With over forty million visitors per year, Spain has become the third most popular tourist destination in the world, thanks to its sandy beaches, beautiful countryside, spectacular mountain ranges, fabulous monuments and high-spirited people who live life to the full and are well known for their exuberance, warmth and hospitality. The Costa del Sol has 161 Km in the Malaga coastal area, south of Spain, in the western edge of the Mediterranean Sea, and goes a little into the province of Cádiz until the hill of Sotogrande towards the Rock of Gibraltar. The province has 7,276 Km2 and the most uneven land in the country, although the road network solves this problem if you are going to travel. The coastal area, with a very soft relief, has a higher demographic density. 365 days of sunlight per year and an average seawater temperature of 18oC allow the visitor to enjoy the Sun and the beaches the entire year. Eastern Costa del Sol This is the the 54km of Coast to the east of Malaga. Though highly developed for a tourist point of view, it is not anything like the western side.Most hotel accommodation is centered around the area of Nerja.From Malaga eastwards there are cliffs of up to 200m where the Sierra Almijara joins the sea. This section ends at Mara on a coastal plain. It has an urban landscape surrounded by traditional agriculture. in the limestone hills is Nerja cave. Nerja is the most important centre on the coast and has grown rapidly. it is surrounded with tourist pueblos. At the foot of Nerja a winding footpath joins several coves. Western Costa del Sol The 100km of coastline westward from Malaga to the Cadiz provincial border. The coast is highly developed from the point of view of international tourism.Communications revolve around Malaga International Airport ( 8 km west of the city) and the N340 backbone coast highway.In the middle of 'the coast' the greatly improved district road from San Pedro de Alcantara inland to the historic town of Ronda is the most important inland connection.ría, Granadáé a Costa Tropical, és csak a maradék 110 kilométer viseli ma a Costa del Sol nevet. The Costa del Sol is internationally famous partly due to Malaga, as this beautiful city has many to things to offer to the visitors, although the rest of the province is very attractive too.. It is very strange to find so many villages in such a small area with so many historical vestiges, from Pre-History and several different ancient civilizations; not to forget the beautiful landscapes and the hospitable environment of the Costa del Sol. This is the region of Malaga, a pearl of the Mediterranean that, wherever you go, it deserves to be visited and will surprise the visitor.