El Coto. Mijas Costa

mrscb

Am off shortly and wondered if anyone has suggestions of good restaurants bars in area...2 adults and 2 kids..will have car during day but obviously wont be using at night:p..so shortish taxi rides/waling etc.
And any good trips for daytime...done Tivoli world and Fuengirola zoo last year...am thinking of doing the cablecar but might chicken out:o
TIA

Kt8

all the restuarants are much alike, best having a look yourself and see what you fancy, all really nice family run restaurants mostly. go to marbella/puerto banus if you are wanting top end restaurants

tanith

Not sure how far you want to go but Gibralter is a nice day out its about 45mins away.. lots of shops and sights and history to see.. don't forget to take your passports though...

greyteam1959

Word of warning about Gibraltar.........
DO NOT take your car onto Gibraltar......5 minutes to get on the 5 hours to get off thanks to the bl**dy minded Spanish customs....
Oh & dont be tempted to buy loads of cheap fags you will get all except 200 confiscated by armed customs officers......
Otherwise it is a great day out.

PS
Mind the baboons they are worse than the Spanish customs !!!

tanith

mervyn11 wrote: »

Word of warning about Gibraltar.........
DO NOT take your car onto Gibraltar......5 minutes to get on the 5 hours to get off thanks to the bl**dy minded Spanish customs....
Oh & dont be tempted to buy loads of cheap fags you will get all except 200 confiscated by armed customs officers......
Otherwise it is a great day out.

PS
Mind the baboons they are worse than the Spanish customs !!!

I should of said to leave your car on the Spanish side as its only a short walk across the border and there is a multistorey car park nearby..

jamsandwiches

We took some friends to Gib during August and it took us half an hour to get in and no time at all to get out at 4pm. The customs did not stop one car and everyone drove straight out infact the Spanish customs people were stood talking to each other and didn't take the slightest interest in anybody.

tanith

jamsandwiches wrote: »

We took some friends to Gib during August and it took us half an hour to get in and no time at all to get out at 4pm. The customs did not stop one car and everyone drove straight out infact the Spanish customs people were stood talking to each other and didn't take the slightest interest in anybody.

Then you were lucky , I think the time of day makes a difference sometimes..

mrscb

Was planning on a trip to Gib as son loves monkeys...As son is in a wheelchair what is the walk like if we leave car on Spanish side

tanith

Depending on where you park in La Linea (the border town) but from the multistorey carpark we parked in I walked it with my suitcase in about 6/7 mins, and from the border its a 10min stroll into Main St. but there are buses from the border..don't forget your passports..
Just one thing if your son is wheelchair bound I remember there being several flights of steps to use the cable car to go up the Rock where the Monkeys are.. Take a look here it will answer a lot of questions..
http://www.gibraltar.gov.uk/faq.php

greyteam1959

jamsandwiches wrote: »

We took some friends to Gib during August and it took us half an hour to get in and no time at all to get out at 4pm. The customs did not stop one car and everyone drove straight out infact the Spanish customs people were stood talking to each other and didn't take the slightest interest in anybody.

You were lucky......took us nearly 3 hours to get off !!!

Its not far to walk....straight across the runway of the airport !!!