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Costa del Sol information: TORREMOLINOS

Torremolinos History

It is the youngest village in the history of Malaga, even before becoming a part of Malaga's province. Man had already been here approximately 150,000 years ago, as remains found local caves and grottos show.

Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Arabs passed through these coasts. In this land they found all they were for in those times.

The first news we have is from 1489, during the last years of the Christian reconquest. After conquering Malaga, in the allotment of the land, we read about some tower mills, which remainded part of the territory of what today is Alhaurin de la Torre, together with Churriana. Nevertheless, in 1502 it became part of Malaga city, by the name of Las Torres de Pimentel. In 1745 we first hear the name of Torremolinos (meaning mills tower).

At the end of the 50s, what used to be a fishermen's small village made up by the neighbourhoods of San Miguel and Calvario street, El Bajondillo, and La Carihuela, began an economic and urba boom, which turned it into one the busiest tourist resorts nowadays. It is especially around the neighbourhoods of El Bajondillo and La Carihuela, that the tourist industry has developed, due to their exceptional beaches, which are known throught the world.

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