Arroyo de la Miel

Arroyo de la Miel stands on hilly slopes at the base of mount Calamorro. It is one of the three urban centers and districts that make up the municipality of Benalmadena, along with Benalmádena Pueblo and Benalmádena Costa. One could say it is the town center of Benalmadena.

We are on the edge of the town – about an eight minutes’ walk from the town center.

A main street, ‘Avenida de la Constitucion’, runs through the town. But for those who have trouble pronouncing the name, they simply refer to it as the main street or the high street. The street starts from the train station and runs through the center of Arroyo de la Miel into the next town. However, only the beginning of the street – about half a kilometer of it, is busy.

Here, on both sides of the streets are shops, and eateries offering cuisines from all over – from European to American, from Mediterranean to Chinese. Most of them do brisk business.

In the mornings and evenings, when it is not too hot, it is a good place to have a meal or a drink and watch the world go by. Since it is the town center, it is a popular area with tourists, as well as the locals.

Shops and restaurants on the Main Street. This was siesta hours in the afternoon. Some shops were closed. This is generally, a quiet period of the day.

Outside of the main street, the town is a maze of winding side streets, back streets and plazas. The back streets, and side streets weave through slopes – from gentle slopes to moderate slopes to very steep slopes. You are either going up or down a slope.

Here, you find shops and businesses catering to the locals in the area. You would be amazed at the number of cafes and restaurants you find here. Most of these are small, local restaurants serving simple, local fares. However, there are also restaurants serving foreign cuisines to the enclaves of foreigners living in the area.

Shops cum apartments on the smaller streets of Arroyo de la Miel. Shops on the ground level and apartments above the shops.

You find many of these smaller cafeteria and restaurants.

Arroyo de la Miel has many holiday apartments owned by Europeans who come here to escape the cold in Winter, or to enjoy the sun and sand in Summer. A big section of the people living here are retirees from the UK.

Arroyo de la Miel does not have the hustle and bustle of most cities where everybody is in a hurry. Besides the tourists on the main street, the residents in the town are mostly elderly people or retirees spending their holidays here. So, the pace here is slower and more relaxed.

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