If you wish to fight the heat of the summer months on the coast….this might be a good idea! The Parque Acuatico Mijas is a great alternative to the beach…kids absolutely love it!! It has different areas for differet age groups. For smaller children you have a shallow pool with a crocodile and water fountains. [...]

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I’d heard quite a lot about this park so I took the opportunity to go last week as the Grandparents were over for semana blanca.  First things first, it is not the easiest of places to find, in fact we were lucky that we happened to stumble across it.  My advice would be to head [...]

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I revisted this park a few weeks ago when there was a break in the rain.  There is now a cafe to the side of the park serving hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice creams, they also have toilet facilities which is handy.  It is situated right next to the park so you can [...]

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We had been told about this place a couple of months ago, so eventually we have got round to paying a visit. El Pinar del Rey is a vast woodland area just past San Roque, with lots of little car parks and places to stop, and hundreds of picnic tables and bbq areas scattered around so [...]

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