Tips, guides, and stories from Mijas Pueblo

You've eaten thousands of chocolate bars in your life. But do you know how one is actually made? Not in the Willy Wonka sense — in the real, tangible,...
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Soft play. Bowling. Pizza and cake. If you've been to enough children's birthday parties on the Costa del Sol, they start to blur together. The kids h...
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Cacao and coffee are siblings. They grow in the same tropical belt, often on neighbouring farms, at similar altitudes. They're both fermented after ha...
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The Costa del Sol has over 300 days of sunshine a year and some of the best beaches in Europe. You already knew that. That's why you booked. But after...
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Malaga is a fantastic city for families — the Alcazaba, the beach, Calle Larios, the port. But after a few days, you start looking for something diffe...
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Marbella has the beaches, the old town, the parks. But when you want something different — something where the kids are genuinely engaged and you're n...
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Half-term on the Costa del Sol usually means pool days, beach time, and maybe a water park. Which is great — until day three, when you need something...
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You've got a group of friends, a bride-to-be, and a long weekend on the Costa del Sol. The pool parties and beach clubs are sorted. But you want somet...
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Kids don't care about the weather forecast. They want to do something — ideally something involving mess, discovery, and something sweet at the end. W...
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There's a reason luxury bonbons cost what they do. Each one is a tiny piece of engineering — a crisp chocolate shell, a perfectly piped filling, a cle...
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Imagine your child opening a real printed book and finding themselves on every page. Their name, their face, their adventure — through a chocolate fac...
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You've planned your Costa del Sol holiday around sunshine, beaches and outdoor adventures. Then you wake up to grey skies and rain hammering the windo...
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Finding a school trip that's genuinely educational and that the children actually enjoy is the eternal challenge. Museum visits where they zone out. N...
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Most coffee you buy has been sitting in a bag for months. Roasted in a warehouse somewhere, shipped to a distributor, stacked on a shelf, and eventual...
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Most team building activities have the same problem: half the team loves it, the other half endures it. Escape rooms, paintball, trust falls — they wo...
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If you're visiting Mijas Pueblo with kids, you want an activity that's fun for everyone — not just the children, not just the adults, but genuinely th...
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Wine and chocolate. Two of life's great pleasures, and most people enjoy them separately. But pair the right wine with the right chocolate, and someth...
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