Things To Do When You Spend The Winter On The Costa del Sol
Things To Do When You Spend The Winter On The Costa del Sol
Although most people will visit the Costa del Sol through the summer month's to soak up the sun. This is now becoming a very popular destination with visitors from across Europe in the winter and spring months as well. The reason for this being that located around 2.5 hours from the towns of Marbella, Fuengirola and Malaga you will find the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort.
Normally you will find that if you want to go skiing here that the resort opens from the middle of November and will remain open until late in to March or April the following year. However this year (2010) people were still able to go skiing at this particular place up until the 17th May. So of course if we have a winter like we had at the end of last year then the chances of this happening again next year is quite high.
You can of course bring your own ski equipment and clothing with you, but remember the airlines charge for these additional items. So if you don't want to have to spend vast sums on bringing ski clothing and equipment with there are places that you can hire these items on arrival.
When it comes to hiring skiing equipment there are three shops where this can be done. The first store and the main rental one is located Pradollano Square which is close to the Parador Chairlift. Then another one is located in Plaza Andalucia and close to the entrance of the Al-Andalus Gondola.
The great thing about hiring your equipment from these particular stores in the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort is that they only provide the latest. You can be assured that the quality of the equipment is good as the rental company providing it make sure that every is maintained regularly.