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La Cala de Mijas Tourism Guide La Cala, Costa del Sol
Welcome to Five Continent Group's La Cala Virtual Tour pages and La Cala Tourism Guide. Here you will find information & 360 degree photography of La Cala de Mijas in Andalucia, Spain. Its easy to navigate your way around La Cala...simply click on the headed links on the left hand side. FCG offers historical detail & background for the small Coastal Village of La Cala de Mijas, plus the finest selection of Real Estate Properties (Apartments, Villas, Commercial premises for lease & sale, & Townhouses)
, Hotels, Monuments, Golf Courses, Parks, Activities, Restaurants & Shops in La Cala. All are specially selected to offer you the best quality, information, maps and pictures of the most scenic locations throughout the Costa del Sol such as Marbella, Ronda, Puerto Banus, Estepona, Benalmadena and Fuengirola.
La Cala de Mijas, or just "La Cala" as this wonderful Andalucian village is affectionately known to locals, is situated on the West Costa del Sol in Andalucia approximately 20 minutes drive from Malaga International Airport (AGP). The long Blue Flag beaches are well cared for, very clean and soft golden sand. Whilst La Cala is quite obviously a traditional Andalucian Coastal Village in style, La Cala has absorbed a somewhat
International flavour over recent years. There is a wide range of professional services available: Schools, Pharmacies, banks, doctors, lawyers, dentists at standards equally as high as those in the UK. Medical care in particular is first class - the new hi-tech Costa del Sol Hospital is 15 minutes in the direction of Marbella, and the ground-breaking Carlos Haya Malaga Hospital just 25 mins in the opposite direction.
La Cala boasts a plethora of quality indoor & outdoor sports and leisure facilities in and around La Cala de Mijas. Watersports, horse riding & trekking, karting, diving, tennis clubs, Crown Green bowls, gymnasiums, dive centres and Of course International competition standard golf courses at La Cala Golf Resort (60 holes), Mijas Golf (36), Santana Golf(18) and El Chaparral(18) opens this Summer. These Golf Clubs welcome non-members, tuition is available and equipment is available for hire.
The New Mijas Hippodrome & Athletics Venue ("Hipodromo del Costa del Sol"), run by Carrera Entertainment, located just on the outskirts of La Cala is the chosen venue for the Annual Spanish Derby & Music Concerts including Rod Stewart, Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, UB40 & Bryan Adams later this Summer, making for a great family night out with plenty of Bars & Restaurants.
Dining out in La Cala Restaurants ranges from simple to high class expensive gourmet. The restaurants available include Thai, French, Indian, Chinese & Spanish restaurants. Restaurant prices are very low in this part of Spain when compared with most of Northern Europe but the standard is very high.
Within close proximity of La Cala de Mijas are the internationally renowned holiday & retirement destinations of Puerto Banus, Marbella and Fuengirola.
For the kids there are plenty of attractions like the adventure park of Tivoli World, the Fuengirola Zoo, Sea Life and Selwo Safari, of course the beaches and Aquaparks and many more.
Our website & our Total Vacation Packages allow our clients to experience spectacular, gourmet cuisine, top class lodging in the best hand-picked selection of top Hotels, the 'inside track' on all Costa del Sol offers, packaged up and presented to you in full 360 degree virtual photos using our very own Virtual Continent technology
. FCG Travel arranges your flights, hotel rooms, visits to attractions, activities, boat charter, Conferencing, car hire, green fees for the finest golf courses in Costa del Golf, winetasting evenings, gourmet cuisine, flamenco shows and much, much more...
La Cala Resort is an exclusive residential and recreational complex of approximately 1,000 acres (4 million m2) situated between the 'Sierra de Mijas' National Park and the Mediterranean.
La Cala Resort is a 35 minute drive from Malaga International Airport. The Mediterranean is less than ten minutes drive from the complex, with Marbella only 15 minutes further along the coast.
The international developer behind La Cala Resort is the Irish Insurance Company, FBD Holdings plc.
FBD is quoted on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges and has total assets in excess of € 1.460 million.
FBD Shareholders include the Belgian Financial Services Company, KBC and Norwich Union Life Society of UK.
The developer's aim is to make La Cala Resort the most successful residential tourist resort in southern Europe. Since its creation in 1989, the development concept at La Cala Resort has been one of low density construction in order to maximize residents' privacy and to protect the resort's delightful rustic environment.
La Cala Resort also has an excellent restaurant and a snack bar La Terraza where you can indulge in the finest selection of national and international dishes and the snack bar Hoyo 19 (19th Hole) in the clubhouse. Next to La Terraza restaurant, discover the new Bar Califa, where you will be able to sample the best selection of cocktails while you listen to live music.
The Hotel La Cala Resort also hosts the David Leadbetter Golf Academy and acts as the winter headquarters for a number of European golf federations.
The two current golf courses at La Cala Resort are the main attraction of the resort (with another under construction). Both, La Cala North (Par 73) and La Cala South (Par 72) have been designed by North American architect Cabell B. Robinson.
Other on-site sports facilities include tennis, squash, gymnasium, swimming pools and a football pitch. There are nature trails for trekking and horse riding.
Please feel free to browse La Cala for what FCG deem to be the finest sights, hotels, restaurants, shops & activities and let us take the hassle out of your holiday, leaving you time to relax and enjoy the best of Andalucia.
Below is Mijas Playa Square & Tower in La Cala. Click & Drag your mouse on the Virtual Photo to move up, down, left & right...
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Beachfront Square & Tower
Entrance to La Cala
Fountain & Roundabout
Seafront La Cala
