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A typical Andalucian village Mijas Pueblo (village) is situated approximately 25 minutes from Malaga’s International Airport set high in the mountains above Fuengirola and Mijas Costa offering spectacular views of the surrounding coastline. 
Since the village was re-discovered in the mid-sixties Mijas has become the home for some 35’000 residents made up from over 60 different nationalities and there impact has led to a variety of International restaurants and bars springing up throughout the village which covers an area of approximately 142 square kilometres making it the second largest village in the area after Benahavis.
Fortunately, the village has managed to retain some of its quaint traditions, there are no main thoroughfares here, instead a web of narrow cobbled streets lined with white washed houses complete with terraces overflowing with geraniums, red tile roofs, archways and, of course, the occasional chirruping canary and to fully appreciate the village it must be explored by foot, although one can take advantage of the village’s most unusual and popular form of transport the do nkey-taxis which line the central plaza.
Mijas dates back to distant times and there are two Mudejar churches here to prove it, as well as the sanctuary of the “Virgen de la Pena” the patron saint of Mijas, from the year 850.
During the month of January, Mijas holds their festival of San Anton which is celebrated with a "romeria" (open air party) at the holy hermitage and reached in carriages and on carts, piled high with flowers and food.
There is a thriving arts and crafts movement in Mijas, particularly linen and wicker items and the locally made bread and honey is definitely worth trying.
Still on a culinary note, the traditional local fare includes "gazpachuelo" (an egg soup) and for those with a sweeter tooth, there are the typical cakes made with almonds, called bunuelos and homazos.
One of the most interesting buildings in Mijas is the hermitage of El Puerto which can be spied, just about everywhere in the village, appropriately enough, halfway up a mountain! Keep looking and you may just catch a glimpse a hang-glider wafting over the peak.
Also look out for the Mineral water spring at the entrance to the village
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