{"id":21014,"date":"2010-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/mijas\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:33:36","slug":"mijas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/spain\/mijas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mijas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"\thttps:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/spain\/spain-vacation-rental\/tourists-attractions-towards-calpe-villas-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46081 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-1024x386.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The municipal town Mijas\u00a0is situated in the M\u00e1laga province in\u00a0the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern\u00a0Spain. This is located at an altitude of 450 M from the sea level and is in the center of the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sun Coast<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 region. This is a white washed village that is typical of Andalusia. The population in this town is about 71,000.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This municipality consists of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mijas Pueblo\u00a0\u2013 is the village on the side of a hill<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mijas Costa \u2013 is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/nerja\/calatea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>residential and commercial<\/strong> <\/a>area that is near the town Fuengirola<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cove of Mijas\u00a0\u2013 is a separate village having a small resort at the west of the sea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Las Lagunas \u2013 is mainly commercial located in the north of Fuengirola<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This town was initially known as \u2018Tamisa\u2019; this was changed to \u2018Mixa\u2019; later on this was changed again to \u2018Mijas\u2019 which is still prevalent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The village \u2018Tamisa\u2019 was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/nerja\/hermosa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tartessians<\/strong><\/a> in the year 600 AD and they became crucial trading partners with Phoenicians who were in Iberia from 800 BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/nerja\/abrotano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since this town is located near the sea, its average temperature during summer is only 18 \u00baC. The rainfall normally occurs in November to January and does not exceed 600 ML in a year. As you go up the mountain, the temperature reduces to 10 \u00baC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/mijas\/apartment-marbella-58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46082 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-1-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mijas-1-1-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/nerja\/boldo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Art and Culture<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The village, Mijas Pueblo\u00a0is an old fashioned mountain village; its streets are narrow and cobbled whereas the buildings are white washed. Many foreign tourists are attracted to this village because of its old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/nerja\/miradri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spanish environment.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A number of history museums and souvenir shops exist in this town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/mijas-costa\/mijas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sports and Entertainment <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golf is the popular spot in this town and this is considered as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/malaga\/foza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Golfer\u2019s paradise<\/strong><\/a>. It has a number of golf courses \u2013 seven plus \u2013 and the resort La Cala has the largest golf course in Spain. Since the weather throughout the year is excellent, many golfers recommend this town for golfing. The golf courses are located in such a way that it takes very little time to reach them irrespective of the place where you stay in Mijas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is a 100 year old bullring in this town and many tourists go for watching the bullfight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shopping<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are a number of craft shops wherein you can purchase beautiful hand made pottery, reasonably priced paintings as well as prints of the works of popular local artists \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/mijas-costa\/andalucia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Michele Lehmann<\/strong><\/a> and Don Clarke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Business<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In ancient times the economy of this village was dependent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/villas\/spain\/costa-del-sol\/mijas-costa\/tachuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>fisheries and agriculture<\/strong><\/a>. However, at present tourism as well as construction sector are the main sectors that drive the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E44E9VtwkJM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The municipal town Mijas\u00a0is situated in the M\u00e1laga province in\u00a0the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern\u00a0Spain. This is located at an altitude of 450 M from the sea level and is in the center of the \u2018Sun Coast\u2019 region. This is a white washed village that is typical of Andalusia. The population in this town is about 71,000.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This municipality consists of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mijas Pueblo\u00a0\u2013 is the village on the side of a hill<\/li>\n<li> Mijas Costa \u2013 is the residential and commercial area that is near the town Fuengirola<\/li>\n<li> Cove of Mijas\u00a0\u2013 is a separate village having a small resort at the west of the sea<\/li>\n<li> Las Lagunas \u2013 is mainly commercial located in the north of Fuengirola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This town was initially known as \u2018Tamisa\u2019; this was changed to \u2018Mixa\u2019; later on this was changed again to \u2018Mijas\u2019 which is still prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>The village \u2018Tamisa\u2019 was founded by Tartessians in the year 600 AD and they became crucial trading partners with Phoenicians who were in Iberia from 800 BC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since this town is located near the sea, its average temperature during summer is only 18 \u00baC. The rainfall normally occurs in November to January and does not exceed 600 ML in a year. As you go up the mountain, the temperature reduces to 10 \u00baC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art and Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The village, Mijas Pueblo\u00a0is an old fashioned mountain village; its streets are narrow and cobbled whereas the buildings are white washed. Many foreign tourists are attracted to this village because of its old Spanish environment.<br \/>\nA number of history museums and souvenir shops exist in this town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports and Entertainment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golf is the popular spot in this town and this is considered as a Golfer\u2019s paradise. It has a number of golf courses \u2013 seven plus \u2013 and the resort La Cala has the largest golf course in Spain. Since the weather throughout the year is excellent, many golfers recommend this town for golfing. The golf courses are located in such a way that it takes very little time to reach them irrespective of the place where you stay in Mijas.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 100 year old bullring in this town and many tourists go for watching the bullfight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shopping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of craft shops wherein you can purchase beautiful hand made pottery, reasonably priced paintings as well as prints of the works of popular local artists \u2013 Michele Lehmann and Don Clarke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In ancient times the economy of this village was dependent on fisheries and agriculture. However, at present tourism as well as construction sector are the main sectors that drive the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6727,6867],"tags":[156,1909],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mijas - Club Villamar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clubvillamar.com\/blog\/spain\/mijas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mijas - Club Villamar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Overview  The municipal town Mijas\u00a0is situated in the M\u00e1laga province in\u00a0the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern\u00a0Spain. 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