Avenida Palma de Mallorca is the main road through the town centre, and here you can find clothing chain stores such as Springfield & Cortefiel, plus a host of other retail outlets. Most of the major banks are also to be found on this main thoroughfare. The Centro Comercial San Miguel also has it's main entrance on Avenida Palma de Mallorca. Open from 10am to 10 pm, it is home to an Eroski supermarket, as well as several other shops. There is a self service launderette here too. The centre has public parking with it's entrance on Avda Isabel Manoja.
**Check this out!** Just a few yards from the car park entrance, there is a new English bookshop:
The Book PointAvd.Isabel Manoja,10
Edif.San Enrique
Local 42 de Torremolinos
afranks@thebookpointspain.com
Leading off Avda Palma de Mallorca and heading towards the beach you will find the famous Calle San Miguel. This is one of the most popular shopping streets in Torremolinos, if not the Costa del Sol! Being pedestrianised, it gives shoppers a perfect ambience to browse in the many and varied shops. Clothing, shoes, perfumes, tobacco, souvenirs and more are all here. There's an excellent second hand English bookshop, and there are plenty of watering holes along the way to keep you going! At the end of Calle San Miguel you will find the steps which lead down to the beach.
The
beach areas are lined with the usual kind of shops selling souvenirs,
swim wear and beach towels etc. The pedestrian street one line back
from the beach at La
Carihuela,
however, offers a slightly more sophisticated atmosphere, and has many
fine clothing and shoe shops, and especially leather items.
The weekly Torremolinos market is held every Thursday at the Feria ground, which is located in the old part of Torremolinos, El Calvario. In the same place on Sunday mornings there is a popular flea market. Just follow the crowds heading up Calle Europa, past the town hall and across the main road at the top of the town.
This main road is the bypass carrying traffic between Malaga and Benalmadena. Towards Benalmadena on this road is the new Carrefour store, a huge hypermarket selling everything from foodstuffs to electrical appliances. Ample free parking is available, and it can also be easily reached on foot from the El Pinillo station.
Just behind Carrefour is the El Pinillo industrial estate. This is the place to head to if you are a property owner in need of some home maintenance or improvements. You can find electrical and plumbing supplies, an excellent hardware store, building materials and more. Everything for the DIY enthusiast!
All the major supermarkets can be found at various convenient locations around Torremolinos. Particularly useful are the Opencor stores (Avda. Joan Miro in the centre & Avda San Francisco in Calvario) which are open from 08:00 - 02:00, 365 days a year. LIDL & ALDI supermarkets are located on the outskirts of town going towards Malaga.
Slightly further afield, on the way to Malaga, you will find Plaza Mayor, a large leisure centre with many shops. There is a train station here, making it very easily accessible from Torremolinos. The same station serves the new IKEA store as well, which is proving very popular with locals. Also on the road to Malaga is Bauhaus, a huge DIY store similar to B&Q.
