The Costa del Sol is a region which comprises the coastal towns and communities in the Málaga province, along the Mediterranean coastline. It is in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The name translates as "Sunny Coast" [[1]] in English. Formerly a series of quiet fishing settlements, the region has been completely transformed in the latter part of the 20th century into a tourist destination of world renown, with a near-continuous urban agglomeration of settlements and resorts running along the length of the coastline. Image File history File linksMetadata Costadelsolmap. ... Málaga province The Province of Málaga (Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Motto: Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87,268 km²  17. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A Tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. ... In the study of human settlements, an agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs or adjacent satellite towns. ...

It includes the towns of Málaga, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, San Pedro de Alcántara, Vélez-Málaga, Nerja, Torrox, Puerto Banús and Estepona. Location within Spain Malaga redirects here. ... 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. ... Flag Seal Location Location of Benalmádena Government Municipality Málaga Mayor Enrique Bolín Geographical characteristics Area     City 27 km²     Land   27 km²     Water   0. ... Seaside in Fuengirola Fuengirola is a town on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain in the province of Málaga and the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Mijas Golf, one of the many golf courses in Mijas Mijas is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain. ... Street in Marbella, Spain 2005. ... San Pedro de Alcántara (St. ... Tower of the ruined castle at Vélez-Malaga Vélez-Málaga is the capital city of the Axarquía district in the province of Málaga in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalucía. ... Nerja is a tourism-oriented town on the Costa del Sol in the province of Malaga, which lies in one of Spains 17 autonomous regions, Andalucía, on the countrys southern, Mediterranean coast. ... Home to the rich and famous, Puerto Banús hosts a disproportionately large number of famous people to its sunny beaches and luxurious nightlife. ... Estepona is a town and municipality in the region of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. ...

Settlement in the region dates back to the Bronze Age, and it has been alternatively ruled by many cultures such as the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths and Moors, before the Reconquista. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. ... This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... The Vandals sacking Rome, by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1904) Vandal and Vandali redirect here. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Image of a Moor == (This below analysis is too obsessed with race. ... The Reconquista (English: Reconquest) was the process encompassing almost 8 centuries, by which the Christian kingdoms of northern Hispania (modern Portugal and Spain) reconquered the Iberian peninsula from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al-Ándalus. ...

Traditionally composed of fishing villages, the area was discovered for international tourism in the 1950s and has since been a popular destination for foreign tourists not only for its beaches, but also its tourist culture. Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ...

In recent years the Costa Del Sol has become known to golf enthusiasts as the 'Costa Del Golf' due to the vast number of high quality golf courses in the area. Attracting golfers from all over Europe and indeed the world, the area has benefitted from an increase in tourism and is seeing an increasing number of new complexes being developed to house the growing number of keen golfers in the area. Greg Norman - one of the greatest ever golfers on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...

The area is heavily urbanised, with a thick ribbon of densely-packed buildings running along most of the coast. Architectural styles are a mixture of low-rise, whitewashed villas and much high-rise development, especially among the tourist resorts, much of it unsympathetic to the geography. Urbanization or urbanisation is the increase over time in population or extent of cities and towns. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

Trivia

In the videogame Final Fantasy VII, there is a seaside resort town called Costa Del Sol in the North Corel Area. Final Fantasy VII ) is a console role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Square Co. ...

External links

• Costa del Sol Tourist Board

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