Costa Del Sol, Activities: Not to everybody’s liking, of course, but social habits change, and one of these changes is the increasingly large number of tourists that like to do something more than laze about all day in the sun. The fact is, older people are staying younger longer these days, and that is due in large part to physical exercise. And if it can be fun as well, so much the better. For this reason, active tourism has really taken off on the Costa del Sol, with something for everyone, whatever their ages.
There are few places in the world with such a wide range of fun activities. Leaving aside golf, which at basic amateur level makes no harsh demands on the body, we have tennis, paddle tennis, badminton and squash as the most common ball games played in the area.
Horse riding is another very popular sport on the Costa del Sol, where many hotels have special arrangements with local riding stables and wonderful riding routes through mountain and forest regions. There are also two exceptional complexes on the Costa del Sol for lovers of all things equine: the Equestrian School of the Costa del Sol, in Estepona, and the Costa del Sol Hippodrome in Mijas.
Ski:
The ski resort of the Sierra Nevada is 3 hours easy drive away.
Golf:
Costa Del Sol, Golf: Sounds like the usual cliché, but in the case of the Costa del Sol – the Costa del Golf, as some call it – the cliché is reality. Golf is the sport on the Costa del Sol. It has more than 40 clubs, most of them beside residential developments and most in the western Costa del Sol area, making this the area with the highest concentration of golf courses in all of continental Europe. This has a lot to do with the natural evolution of quality tourism in the region.
These are, in the main, quality golf courses, as we can see by the number of international championships that take place on them: the Ryder Cup, the World Championship, the Spanish Open, the Volvo masters and others.
Marina Bay is only 5 minutes drive from the nearest Golf course and 20 minutes to a further 10 golf courses!
