Riviera del Sol Bus Stops on the A7/CN340 between Marbella and Fuengirola |
Over on the right of the picture is Opencor at the road entrance to Riviera del Sol. Opencor stays open 24 hours a day serving everything from fresh bread to books and DVDs. At back of the picture you will see Riviera del Sol buildings on the skyline behind the trees. If you are arriving on the bus travelling from Malaga or from Estepona to Marbella you will be getting off at the bus stop seen on the other side of the road and you will need to walk about 100 metres (behind) the crash barriers with the A7/CN340 traffic racing past you only metres away. Then you will turn across the green lawn for another 200 metres to just below Opencor where the local taxi rank is along with food, cash points, restaurants and hopefully your apartment not too far away. To take a taxi from the taxi rank next to Opencor to your apartment a minimum fare of 6 euros may apply. (2008) In my humble opinion, the bus stop you see below takes the prize for being the most miserably deficient welcome to bus travellers to Riviera del Sol. Really sorry about that. Nobody has thought to upgrade it or make it more worthy of being the first arrival point for both local travellers or our most valued international globetrotters and Easyjetters flying in for a weekend away. You will see that I am equally disappointed in the Miraflores bus stop which is the stop before Riviera del Sol coming from Estepona. Speak to your travel or letting agency! |
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On the beach side of the A7/CN340 below is the Riviera del Sol bus stop for travellers heading to Fuengirola bus terminal or train station or Malaga airport. To get to it from Riviera del Sol you need to walk through the underpass which comes out where the red car is turning left. The bus pulls off the main road to pick up and drop off travellers to and from Riviera del Sol. Pictured is the Portillo bus which belongs to the Portillo
company which operates the regular passenger transport by road on the Costa del Sol. At least at this bus stop you are only metres from the sea. There are lots of beachside restaurants here including Max Beach Bar, Riviera Beach Restaurant, The Far Isle Restaurant Bar and Bar Shenanigans. |
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| Below you can see the road dropping down to the left to the underpass under the A7/CN340. To catch a bus from Riviera del Sol to Fuengirola bus or train station to travel to Malaga bus station or Malaga airport or Torremolinos you will come down past the blue Opencor supermarket on the corner and then walk through the underpass to the bus stop shown above. Also shown in the picture above is the Riviera Plaza housing the March bank and shops and restaurants. Just to the right of the fork of the tree you can see the white of the first taxi in the taxi rank. Through the fork of the tree you can see the entrance to the Princesa Diana Park, lovely green gardens and a great place to rest up while you are planning your next move. So the long and the short of it is that you can get to Riviera del Sol by bus, walk a couple of 100 metres and take a taxi from there. |
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| Just 30 metres from the bus stop for travellers to Fuengirola and beyond is the beach. There are beach bars and restaurants in both directions. If I remember correctly there are beach beds for hire in the next little bay towards Fuengirola. Here we are looking towards Gibraltar at the entrance the Mediterranean. Great beaches to walk along at low tide in the morning or the evening. Take your beach brolly and lots of sun tan lotion down with you. The locals will pick up water melons to take down the beach and eat during the day in summer. Do the same as they do and keep cool. |
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| This is Inma who works in the reception at the Grangefield Oasis Club 2 kms inland from the Riviera del Sol bus stop. Sarah wrote in to ask me if it was necessary to have a car to stay at the Oasis Club complex. I drove up there to check it out and you will see my full answer to her on my ´Spain now and Then' blog in the comments section. I took the picture of Inma because she gave me such a nice smile when I walked in and also because she is one of my former receptionist students at the Hotel Escuela Bellamar where I teach English modules to students in the hotel industry and travel industry. The Grangefield Oasis is an excellent place to visit from your complex and a taxi from the Riviera del Sol commercial centre to the Oasis Club or back down costs only 6 euros each way. There is a mini supermarket in the Oasis Club for residents or you can do your shopping down next to the main road and take a taxi back up the hill. Every evening there is a show and flamenco every Sunday. Excursion buses pick up guests from the complex every day taking them as far away as Sevilla, Morocco or Granada. |
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Get to and from Riviera del Sol on the Costa del Sol with www.gomarbella.com
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