Mijas Coastal Path

Description of the route

This hiking trail is included in the Senda Litoral de Málaga project, which aims to unite the entire coast of the province through a large itinerary. The municipality of Mijas has been one of the first to undertake the commissioning of this road, which, in many of its sections, is made by wooden footbridges, and, always, parallel to the Mediterranean. For these characteristics, this type of route is very comfortable and does not involve a great effort, since there is practically no section with slope.

Besides having a great landscape value, it also allows to know better the biological values of the area, since in certain points of the itinerary there are informative panels on the natural characteristics and on the animal and vegetal species that have their habitat in this Mediterranean strip.

Wildlife

You can see, both ornithological species linked to the Mediterranean, and different types of seagulls. Other examples of fauna in this environment are the millipede, the long-tailed lizard or the tenebrionid beetle. Greater wealth waits from the shores towards the sea, with small marine species among its rocky areas. Specifically, in the area known as intertidal ponds, urchins, octopi, mussels, barnacles or blennies await, which should never be captured, since they are, in many cases, the sustenance of birds that also have their habitat in this coastal strip .

In terms of flora, you can see from palm hearts to marine chrysanthemums, sea lily, among other unique botanical species, to be highlighted, near La Luna beach, there is a very interesting dune area .

From the Torrreón de la Cala , the trail begins along a stretch of maritime walk in the west. Despite this, there are signs and milestones at the beginning of this stage that remind us that this is a path assigned to the Litoral Path. The first meters, therefore, will be made on a comfortable pedestrian zone, where the sea is on the left and some residential villas on the right. Shortly after, you will see the first section of wooden road, a bridge that serves to save the creek of the Cala de Mijas.

After just over a kilometer, you reach the beach of Bombo. Here begins an interesting wooden walkway that will take you to the residential area known as Riviera. This part of the route is the most exciting, since with this infrastructure created for the Coastal Path some of the most rugged areas of the Mijas coast are saved. Thus, the walkway some curves and turns that offer very wide perspectives of the Costa del Sol. In this case, you can see areas of the municipality of Fuengirola or intuit some that correspond to Marbella, such as the beach of Cabopino, which is bordering with Calahonda.

Aemet raises the alert for heavy rainfall in Málaga from orange to red.

Armet alert, Orange warning for rain, november 13th

Water supply cut – Acosol

Water supply cut – Acosol

SUSPENDED – WATER SUPPLY CUT

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