The nerve centre of Torremolinos is, has been and probably for a very long time will continue to be the street (calle) of San Miguel. Neither the many splendid avenues that are the product of the city’s natural growth, with their patina of modernity and their gaudy establishments, nor other thoroughfares that have undergone extensive alterations that have made them preferred locations in terms of numbers of passers-by have been able to displace the ancient, traditional and very personal Calle San Miguel. It has been famous for many years, both within and without the municipality of Torremolinos, due to the commentaries that the countless tourists who pass along it have been making for half a century.

This remarkable route is the axis of the old quarter and the irreplaceable centre of the municipality. It connects Costa del Sol Plaza, through which all traffic to coastal localities in the western zone used to flow, with the overlook at the foot of the Pimentel Tower. It has been a pedestrian street for many years now and no one should leave Torremolinos without strolling along it.

Calle San Miguel boasts establishments of all sorts (in this case this not a generalisation but a statement of fact) and for all tastes. It is crowded with people throughout the year and, it could even be said, at almost all hours. It is with good reason that Torremolinos is one of the coastal localities where the tourist traffic has outgrown its seasonal nature, although summer sees the greatest concentration of visitors. The mixture of fragrances of mysterious origin, running a seamless gamut from the most familiar to the strangest and most exotic, also powerfully attracts the attention. It is also remarkable for its extreme cleanliness and its urban decor, very much in harmony with the crowded simplicity of this great showcase of Torremolinos.

The ambience is, without a doubt, what distinguishes Calle San Miguel from many other streets with similar characteristics. It is this cosmopolitanism forged over the course of many years, now a part of its being and thus not a thing of a day or a season, that permeates this distinctive area of Torremolinos. No one feels like a stranger in this welcoming urban enclave because everyone finds something familiar and at the same time something so different that in the end it makes him remember the name of San Miguel without quite understanding the reason for this pleasant memory.

Torremolinos is fourteen kilometres from Málaga, the provincial capital, and only three from Pablo Ruiz Picasso International Airport. The municipality therefore is perfectly accessible by highway, whether by the Costa del Sol Expressway, the new Autopista del Sol highway or, by the coast, the former CN-340, which has now been virtually converted into an attractive boulevard.

The municipality also boasts a modern commuter rail line that links it with the city of Málaga, Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel and Fuengirola, as well as with Pablo Ruiz Picasso International Airport.