re about to tell everything you need to know about this delicious Spanish treat!

A ‘Churro’ – sometimes referred to as a Spanish doughnut – is a popular fried dough snack which is normally eaten for breakfast accompanied by a bowl of thick hot chocolate or a good café con leche. The ingredients for the typical churro couldn’t be simpler: A mixture of flour, water and salt. Once the mixture is prepared it goes into a ‘churrera’ (special churro making machine) which then squeezes the doughy mixture into a large fryer where it’ll remain until crispy and crunchy – this usually takes about  30 seconds! (more…)

Jump Aboard Fuengirola’s New Tourist Train

Fuengirola City Tour Tourist Train

Fuengirola 'City Tour' Tourist Train

For just over a month now, our neighbouring town, Fuengirola, has been enjoying a new attraction: The ‘City tour’ Tourist Train.

This new tourist train service will allow visitors to easily make their way around the town’s most emblematic tourist attractions and landmarks including the Roman Ruins, the main sea front promenade, the fabulous beaches and Bioparc (Our favourite :-)). One of the highlights of this new service is its’ ‘hop-on hop-off’ system which allows the user to jump on and off as often as they like throughout the day.  (more…)

9 Costa del Sol Golf Courses offering a Round of Golf for Under €55

la cala golf

The Costa del Sol is famous for its golf courses; with over 60 different locations to choose from, golfers who choose this sunny destination for their golf break are literally spoilt for choice.

Price points vary depending on the course; there are courses charging over €100 and there are courses for half that price. In this post we highlight 9 golf courses offering green fees for under €55. As you will see below, these low prices are based on low season; however, they are still great value for money! (Please note that these prices are based on the offers we have available at the Sunset Beach Club Golf and Leisure Desk).

So without further ado, here are 9 golf courses where you can get a great round of golf for less than €55: (more…)

Photos of the ‘Erotic’ Tapas Route in Fuengirola

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the upcoming ‘Erotic’ Tapas Route in our neighbouring town of Fuengirola. Thousands of people have since visited the 80 bars and restaurants taking part in this fun initiative and have had the chance to sample the imaginative and somewhat riské tapas on offer.

We promised to do some field work and join the Tapas Route to try some of these ‘spicy’ creations and report back on our findings; it was tough work but we managed to make our way through the hoards of people and get some photographic evidence of the tapas we got to taste.

Below you’ll find photos of some of these ‘Erotic’ tapas with their names  (and their rough translations) the name of the bar/restaurant serving them and a brief description of the ingredients used to make them (at least the ones we could work out :-)):

#1 Lengua Sedienta (Dry tongue): The popular ‘La Plaza’ Bar is serving this tapa which is basically your traditional jamon serrano on a piece of toasted bread with olive oil and tomato; the olives and guerkins provide the more erotic touch. Not very adventurous but still tasty and goes down well with a cool beer 🙂

La Plaza - Lengua Sedienta- Ruta de la tapa erotica

Lengua Sedienta

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The Definitive List of Malaga FC Home Games for the 2012-2013 Season

Malaga FC Home games

Many of our guests are avid football fans and often enquire about Malaga FC’s home games. Going to one of Malaga’s home games is a great afternoon out and the atmosphere at the La Rosaleda stadium is absolutely amazing.

The club’s amazing run of form in the Spanish league and their recent (last night!) qualification for the knock out stages of the Champions League means that their popularity is set to soar to new heights!

So we’ve decided to put together a list of Malaga FC’s home games for this season in case you fancy heading down to watch a live game whilst you are here on holiday. The big games against Real Madrid and Barcelona will be played over the Christmas period (22nd December and 13th January) but tickets are selling fast so if you plan on going we’d recommend you buy your tickets ASAP! (more…)

Emtech Spain Returns to Málaga for the 2nd Year Running

Emtech Spain in Malaga

Emtech Spain 2012 will take place on the 22nd and 23rd November 2012. For the second year running, the ‘Palacio de Ferias y Congresos’ in Málaga will host this event which is regarded as one of the most important in the world in the field of emergent technologies.

Organised by Massachussets Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Technology Review magazine, Emtech Spain comes back to Málaga after the success of last year’s event. Scientists, technologists, businessmen and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn things that will undoubtedly change their vision of the near future.

Various national and international experts will be presenting at Emtech Spain and will offer interesting talks and discussion forums on topics such as…  (more…)

Christmas and New Year’s Eve Programme (2012) at Sunset Beach Club

Christmas Programme 2012

I can’t believe we’re less than two months away from Christmas! As they say, time flies when you are having fun :-). We get lots of guests who like to come away and spend Christmas in the sun with us, that’s why every year we prepare a fantastic programme to keep all the family entertained!

The highlights of the festive programme at Sunset Beach Club are the Christmas Day visit from Santa Claus, traditional Christmas Day Lunch and the New Year’s Gala Dinner. Here are the highlights of the Programme: (more…)

WWE Smackdown World Tour Lands in Málaga

WWE Smackdown World Tour en MalagaAre you a fan of WWE Wrestling? How about your kids? If you answered yes to either of these questions then you are in for a real treat!

On Friday 9th November 2012, WWE and its Smackdown World Tour will be visiting Malaga for an unbelievable night of wrestling entertainment. It’s not often that these stars of the WWE visit Spain let alone Malaga so this is a unique opportunity to see all tour favourite wrestling stars live and in the flesh.

This Smackdown World Tour event will feature some great bouts including:

  • A Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show
  • A Fan’s Choice Match featuring Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

Apart from these epic encounters, fans will be treated to lots more entertainment with their favourite wrestlers including: Rey Mysterio, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Sin Cara, Natalya and lots more…

Tickets are now on sale at www.elcorteingles.es/entradas  and range between €20 for the cheapest seats and €80 for getting right up close to the action.

The event will be held at the ‘Palacio de los Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena’ at the entrance to Málaga and starts at 7:30pm on the evening of the 9th November.

Are you a WWE wrestling fan? Are you planning on going to watch Smackdown inMalaga? Let us know in the comments below. 🙂

Fuengirola Gets Ready for its 4th ‘Erotic’Tapas Route

4th Erotic Tapas Route in FuengirolaFrom the 1st to the 18th of November 2012, Fuengirola will celebrate the 4th edition of its – now famous – and extremely popular ‘Erotic’  Tapas Route, an original and fun initiative which increases in popularity each year attracting tapas lovers from all over Spain.

This year the town hall expects the participation of 80 of the city’s bars and restaurants, all of which will compete for the coveted prize of best ‘Erotic’ Tapa. Each of these establishments will have to prepare a sensual and fun tapa which clients will be able to try during the 18 days of the event.

Last year’s tapas route saw visitors consume the impressive figure of 260.000 tapas; this year organisers hope to improve on this number. A few of us here in Sunset Beach Club’s Commercial Department will do our best to contribute to this figure as we’re planning an evening out to make our way around the Tapas Route and report on this fun event from the ‘front lines’ 🙂 (more…)