Mijas by car
Whitewashed hilltop with Costa del Sol views. Easy 30-min drive, paid parking on the edge.
Is a car worth it?
Whitewashed hilltop with Costa del Sol views. Easy 30-min drive, paid parking on the edge.
Rent a car for Mijas
Best explored by car. Compact automatic from €28/day — or pick any class.
Parking
Use Parking Virgen de la Peña on arrival — village streets are narrow and one-way.
Nearest pickup
Málaga Airport — 30 km
More places worth the drive
Three towns in one — a pretty pueblo, a busy beachfront and the playful Puerto Marina — plus a mountain cable car and a fairy-tale castle. A varied, family-friendly stop close to Málaga airport.
Free parking at El Chorro entrance. Book the walk in advance.
The 'Garden of the Costa del Sol' keeps a genuinely Spanish old town — flower-filled lanes, a famous mural route and an easy, walkable centre — west of Marbella with long, uncrowded beaches.