TORREMOLINOS

'Torremolinos' is a tourism-oriented city and municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west
of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous
region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A poor fishing village
before the growth in tourism beginning in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop. It is very popular
with British tourists and has a large British expatriate population. Areas of the town are dominated by high-rise development.
Torremolinos had its heyday during the eighties and into the nineties, but over the last five years there has been a noticeable shortening of the 'high' season, and a change in the demographic structure of visitors. It continues to have a thriving indigenous gay population, which it continues to attract. It also attracts families, but the young fun-loving 18-30 visitors are being replaced by an older crowd of 'snowbirds' - pensioners travelling overseas, over winter for the sunshine. Nowadays, with no straight nightclubs open in Torremolinos, younger tourists are simply moving further down the coast to Fuengirola and Marbella.

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Torremolinos in popular culture

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Torremolinos in popular culture

★ The Belgian band Sttellla wrote a song about Torremolinos (simply called "Torremolinos"), which is their biggest hit to date.

★ The synthesizer duo Soft Cell mentioned Torremolinos in their first, relatively minor club hit, "Memorabilia".

★ Torremolinos is one of the settings in the novel ''The Drifters'' by James A. Michener.

★ Torremolinos received a brief mention in the Monty Python sketch "Travel Agent / Watney's Red Barrell" as featured in episode 31 of the Flying Circus TV show.

★ Torremolinos is mentioned in the middle-8 of the song "Win Some, Lose Some" by Robbie Williams ('Torremolinos and sun burnt in high heels.'). The track was only released as a single in New Zealand.

★ Terrormolinos (a play on Torremolinos) is a text adventure game for various 1980s computer platforms.

Gallery

Image:Dragon del playa 2.jpg|Figures are often made on the beach in Torremolinos
Image:Hotel View.JPG|A typical view from a hotel balcony in Torremolinos
Image:Beach in Torremolinos.jpg|The beach in Torremolinos, which is surrounded by shops and restraunts.

External links

★ Torremolinos official webpage