Costa del Sol

The Costa del Sol or the Coast of the Sun is a coastline situated in the South of Spain in the Malaga province. It is located in the Iberian Peninsula and it runs through 161 km of the Malaga coastline. It is situated adjacent to two other coasts called the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Tropical. Within recent years this once quiet fishing settlement has been transformed into a world renowned tourist destination.

Settlement in the region dates back to the Bronze Age, and has been colonised and ruled by many cultures such as the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths and Moors, before the Reconquista. Historically its population lived in the fishing villages, and in the "white" villages a little distance inland, in the mountains running down to the coast. The area was discovered and developed to meet the demands of international tourism in the 1950s and has since been a popular destination for foreign tourists not only for its beaches but also for its local culture. The area is particularly famous for its towns like Marbella, which provides the Costa del Sol with its reputation for being a playground for its super-rich and famous visitors. The Costa del Sol is a popular tourist region that welcomes millions of people annually, who mostly arrive at International Malaga airport and head to one of the many resorts located along this stretch of coastline from Gibraltar in the west to Nerja in the east.
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