Playa de El Bajondillo - Los Álamos
The sand here runs dark — darker than you expect — and the beach stretches just over a kilometre before El Morro, a rocky natural monument, closes off one end like a full stop. El Bajondillo is one of the older quarters of Torremolinos, and you feel that in the narrow streets that funnel you downhill until the sea simply appears at the bottom.
The chiringuito El Velero has been serving fried fish on this stretch since 1965, and the Paseo de la Playa promenade runs the length of it, useful in any season when the sea breeze is reason enough to walk.
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People who come back tend to take the free municipal lift from Plaza del Panorama rather than the stairs — it drops you directly to the beach level and saves the climb home at the end of the day. The Cuesta del Tajo, a pedestrian lane lined with craft shops, is worth the descent at least once.
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Book directly at the providerHow Playa de El Bajondillo - Los Álamos came to be
El Bajondillo takes its name from one of Torremolinos's oldest neighbourhoods, shaped by the ruins of Torre de los Molinos — Torre Pimentel — whose mills once defined the clifftop skyline visible from the Cuesta del Tajo. The area's most striking building, Casa de los Navajas, arrived in 1925: a neo-Mudéjar palace on Calle del Bajondillo that you can visit free, every day of the year.
The beach itself accumulated its character more gradually — the chiringuito El Velero opened in 1965 and became a fixed point of the local summer, while the promenade that now runs its length turned the shoreline into something usable year-round.
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April through October gives you reliable warmth, with July and August averaging around 29–30°C and almost no rain. Outside summer the beach stays walkable — January highs sit around 17°C — though lifeguard cover and some facilities drop away after September.
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