The
Costa del Sol is one of the most popular
tourist destinations in the world, it's miles
of beautiful sandy beaches and fantastic weather
which have kept tourists flocking back year
after year to resorts like Torremolinos, Benalmadena,
Fuengirola and Marbella.
Inland from the
coast there are natural surrounding
of great richness and variety that the council
has given protection status to two natural parks
(Sierra de las Nieves and Los Montes), three
places of natural beauty (El Torcal, El Chorro
and the sierras Bermeja and Crestellina) and
a reserve (Laguna de Fuentepiedra). Apart from
these protected areas and a 'biosphere reserve'
classification from UNESCO, it also has the
splendid diversity of wetland zones and coastal
biotopes.
The province
is a place that each year, hundreds of species
of birds pass through during their migration
and is considered one of the most important
locations in Europe for botanic richness and
variety of plant life
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