Torre del Marand Surroundings
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Torre del Mar |
The coasts of Torre del Mar are lined by wide and miles long sandy beaches. The town is an ideal bathing resort and visited by Spanish and international tourists.
 Along the coast, there is the famous long beachfront promenade of Torre del Mar (Spanish: Paseo maritime de Torre del Mar), with pretty views to the Mediterranean as well as the hills and mountains behind dotted with white houses and villages. The beachfront promenade has a Western part and an Eastern part, called Levante and Poniente. A water park, a hospital, a large shopping centre with cinema complex and a beautiful promenade called Paseo de Larios are situated in the centre of the town.  Torre del Mar has some very good bars and restaurants offering especially seafood. In the evening, the city has a lot of atmosphere: a 500 metre seafront stretch, called El Copo, is a continual line of bars and discotheques which are open until 6.00h every morning in the summer. Along an adjoining stretch of the seafront there is a summer night market open until 3.00h every morning! |
Torre del Mar Climate & Region |
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The town lies in a sedimentary plane and is surrounded by farmland. Traditionally sugar cane was the main cultivation and there are still some old factories and chimneys to be found.  Due to its fantastic location on the Costa del Sol, a subtropical region with mild winters and relatively hot summers, the climate is very good in Torre del Mar. The Mediterranean climate is humid, but with low rainfall, and temperatures are between 12°C in winter and 25°C in summer, that means an annual average temperature of 18°C. If you like to go upcountry (“turismo rural”), the perfect travelling time is spring. |
Torre del Mar Region & History |
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Torre del Mar (English: Tower of the Sea) is a south Spanish coastal district in Vélez-Malaga, in the Andalucian province of Malaga, with ~ 20.000 inhabitants.
It is between Málaga and Nerja on the Costa del Sol. Torre del Mar is one of the most important bathing resorts 28 km to the east of Malaga, provincial capital and also capital of Costa del Sol. The name of the town probably comes from the 26 m high lighthouse, which is very important for maritime traffic. The citizens of the town call themselves “Torrenos”. In Caleta de Vélez, a small village to the east of the Town, there is a fishing port and marina. Inland, in the north of the town, there is a bigger town called Vélez-Málaga. Torre del Mar is located in one of the most touristic regions of Europe, the Costa del Sol.  Officially the town is (still) a Southern district of Vélez-Málaga, capital of the Andalucian region Axarquía and of Costa del Sol to the east of Málaga. Since 1990, Torre del Mar’s party GIMPTM has been trying to become independent from Vélez-Málaga. At present approx. a third of Vélez-Málaga’s population lives in Torre del Mar. The foundation of Torre del Mar dates back to Phoenician times which is documented by archaeological sites from the 8th century which were found nearby such as a harbour, fish factories, houses and a necropolis. |
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