Marbella Day 8 - Trip to Mijas Pueblo

A few nights ago we asked the owner of the local restaurant we were dining, where she would recommend we visit to get a flavour of the area away from the beaches. She advised a visit to Mijas Pueblo, the original mountain village that is part of current day sprawling city of Mijas which is now the richest town in the province with a 40% foreign population.

It was a 40 minute drive from our villa via the local roads to avoid the tolls. The last bit was very steep (flat out in gears 1, 2 & 3) finally arriving at a beautify "white town" plastered on the face of a mountain. Very clean and tidy and picture perfect!

Narrow cobblestone streets but absolutely beautiful boutiques, galleries, shops and cafe's. Despite the narrow roads, it has been discovered by some tour busses but there were not too many to make the tour crowds oppressive.

We walked around for a while then at mid afternoon, decided to have some lunch and found the Hidden Garden Restaurant. A real gem of a place and we ordered tapas and a drink. Fabulous place!

Rejuvenated, we walked some more and found the local bull fighting ring which we believe still hosts the odd event even though it has been converted into a sort of "museum". We had fun looking around and could feel the ambience of what a bull fight would be like.

We had an opportunity for some more overviews of the surrounding area.

We drove some more mountain roads on the way home and settled in for a home cooked pasta supper.