Logbook · 7 places

What to see and do in Mijas

What to see and do in Mijas (Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 3 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Mijas

Plaza de toros ovalada de Mijas 250 m

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What to see and do in Mijas

Mijas Pueblo
Village
Settled since the Upper Palaeolithic, it was the Roman Suel before the Christian conquest of 1487 and the 1492 land distribution among fifty settlers. The historic centre, declared a historic-artistic complex in 1969, contrasts with the tourist growth of Mijas Costa: the municipality now has around 95,000 inhabitants, though Mijas Pueblo itself has just over 3,500.
Burros-taxi de Mijas
Curiosity
Tourist donkey-ride service that began in the late 1950s, when local quarry workers started charging tourists to photograph themselves with their animals. It now operates from Avenida del Compás with saddle donkeys and cart donkeys.
Muralla y santuario fenicio-púnico de Mijas
Historical milestone
Beneath the wall surrounding Mijas Pueblo a Phoenician-Punic sanctuary has been documented, with votive plaques known as "eyes of Astarte" and other terracotta votive offerings, evidence of the hill's occupation since protohistoric times.
Ermita-santuario de la Virgen de la Peña
Monument
A chapel carved into the rock by a Carmelite friar between 1656 and 1682, where the patroness of Mijas, the Virgen de la Peña, is venerated.
Plaza de toros ovalada de Mijas
Curiosity
The bullring of Mijas Pueblo has a peculiar oval floor plan, unusual among Spanish bullrings, which are mostly circular.
Rendición de Mijas en 1487
Historical milestone
Mijas surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs in 1487 after withstanding the Christian siege; its inhabitants were reduced to slavery, a documented episode of the War of Granada in the region.
Ocupación polaca de Mijas y captura de Lord Blayney
Historical milestone
In 1810, during the Peninsular War, Polish infantry troops serving France occupied Mijas, where the British general Lord Blayney was captured after the failure of an Anglo-Spanish landing.