Torremolinos

Torremolinos is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain, west of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism began in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to be developed and is still the most popular in the region. Wikipedia

Population 71,329 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain
Daylight 9 h 40 in Dec, dark by 17:03 · 14 h 39 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 56 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 51 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 55 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 07 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 07 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 39 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 26 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 35 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 27 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 18 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 14 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 40 of daylight
Tourist office · 320 m Centro de Interpretacuón Turística

Getting there

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Where you can go from Torremolinos

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From Torremolinos's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Semana Santa

    March – April

    (Holy Week) the week before Easter Sunday. Processions through Torremolinos on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

  2. Festival of the Virgen del Carmen de La Carihuela

    July

    Festival of the Virgen del Carmen de La Carihuela on July 16 every year.

  3. Festival of San Miguel Arcángel

    September

    Last week in September, culminating on St Michael's Day, September 29. A very busy week-long festival of processions, parades and events. San Miguel is the patron saint of Torremolinos

  4. Molins Horror Film Festival

    Molins Horror Film Festival

    October – November

    The Molins Horror Film Festival, or simply TerrorMolins, is an annual horror-focused film festival which takes place in Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain.

    Official site Wikipedia

4 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Torremolinos); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Mercado Municipal

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    700 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 88 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Benalmadena - Arroyo de la Miel 4.1 km, Plaza Mayor 4.2 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.