Mijas Pueblo

Five days of R&R was enough for me as I was starting to get restless. So I planned an excursion to Mijas Pueblo, which is a very tourist-oriented white village with a population of 7,500 and an elevation of 1,500 feet. It is only 10 km from Fuengirola so it was an easy day trip requiring 2 buses. We had a very good lunch at a restaurant called The Secret Garden. The town was very quiet being off-season but I don’t think I would want to be there during the summer. A bus load of Asian tourists arrived with their selfie sticks and even that intruded on our peaceful walk through the town.Read more